Assignments which involved our consultants undertaking an independent project review.
The programme to bring new ways of working and greater efficiency to the client’s business and its franchise partners was lagging well behind the published timetable. The Board sought an independent programme review to identify the underlying reasons for the delay, and the actions required to recover the programme.
To reduce operating costs, our client intended to establish a shared service payroll centre. To manage the transition our client needed experienced change managers to establish the approach, divest the non-core services and manage the migration of each payroll to the shared service.
The company was in the process of establishing a new on-line wealth management portal, linked to a suite of back office financial products, to provide a new service offering to the personal market. The project running behind schedule and appeared bogged down with technical issues.
New legislation required changes to the company’s compliance procedures and a refresh of supporting technology. The board were concerned that the two activities had become intertwined threatening the legislative deadline.
The client was in the middle of major project to replace their existing, localised stock management systems with a new centralised solution. The project was being undertaken by a major third party supplier, but was slipping against the client’s tight deadlines.