Maritime Management
Consulting
provides management consulting services and counsel on business
fundamentals. We develop practical solutions that are specifically
tailored to each firm and business situation, and work closely
with client staff to ensure that recommendations add significant
value to their business. Our expertise is in the maritime, travel
and leisure, and manufacturing industries. We help our clients
in each of these industries to take advantage of business opportunities
and respond to competitive threats through:
Strategic
and Tactical Planning
Successful firms must have a clear sense
of direction. Corporate planning is the activity that defines
this direction and ensures it is understood by, and communicated
to, all levels of the company.
Maritime Management Consulting
leads clients through a formal procedure to produce articulated
goals based on analysis. We conduct external data searches and
internal audits, and facilitate planning sessions. Maritime
Management Consulting has provided Planning assistance including:
- Mission/objectives/strategies definition
- Strategic planning workshops
- Competitive advantage analysis and benchmarking
- Organizational development and alignment
- Merger, sale, or acquisition of businesses
- Analysis of business lines and repositioning
opportunities
- Feasibility studies and financial pro
formas
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Cost/Pricing
Analysis and Benchmarking
In today’s global economy, companies rely
on quantitative measures to assess their competitive position.
Benchmarking is a structured methodology to provide companies
with data on best practices.
Maritime Management Consulting
identifies metrics that are key to the client’s business processes;
we conduct data searches to quantify industry norms; and we perform
internal audits to gage the client’s performance. We also apply
parametric models and benchmarks to develop budgetary prices for
new product development. Our Benchmarking experience includes:
- Cost and schedule studies
- Operating budget analyses
- Organizational design and structure
- Unit rate analyses
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Market
Research and Development
Although some companies enjoy the luxury
of having customers bring work to them, most need to market proactively
and forecast the market accurately to optimize their market position.
Maritime Management Consulting
develops market segmentation methods, compares competitive structures
within the client’s industry, analyzes market shares, forecasts
activity and financial performance, and conducts focused market
surveys. Maritime Management Consulting has provided Market
Research and Development including:
- Market segmentation
- Competitive structures comparisons
- Market share analyses
- Business activity forecasts
- Financial performance projections
- Pricing analyses
- Questionnaires and market surveys
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Product
Development
New products can be developed through
a structured process to match customer needs as well as the company’s
vision and competencies. This process can be managed to reduce
the risk to product performance, financial results, and scheduled
roll-out.
Maritime Management Consulting
assists clients in developing an understanding of market requirements,
developing competitive approaches to meeting these requirements,
and helping in the implementation of product decisions. Maritime
Management Consulting provides Product Development services
including:
- Mapping of product development process
- Concept development trade-offs
- Product specifications
- Manufacturing approaches and build strategies
- Prototyping
- Economic analysis
- Proposals and product roll-out
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Business
Process Realignment
Realigning core business processes can
lead to a significant improvement in performance, market position,
and customer focus, by helping management respond to internal
problems and react to external threats.
Maritime Management Consulting
works with our clients’ staff to identify business processes that
are candidates for improvement. We help set performance goals
for the realigned process, assist the team in mapping the existing
process, test assumptions about its constraints, and develop an
implementation plan for the improved processes that meets corporate
goals. Five practical principles define Maritime Management
Consulting's Business Process Realignment:
- Business consists of Horizontal
Processes
- Processes exist to Serve the Customer
- Realignment cuts across the full Value
Chain and Focuses Resources at the high
value points
- Change is created by leveraging People,
Processes, and Technology
- Results must be Practical
and structured for Continuous Improvement
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Operations
and Supply Chain Improvement
Even with the best
strategy and people, companies may encounter circumstances where
performance is suffering and they can’t seem to “get the laundry
out”. Often, these problems can be traced to a failure of one
or more of the supply chain linkages so critical to success in
today’s highly-interdependent economy.
Maritime Management
Consulting conducts operations and supply chain diagnostics,
utilizing all sources of information about the client and the
industry. Combining this with knowledge of best practice and keen
understanding of the role of technology, Maritime Management
Consulting is able to generate pragmatic improvement alternatives
which can then be tested and implemented. Maritime Management
Consulting’s approach to Operations & Supply Chain Improvement
relies on several key steps:
- Diagnostic
– assess the current state of the business and performance gaps
- Design
– create a competitive solution set
- Assessment
– develop prototypes and test the alternatives
- Implementation
– plan and deliver lasting change
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Organizational
Alignment
Organizational
structure supports strategy by aligning human resources with processes
and technologies.
Maritime
Management Consulting analyzes business processes to determine
resource requirements, and assesses the current organization design
and skill mix to recommend changes in organization. Metrics are
applied to gage the efficiency of the proposed organization. Maritime
Management Consulting has assisted clients in Organizational
Alignment through:
- Analysis
of existing organizations
- Identification
of structural problems, management weaknesses, and personnel
issues
- Realignment
of departments, divisions, and enterprises
- Application
of new technologies
- Improvement
of communications and information flow
- Emphasis
on knowledge management and corporate learning
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Program
and Project Management
Large,
complex projects benefit from professional project management
that uses proven tools and methodologies to manage cost, schedule
and quality performance.
Maritime
Management Consulting assists clients in developing an integrated
approach to management of large projects. We assess technical
and cross-program risk, document internal customers’ expectations,
and map out supplier and subcontractor alternatives. A plan is
developed to communicate the schedule, application of improved
processes, facility and resource allocations, key decision points,
reporting procedures, and organizational structures. Maritime
Management Consulting has provided Program and Project Management
services including:
- Planning
- Resource
loading
- Scheduling
- Status
reporting
- Problem
resolution
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Attorney
Support
Complex
projects involve technical, financial, and schedule issues that
benefit from collaboration between the client’s attorneys and
skilled business analysts.
Maritime
Management Consulting assists clients’ legal counsel by providing
financial and operations analysis at each stage of a project’s
lifecycle. We assist in regulatory filings, contract formation
and negotiation, monitoring of project performance, disputes and
litigation, expert testimony, and closure of the contract. Maritime
Management Consulting assists attorneys to develop strong
arguments supported by data. Our Attorney Support services have
included:
- Expert
testimony
- Regulatory
filings
- Due diligence
and valuation
- Contract
formation and negotiation
- Assessment
of project performance
- Disputes
and litigation
- Closure
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Coast
12463 Rancho Bernardo Rd., #231
San Diego, CA 92128
Phone: 858-673-3530
eMail: mitch@maritimemc.com
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Coast
497 Hooksett Rd. #254
Manchester, NH 03104
Phone: 617-548-8698
eMail: tom@maritimemc.com
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