Results that get impact
Long term thinking in a short-term world is how we work with our clients to ensure they get lasting results.
Our Result
We do what it takes to get the results our clients need. In today’s rapidly changing business environment, challenges are faced by every aspect of client’s organizations, leadership, and capabilities. Long term thinking in a short-term world is how we work with our clients to ensure they get lasting results.
Industries
At McGill Consulting Group, our industry insight and foresight is rooted in identifying key issues that our clients face combined with our firsthand experience. As rapid changes transform industries, we help our clients navigate through these shifts giving them the tools to survive and thrive.
Consumer Products
Media & Entertainment
Education
Private Equity
Financial Services
Public Sector
Health
Retail
Manufacturing
Technology
Consumer Products
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
We work with a broad range of consumer-product manufacturers on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. Examples of these industries include: food, beverage, personal care, paper products, durable goods, textiles, luxury goods and household products.
CASE: Redesigned innovation strategy for a consumer healthcare company.
ISSUE: Refocused and prioritized products and geographies on the basis of market trends by key customer, consumer segments, and competitiveness.
SOLUTION: Realigned R&D activities with marketing and market research to focus on new priorities
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation and Information Technology capabilities.
CASE: Market growth strategy for Consumer Products Company
ISSUE: A large multinational consumer product manufacturer was facing weakening sales across all major product-lines.
SOLUTION: Identified key markets realigned capabilities are competitive, operations and marketing, and recommended development of three market entry programs.
Learn about our Strategy & Leadership and Marketing & Sales capabilities.
Education
EDUCATION
We work with emerging and leading educational providers on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We work with educational providers in shaping public policy, program development, innovation, special needs training, and organizational development.
CASE: Developed a global strategy for new technology product for education.
ISSUE: A technology company, which developed their first educational product, and needed to bring the product to mass market.
SOLUTION: Identified key markets, designed product offering, and put in place a marketing strategy for market entry.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation and Marketing & Sales capabilities.
CASE: Developed reform strategy for a federal government educational agency.
ISSUE: Years of poor performance have led to the need of significant changes to enhance the public educational system.
SOLUTION: Identified issues in strategic and operational performance, revising capability and capacity of the education system, to address skills that are in demand
Learn about our Public Policy and Economic Development capabilities.
Financial Services
FINANCIAL SERVICES
We work with established and growing financial services firms on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. Our deep expertise and senior management perspectives cover the major sectors and functions, and allow us to deliver comprehensive insight to financial service clients.
CASE: Design a SME strategy for a leading global bank in key local market.
ISSUE: A global bank was lacking in its competitive advantage in a few key local markets, in comparison to its global level of competitiveness.
SOLUTION: Developed a SME strategy to dominate this underdeveloped domain by redesign product offering, restructuring operations and implementing a new marketing strategy.
Learn about our Organization, Change & Leadership and Strategy & Leadership capabilities.
CASE: Established a new Swiss private wealth practice.
ISSUE: A group of fund-managers and wealth managers decided to establish a new wealth management practice.
SOLUTION: Developed business plan, operational and funding mechanisms to launch a new specialized wealth management firm.
Learn about our Mergers & Restructuring and Corporate Finance capabilities.
Health
HEALTH
We work with public and private healthcare originations on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help healthcare providers deliver improved care and better quality of life to their customers, and focus on global outcomes
CASE: Market entry strategy for a healthcare solutions provider.
ISSUE: Seeking market growth opportunities to leverage their network of 150,000 doctors on contract globally.
SOLUTION: Restructured organization and operations; developed a marketing strategy and helped secure financing.
Learn about our Mergers & Restructuring and Corporate Finance capabilities.
CASE: Improved the profitability of a network of hospitals.
ISSUE: Declining profits, increased competition and high regulations have resulted in poor year on year performance.
SOLUTION: Restructured the organization and its operations. Developed a new strategy and reorganized functional configuration to redistributor services provided across network in a more efficient manner.
Learn about our Mergers & Restructuring and Corporate Finance capabilities.
Manufacturing
MANUFACTURING
We work with small to large-scale manufactures on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help manufacturers, identify sizable opportunities, develop new products and markets and operate more efficiently.
CASE: Developed a distribution 3PL Strategy
ISSUE: A consumer product manufacturer’s current distribution network was not efficient or effective. In addition they were not able to take advantage of the client’s rapid manufacturing capability.
SOLUTION: Base-lined current network, defined and analyzed potential network designs, and structured an implementation plan to support their new strategy.
Learn about our Restructuring and Operations capabilities.
CASE: Designed an emerging Market Growth Strategy
ISSUE: Client’s organization needed to grow based on a solid foundation, and required direction for its key emerging market in Asia.
SOLUTION: Compiled internal fact base and findings required for developing an emerging market model. Created a model by identifying the full potential in the market as well as developing initiatives to drive their operations in Asia.
Learn about our Strategy & Operations capabilities.
Media
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
We work with leading and growing new Media and Entertainment firms on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help our clients in creating new revenue models, exploring emerging digital opportunities, and developing customer retention strategies.
CASE: Redesigned the value-chain of a film production company
ISSUE: Client needed to become more effective in offshore special effects development for outsourced Hollywood productions.
SOLUTION: Re-engineered value-chain to optimize its global network, to hone in on key capabilities, and redesigned production implementation.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation and Organization, Change & Leadership capabilities.
CASE: Restructured a leading advertising and communications firm
ISSUE: A traditional advertising firm was losing market share due to the lack of implementation of new technologies for their clients.
SOLUTION: Identified their customer’s needs and competitive environment and implemented an acquisition plan of key technologies, along with an integration program into the current operations to ensure seamless servicing.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation and Information Technology capabilities.
Government
PUBLIC SECTOR
We work with government and non-government organizations on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help our clients enhance their effectiveness and efficiency, enabling them to develop the strategies and capabilities needed to address the leadership challenges that matter the most
CASE: Restructured and developed strategy for an economic development agency.
ISSUE: Economic growth, new central government regulations, and poor global competitiveness rankings resulted in a review of the organization’s role.
SOLUTION: Restructured organizational and operational design, reconfigured functional capabilities, dissolved unnecessary functions, established new functions and focused on long-term development strategies.
Learn about our Economic Development and Organization, Change & Leadership capabilities.
CASE: Designed a national economic agenda for an emerging economy government.
ISSUE: New economic conditions have placed an emerging economy government under excessive pressure, to overhaul all economic development activities.
SOLUTION: Developed a new long-term economic development strategy, focusing on key national capabilities as the drivers of investment and trade. Created a new realignment program with other government entities to support new strategy
Learn about our Economic Development and Strategy capabilities.
Retail
RETAIL
We work with small to large-scale retailers on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help retailers develop market and product strategies, and transform operations and organizations for high-performance results.
CASE: Product development redesign for major retailer
ISSUE: Current value-chain was not optimized to be competitive enough with all their major retailing categories.
SOLUTION: Developed a sourcing strategy to reduce cost and lead times supporting new operating model. Reshaped product development process from merchandising and design, to sourcing and distribution.
Learn about our Operations & restructuring capabilities.
CASE: Operating Model redesign for Consumer Electronic Retailer
ISSUE: An operational misalignment between their online and offline retailing operations, resulting in poor performance.
SOLUTION: Reviewed online operating model to restructure processes and policies to support rapid expansion creating a more effective alignment between online and offline operations.. Focused on after-sales functions to enhance turnaround time and customer satisfaction.
Learn about our Information Technology and Marketing & Sales capabilities.
Technology
TECHNOLOGY
We work with high-growth and startup technology companies on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help tech companies innovate, improve operations, and deliver value—from early-stage firms to multinational software, hardware, and services providers.
CASE: Product development model
ISSUE: A computer and software manufacturer’s R&D capabilities were performing poorly and not meeting schedules and budgets.
SOLUTION: Developed a portfolio-management system to continuously monitor product-development performance. This system improved sourcing and supply chain processes. Resulting in decreased time-to-market, lower cost, and increased portfolio transparency.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation capabilities.
CASE: Improve research and development for a healthcare company
ISSUE: A leading healthcare company’s R&D capabilities were not meeting expectations and impacting profitability.
SOLUTION: Developed a customer-driven R&D process backed with a performance mortaring system. The process integrated customer needs, changes and focused on future requirements as the basis of focusing efforts on R&D activities.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation and Information Technology capabilities.
Technology
TECHNOLOGY
We work with high-growth and startup technology companies on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help tech companies innovate, improve operations, and deliver value—from early-stage firms to multinational software, hardware, and services providers.
CASE: Product development model
ISSUE: A computer and software manufacturer’s R&D capabilities were performing poorly and not meeting schedules and budgets.
SOLUTION: Developed a portfolio-management system to continuously monitor product-development performance. This system improved sourcing and supply chain processes. Resulting in decreased time-to-market, lower cost, and increased portfolio transparency.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation capabilities.
CASE: Improve research and development for a healthcare company
ISSUE: A leading healthcare company’s R&D capabilities were not meeting expectations and impacting profitability.
SOLUTION: Developed a customer-driven R&D process backed with a performance mortaring system. The process integrated customer needs, changes and focused on future requirements as the basis of focusing efforts on R&D activities.
Learn about our Product & Service Innovation and Information Technology capabilities.
PRIVATE EQUITY
PRIVATE EQUITY
We work with global and regional private equity firms and funds on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help our clients with due diligence, and firm strategy. We also support their portfolio companies with a variety of services, from growth strategies to restructuring.
CASE: Restructuring and turnaround strategy for a portfolio company
ISSUE: Poor performance of a portfolio company led to a rapid turnaround, before facing a potentially dissolving company.
SOLUTION: Reviewed key customer accounts, market opportunities, and capability underutilization. Developed a new key account management system, marketing strategy and an operational redesign.
Learn about our Operations and Organization, Change & Leadership capabilities.
CASE: Sourcing strategy to acquire new portfolio company
ISSUE: Client’s fund was under-utilized due to poor allocation driven by limited deal flow, lack of due diligence and economic changes.
SOLUTION: Redesigned due diligence processes, developed new fund allocation system and created a sourcing strategy to identify, analyze and fund key new investments.
Learn about our Organization, Change & Leadership and Corporate Finance capabilities.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
We work with telecommunications providers on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help our clients create opportunities, and transform their businesses in a rapidly changing world. We advise mobile and integrated operators, digital media, networking and equipment-makers.
CASE: National ICT strategy
ISSUE: Newly formed telecommunications regulations entity needed a national ICT strategy to implement a 10-year master plan set by the central government. This strategy was mandated to support national socioeconomic development goals.
SOLUTION: Devised a national ICT strategy based on a global benchmark exercise to institute leading practices. The strategy was designed to integrate across all key sector functions including, education, health, financial services, security and government. Also identified, analyzed and strategized plans to adopt, grow and transform different technologies tailed to specific national requirements.
Learn about our Strategy & Leadership capabilities.
CASE: Data center consolidation program
ISSUE: A multinational mobile operator was experiencing poor performance among their network of data centers due to new geographic acquisitions not aligning effectively.
SOLUTION: Base-lined all data centers, developed infrastructure reconfiguration options to deliver high performance service with standardized processes using ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). Consolidated key functions within a centralized location and redistributed other functions amongst the global network in the most optimal locations.
Learn about our Information Technology and Operations capabilities.
TRAVEL
TRAVEL, TRANSPORT, & LOGISTICS
We work with leading and growing travel, transport and logistics companies on the strategic, organizational, and operational level. We help our clients transform challenges into opportunities and competitive advantages. We focus on network management, pricing and revenue management.
CASE: Market sizing, segmentation, growth and performance study
ISSUE: A global logistics company is unable to accurately gage emerging market structure and dynamics, leading to poor planning.
SOLUTION: Mapped-out market structure by identifying and analyzing, size, segmentation, growth and benchmarked key performance metrics. Also identified emerging trends and their impact on future growth
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CASE: Digital marketing for a national tourism promotion agency
ISSUE: A national tourism promotional agency experienced poor results compared to peer entities within the region, and needed to develop an advantage.
SOLUTION: Analyzed all marketing activities and promotional campaigns to develop a cross functional digital marketing platform, to support all their offline marketing efforts.
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