Advention Strategy Consulting
Advention Strategy Consulting
Advention delivers a boutique experience on a global scale. We enable our clients to achieve their objectives while keeping true to our values of dedication, flexibility, and excellence. For over 20 year, Advention has remained an independent strategy consulting group comprised of a fast-growing team of strategic professionals operating worldwide through our local operations in Paris, New York, London, Dubai and Shanghai.
Methods
Corporate and Business Unit Strategy
- Portfolio analysis / Investment strategy
- Vision / business definition
- Analysis of core competency
- Value chain analysis
- Wealth creation (EVA / ROCE)
- External growth strategy (M&A, joint
venture, divestiture) - ESG strategy
Growth Strategy
- Market analysis & Sizing
- Needs assessment & Market segmentation
- Competitor analysis
- Market entry strategy
- Route to Market strategy
- Pricing
- Product development
- Sales channels
- Market forecasting
Performance Improvement
- Org. structure & Governance
- Operational efficiency
- Change management
- Turnaround strategy
- Cost reduction strategy
- Competitive benchmarking / Relative
- Cost Position (RCP)
- Purchasing strategy
- Impact strategy optimization planning
Transaction Support
- Investment strategy
- M&A strategy development
- Target screening
- Strategic / vendor due diligence
- Financial modelling
- Synergy evaluation
- Risk analysis
- Business planning
- Negotiation support
- Action planning
Sectors
Examples of client impact
Healthcare Transaction Support
Advention was the primary strategic advisor and provided both market analysis and valuation inputs on an innovative provider of pharmacy automation solutions for a leading global medical technology company. The final closing agreement was in excess of $1.5 billion. Since acquiring the business, our client has grown the solution customers globally and increased EBITDA by >15%.
Electronics Transaction Support
Advention was the primary strategic advisor and provided both market analysis and valuation inputs on an innovative provider of LED solutions for the automotive sectors. The final closing agreement was in excess of $1.0 billion. The client is targeting an increase in profitability >9% after capturing identified synergies from management consolidation and customer introduction globally.
Global Consumer Products Strategy
Advention is a leading advisor to the global executive leadership team of a consumer products company. Advention has delivered over 100 unique projects in the past 20 years from enhanced technology enablement to organizational design and project management (PMO) of key strategic initiatives.
Performance improvement in nuclear power
Our client has developed the world’s most advanced nuclear power technologically. When one of their construction projects was facing significant budget overruns and schedule delays, they onboarded Advention to deliver various performance improvement and restructuring initiatives.
