Our Insights
As Columbus’ Premier Mid-Market Advisors, we partner with the region’s leading product and service businesses to unlock potential, enhance competitiveness and accelerate growth.
Planning for Inflationary Pressures
Supply chains are scrambling to deal with inflationary pressures. Carriers are reporting sustained increases in demand and constrained capacity. Port bottlenecks are causing delays and price hikes.
So how should middle-market companies respond to these inflationary pressures? We offer these considerations…
The Escalating War for Talent
Most companies are struggling to compete in today’s escalating war for talent. We offer the following as some of the ways to solve recruiting challenges…
Agile Supply Chain
Agile supply chains preemptively remove waste, identify risks and address gaps to remain nimble. They run on data to help predict the future, but more importantly, they prepare for the future before….
What does Digital Transformation really mean?
We’ve been talking about the Information Age or the Digital Revolution for decades, so what does Digital Transformation actually mean? Let’s start with what it’s not. It is not digitization, which is merely moving …
AI and Machine Learning Bring Pricing Optimization into Reach
Could You Use Faster Pricing Insights? Traditional organizations employ talented individuals to analyze historical pricing data. After gaining analytical insights, they communicate pricing recommendations to decision makers. The process is slow and valuable only if they can derive underlying drivers of price.
Now imagine transaction data consumed and evaluated against historical indicators of buyer behavior and demographics in near-real-time. Your top analysts are freed-up to connect qualitative intersections with company strategy and macro trends. The data is visually displayed using standard reports and dashboards. Your organization can quickly act and implement changes.
The new scenario is happening now. Using the power of
Leveraging Supplier Collaboration to Outperform the Competition
Leading companies have reinvented the way they work with their suppliers and are enjoying a sustainable competitive advantage. Businesses that initiated their supplier management transformation over the last several years have been rewarded with increased...
Major Capital Investments Flow Into the Cloud Close Market
During the past two years, the accounting close market has shifted from older on-premises offerings to "Cloud Close" solutions as finance organizations sought improved software capabilities, cost efficiencies, greater flexibility and shorter time to value. These...
Fisher & Co. Rebrands as Fisher Management Partners
Fisher Management Partners, the Columbus-based management consulting firm, announced a major rebranding to reflect …
Global Enterprises Use Lean Six Sigma to Eliminate Defects
Lean Six Sigma is a powerful combination of two Continuous Improvement methods. “Lean” is about speed – reducing non-value-added activities (or waste), to improve process cycle times. “Six Sigma” is about quality – reducing process variation and defects to...
Explosive Growth in RPA
The Robots Arrived Over a Decade Ago RPA is used by 400 of the Fortune 500. Many finance organizations have released RPA capabilities within their organization, providing a tremendous learning experience and visibility into hard dollar business...