"GPS Reviews" Posts
GPS Reviews: Recharged My Batteries
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Situation
Before GPS arrived, “I was in a hole and I had been feeling overwhelmed for a long time,” shared this family-owned for four generations, and more than 100 years, retail/grocery store client.
Process
Their GPS consultant was “very knowledgeable in the grocery business and he presented information to me and my management team in a clear and organized way.”
His people skills, however, especially drew the notice of the client. “I was impressed with the way that my team interacted with him. They started implementing action plans for their departments after the first week—before they even knew what were …
GPS Reviews: No More Guessing
Situation
GPS was engaged by the owner of a company that provided disinfection and sterilization services to healthcare/laboratory facilities, due to his business being “on a roller-coaster ride for the past 25 years. I, finally, decided that it was time for professional guidance to smooth out performance.”
Process
The GPS consultant “quickly fit into our culture and understood our complicated business structure. This guy was a working machine, crunching numbers and analyzing ideas all day long. There was no wasted time.”
Among the numerous projects, one stand-out would be the Employee Evaluation and Gain Sharing Incentive Plan, which “was something …
GPS Reviews: Created Accountability For Change
Situation
Value enhancement, or “to help us achieve greater business success,” was the goal of this construction contractor specializing in catastrophe restoration (i.e. water, mold, fire, and smoke damage) in hiring GPS for business consulting services.
Process
The initial visit by the GPS analyst “was insightful. In less than one day, he had a firm understanding of our struggles. He pointed out several personnel conflicts and billing issues that were impacting the business. His approach and suggestions opened my eyes to solutions that I had not thought of before.”
Next, the GPS consultants arrived and in their review “went further …
GPS Reviews: A Clear Vision & Pathway To Profitability
Situation
A family owned business for over 50 years in the automotive industry utilized GPS to provide “a clear vision and pathway to profitability.” The company had been struggling with serious financial and operational issues.
Process
“My wife Angie and I were filled with anxiety and uncertainty as to where this journey would take us,” due to the troubled state of the business. When the GPS analyst and consultant arrived, “we began diagramming ‘where we are’ and ‘where we need to be.’ This brainstorming session, which I didn’t fully understand in the beginning, would soon become our recipe for success …
GPS Reviews: Your Own Team Of Specialists
Situation
A sand blasting material and equipment distributor, in the industry for over ten years, hired GPS to supply a selection of management tools and to address some much needed tax strategies.
Process
“I appreciated the fact that you had sent a team of professionals, each specializing in their own fields. I feel that I have received the utmost in attention that I could have possibly been given, in each area of my business.”
Before GPS, the client had made two prior attempts in the past to work with other consulting companies, but “failed to gain the knowledge that I …
GPS Reviews: Customized Solutions
Situation
The owner of a contracting company brought in GPS to provide strategic advice and expertise as well as the tools required for management to take the business to the next level.
Process
“Instead of coming in and presenting a ‘canned’ strategy, our GPS consultant solicited input from each of my employees on what would work best to improve the company. He took those comments and developed a comprehensive plan that was presented back to the entire company, receiving nothing but positive comments.”
The client praised this “common sense approach,” saying, “his willingness to listen to my employees and my …
GPS Reviews: Offered A Seat On The Board!
Situation
GPS entered the picture to provide a client in residential new construction with a business adviser and mentor regarding issues related to improved management of the company. Although, the client expressed some reservations about the sales process of connecting with GPS—his initial salesman’s appointment, unfortunately, had been rescheduled with short notice, he expressed that he was very happy with what came of it.
Process
Numerous projects were undertaken, but several stood out to the client as especially exciting. Number one was uncovering a revenue generating, business growth opportunity, or what the client referred to as a ‘game-changer,’ that had …
GPS Reviews: The Confidence To Change Course
Situation
GPS Business Consulting was introduced to this client, a commercial boat rental company, by way of a cold call, “or by chance, however, I truly believe that this introduction was an answer to a prayer!
That phone call was the end of an era and the beginning of a new outlook and attitude towards the future of our business. We are a second generation family business faced with new challenges, which we weren’t handling very well.
Your team helped us to acknowledge the errors of our past ways and then gave us the encouragement to move forward with confidence …
GPS Reviews: Shaking Up The Status Quo
Situation
The owners of a commercial flooring company were dealing with a low margin, which resulted in cash flow issues. “Prior to GPS, the cash flow volatility created great stress for me and Joe. We were resigned to the status quo and we did not foresee our company growing, beyond its size, at that time.”
Process
“Upon arriving,” the GPS consultant “evaluated our estimating and accounting processes. The first discovery was that we did not understand the difference between mark-up and margin. He also determined that we had no budget forecasting in place.”
Numerous new procedures, protocols and metrics were …
GPS Reviews: A Fresh Set Of Eyes
Situation
An industrial recycling company, serving the community for nearly 25 years, hired GPS for a value enhancement and restructuring project, sharing “the decision to begin this project with a fresh set of eyes on our business was difficult and challenging.”
In the beginning, concerns included whether the cost would outweigh the value of the set objectives, but they were put to rest during the first week that the GPS consultants arrived.
“I think all of management felt a sense of ease, almost as if we had partnered with a force of individuals that would help identify and offer solutions …
