ADVISORY SERVICES

Whatever your goals

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

An interesting fact is that 100% of Fortune 500s use advisory services firms. What they realize is everyone’s knowledge is limited and if they want to reach their full potential, they need an extra set of eyes.

Curious how you stack up? Trenton offers a Business Check-up so you can benchmark your company to your competition.

PLANNING Our management consulting experience includes strategic planning, annual planning, planning retreats, one-page plans, Board planning, product planning and service planning.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT We can help you minimize debt and use your cash efficiently. Our team assists with cash forecasting and management, capital investment strategies, dividend and tax planning, and staffing strategies.
BUSINESS RECOVERY Our success in helping clients manage through prior crisis can be used to benefit you. Let us help you with your financial management, sales and marketing strategies, staff forecasting, vendor coordination and employee communications.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT We provide innovative guidance in operational efficiencies including manufacturing, logistics, ERP implementations, fleet management, space planning and inventory management.
HR Let us assist in implementing HR best practices at your company and reduce turnover. We do this using hiring strategies, staff forecasting, performance tracking, productivity measures, virtual management, HR and Payroll systems and compliance.
PEER ADVISORY C-Suite leaders often have no one to discuss confidential business issues. We offer regular meetings as a sounding board and advisor.
GOVERNANCE We can facilitate implementing a Board, Board management including policy creation, executive oversite, shareholder communications and meetings.
TRANSITION PLANNING Our team can help with goal setting, estate planning, stock transitions, management and ownership transitions.

CASE STUDIES

Operations

Problem: This large regional law firm had experienced several years of breakeven profits. Strong growth had not resulted in greater profits. Key staff were working long hours.

Recommendation: Trenton identified the eighteen opportunities for improvement. Improvements included processes, vendors and accounting.

Result: Trenton delivered immediate changes in accounting, bank relations and support vendors. Staff roles and responsibilities were reassigned relieving workloads. Within 12 months, the firm had eliminated short term debt and achieved a $1.5 million profit.

Planning

Problem: This $5 million engineering firm needed to establish an annual planning process. The management team was pulling different directions causing disagreements.

Recommendation: Trenton worked with the leadership team to plan a management planning and team building retreat. Surveys were provided to all staff and managers were interviewed individually.

Result: Trenton facilitated and led this two day and two night retreat. After analyzing survey results and management desires, this team was able to complete a one page business plan and resolve disputes.

Governance

Problem: The shareholders of this privately held company lost control of operations when one shareholder took over management.

Recommendation: After reviewing the company’s governing by-laws we: 1) implemented annual shareholder meetings, 2) installed a contemporary board of shareholders, 3) removed officer Board voting rights creating a new level of officer accountability to the Board.

Result: Established healthy relations between the shareholders, board members and officers.