CONSULTING SERVICES The outcomes of KCI’s consulting engagements are concise recommendations for immediate improvement and paths to follow for long-term success. The outcomes achieved relate to our efforts to thoroughly understand the business issue we are addressing, processes we have used successfully many times before and our independent view. Examples of engagements where we use the experience of our consultants encompass:
Acquisition identification, valuations, due diligence, and integration where we
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Help clients identify acquisition/joint venture targets that leverage technologies, customers and markets
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Perform due diligence and valuations of existing business concerns and emerging technologies
a Pricing and contracting strategies for new and existing products/services where we:
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Assist clients with pricing and contracting, such as primary research or modeling analog markets
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Use overall market sizing analysis, technology comparisons and primary research activities
a Medical technology assessment where we determine market competitiveness, market ..... acceptance
and intellectual property positioning a Review of current sales operations and develop and execute improvements based on KCI’s:
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History of effective sales management which helps clients maximize their sales processes
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Services ranging from account targeting to forecasting to sales training
a Development of analytical tools, models, processes and benchmarks where KCI:
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Develops dashboard metric systems, profitability models, reporting and analysis models
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Provides strategic guidance in developing sophisticated analytical/reporting tools including
implementation of data warehouse and user interface tools (Cognos, Business Objects, etc)