June 14, 2006

 

Thank you for taking the time to download this white paper.  It contains some thought and conversation about why BTF Management Consultants, Inc. is a different kind of consulting company from those that you might be familiar with.  BTF can provide all of the resources that a company needs to gain and maintain its corporate health.  Please take a moment and read through this.  Then contact us for any need that you might have.

 

When is the last time that you made an investment in your business that had a guaranteed Rate of Return on that investment?  How does 200% sound?

 

There’s a difference in the kind of help that you can get for your small to medium sized business.  You can choose the traditional offering that’s been around for 50 years.   You can agree to a “free analysis” of your business. You’ll get a sales rep to come in and make a presentation based on your existing information.  The idea is to convince you that their “cookie cutter” approach to business improvement will result in substantive changes in your business.  In some cases, this “one size fits all” approach to business re-engineering works pretty well.  Generally, these are companies that are basically fairly solid with some minor hurdles to clear.  For the rest of us (those of us with more serious issues to address), the conventional approach to small business consulting leaves us some good ideas, but no way to implement them.  Why can’t a small business get the same kind of first rate, custom tailored business advice and systems that the big boys have?  Is it just too expensive for small businesses to afford?

 

The answer is that you can.  BTF Management Consultants is a real consulting firm with real answers specifically tailored to your business and the problems that you face, no matter what they may be.  Yes, you still get the free business analysis.  The secret to that is that such an analysis is a part of the due diligence that ALL consulting firms must do.  The fact that the old line firms don’t want you to know is that there is a great deal more to that process that just making a “butcher paper” presentation based on the application of pre-made package solutions, if you really want to help a business thrive in the long-term.  Real consulting help is based on performance and results.  The BTF solutions are centered on those two factors.

 

BTF Management Consultants wants to establish a long-term professional relationship with entrepreneurial management as a source of business expertise that contributes to the solution of your business problems.  BTF is high-powered senior executive talent available to business that solves problems on a pay for performance basis.  BTF is a profit center with 100% client satisfaction guaranteed.  (See www.btfmanagement.com for details.)

 

BTF takes all the risk by performing a due diligence survey of your business on-site prior to accepting a project.  The information developed and problem identification data is available to the client and is confidential to BTF.  This information will not be released in any form without the written permission of the client.  This process is what allows BTF to solve your problems on a guaranteed basis. 

 

Are you operating your business?  Are you controlling your business?  Are you making a profit?  Do you want more profit, time off, control of expenses, exit plan, business plan, market and sales plan, financial reporting, management organization, risk and asset management, or just help?  These examples are but a few of the problems solved by BTF.  Phone, fax, or email for quick answers.

 

100% Client Satisfaction

All BTF clients are required to document their satisfaction with a letter at the end of the project that answers the following questions. 

 

Ø      Are you satisfied with the quality and quantity of service provided?

Ø      Is the increased profit identified real and attainable?

Ø      Has all work been installed and are all programs functioning?

Ø      Do the documented savings and income enhancement totals exceed twice the project cost as calculated by the client accounting personnel?   200+% ROI

 

If the answer to these four questions is not yes, the BTF contract for service continues at no charge until a positive letter of satisfaction is obtained.

 

BTF will produce a healthy business that satisfies the client, produces a profit, and protects the assets from catastrophic loss.  The BTF plan for each business is tailor made to fit the needs and available assets.  In general the control points are listed below:

 

Statement of Goals                   To lead you must know where you are going.

Asset-Controls                          Control and protection of all resources is mandatory.

Cash Management                    A business cannot operate a day with out cash.

Profit Plan                                 The responsibility of management is to make a profit.

Variance Reporting                    First measure then manage.

Flash Reports                            Management is to be informed of project status.

Financial Management               Without financial management every business will fail.

Resource Management              Protection of resources produces long-term success.

Exit Plan                                     Every goal must have an end of game plan.

 

 

The first request from BTF for information is to make sure there is not an unidentified elephant problem.  We both must be sure of the nature of the project.  To this end BTF has a short list of Due Diligence Material.  Not all business factors can be included.  Any critical information should be included.  As stated this procedure is to keep the consultant from wasting time and money.  This information would be available on site to begin the project survey.

 

 

 

The Beginning - DUE DILIGENCE MATERIAL

 

In order to get started, BTF will need to be provided the following materials regarding your business operations by name, location, annual sales volume profitability and alter egos you have operated with and all of its Parents and/or Subsidiaries:

 

1.     The Quarterly and/or Annual Financial as well as IRS tax Reports of the corporation for the last three years.

 

2.     A schedule setting forth who will make and how decisions will be made regarding the various uses of proceeds and any change in the uses of proceeds.

 

3.     Budgets of operations and sources and uses of funds for the corporation.

 

4.     A schedule setting forth any plans for future acquisition and any projections for the corporation’s operations in the immediate future.

 

5.     Aged account receivables and account payables.

 

6.     Most current 3 months bank statements and payroll records.

 

7.     Any option, bonus, profit sharing or retirement plans in existence.

 

8.     Any loans made to or from directors, officers and employees.

 

9.     Any internal or operations manuals currently in use.

 

10. Insurance policies presently in existence for the corporation and any key employees.

 

11. A schedule setting forth all deeds, mortgages, title reports and principal leases of the corporation.

 

12. Debt instruments, indentures, loan agreements and agreements or documents relating to lines of credit.

 

13. Any license or franchise agreements.

 

14. Any appraisals and valuation reports relating to the corporation’s assets.

 

15. Any legal action corporate or private pending.

 

 

Any request that does not apply or is not available is to be identified.

 

Step Two – The Three Laws of Business –

 

The next step for BTF is to focus on the three laws of business, satisfy a customer, make a profit, and protect the assets.

This information is by observation and communication with management, employees, and customers.  Examples in these areas are given for illustration only.  If this process identifies an existing problem to be addressed please state in as much detail as possible.  If your instruction is to concentrate on a particular area, please state clearly.

 

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Eye appeal (Store invitation)

Customer friendly service

Critical item identification

Selection

Fill rate

Quality

Ability to complain

Speed of service

Convenience

Price

 

PROFIT

Financial reporting

Budget

Goals

Variance Reporting

Use of funds

Profits are reinvested to benefit customers

Identify profit areas and products

 

ASSET PROTECTION

Security internal

Waste

Vender theft

High risk products

Low profit products

Operations errors

Regular complete financial reporting

 

From this information problems are identified and the solution is provided by BTF.  When the problem is identified and approved by client management BTF proceeds in a step-by-step process to the installation of the solution.  BTF experience from business operations permits the following.

 

Together, we will find a professional, well-defined, workable solution to your business problems – Guaranteed!

Survival and Growth of Your Business

 

THIS YEAR

500,000 NEW BUSINESSES WILL START-

400,000 WILL FAIL

 

The ten most common reasons businesses fail are:

 

1. Inadequate accounting records.                 6. Failing to sell aggressively.

2. Disregarding financial records.                   7. Insufficient working capital.

3. Not controlling costs.                                  8. Not having proper insurance.

4. Inviting fraud by poor internal control.         9. Failing to train employees.

5. Improper planning.                                      10.Not having professional advice.

 

BTF HELPS YOU MASTER THE

10 RULES FOR THE SURVIVAL AND

GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS

 

1.      Create a strategic plan for growing your business, establish benchmarks for performance, and hold your managers accountable for the numbers.

  1. Don’t wait for annual reviews to make adjustments to your business plan.  Markets don’t wait for annual planning reviews, nor should you.
  2. Every business owner must make a personal transformation from technical expert to master strategist for the enterprise.
  3. Adopt the 3 cardinal principles of business growth: Drive the numbers higher today; drive the numbers higher tomorrow; and drive the numbers higher this week.  If you focus on growing your business in the short term, you won’t have to worry about growth over the long run.
  4. Develop a financial and operational reporting system that allows you to track all your critical numbers.  If you don’t measure it, you can’t manage.
  5. Hold a daily management “huddle” with all department heads to go over the numbers and make adjustments to daily action plans.
  6. Control your cost when growing your business by budgeting percentages rather than dollars.
  7. Identify all the people who are driving your business and create incentives for each of them to grow your business for you.
  8. Throw out the old management model you started your business with and create a new one.  Innovation in management systems is the key to out-distancing your competitors in the race to the top.
  9. Growing a business is like competing in a championship sport. 

Play to win instead of not to lose and enjoy the game

 

Don’t Lose Another Dollar.

 

Do Something About It Today

 

The common phrase that ”time is money” in a turnaround situation, is flat wrong.  In fact, time is “lost money.“  The fulfillment of your goals and the future it brings is what you make it!  BTF can insure your success.  BTF can resolve an immediate financial crisis and restructure your business model for long-term success.

 

Following business analysis and problem identification, BTF will assist in planning a strategy, defining measurable goals, and establishing benchmarks.  The BTF job is to assist and teach the leadership skills that unify employees with a clear purpose and goal to move the entire organization in a positive direction.

 

With BTF, you’re hiring a long-term business partner with Fortune 500 quality resources to assist you at every step of the way.  Together, we can correct the mistakes of the past, get grounded in the present and move into that successful future that you envisioned for your business when you began.

 

We have many success stories we would like to share with you.

 

Visit our website at www.btfmanagement.com, or call us toll free at 866-385-1900 and we will gladly answer question, send additional information, and discuss going to work for you.  BTF is the short-term guaranteed investment that accrues long-term results.

 

 

Ken Roys, CEO

BTF Management Consultants Inc

866-385-1900 Toll Free 713-983-7904 Fax

Ken.Roys@btfmanagement.com

www.btfmanagement.com