We collaborate with our clients on creating innovative business plans that drive business value. We work with start-up companies that need a professional business plan to help them reach business goals and acquire capital from banks and other lending institutions. We work with established companies that need a professional business plan in order to better determine business direction or acquire new financing.

How do you know where your company is headed financially if you don’t have a sound budget or financial plan? We work with our clients to develop budgets that have a high impact to business performance. We offer a clear and concise process to help your company perform budgeting and financial planning that can be used over a 5 – 10 year period. We help our clients create innovative financial plans that enable high performance. Our budgeting and financial planning processes are used by many of the Fortune 100.

Poorly run operations increase costs and can eventually lead to poor performance in terms of customer service, employee satisfaction and negative profits. We help companies streamline operations and improve processes that will decrease time in operations, deliver faster services and decrease costs embedded in business processes. If your business is not performing as planned in certain areas, we can help you determine the root cause and recommend turnaround strategies. We have extensive experience analyzing business operations and determining how to decrease costs by improving your operations.

Good business ideas are great, but need excellent execution to reap the benefits. Whether your project involves implementing a new technology or developing a new operation, we have the experience to successfully drive your project from implementation to completion. We help clients in the following ways:

- Manage Projects from Initiation to Close

- Develop Project Plans and Project Charters

- Develop Risk Management Strategies

- Develop Project Management Tools (Databases, Templates)

- Provide Project Management Office Resources

Whether you report to Wall Street and/or a private board of directors, understanding your financial performance is a key task in operating a successful business. Competitive forces often lead to organizations that have changed over time whether from acquisitions, mergers or new technologies. Many organizations find it challenging to develop fully credible financial data to use in daily or monthly performance management. A. L. BEAN & Company collaborates with organizations to accomplish this goal. We can help you determine which key financial indicators to use in performance management, as well as help to determine accurate data. Our extensive experience with many of the challenges facing organizations today will allow you to tap into our excellent resources for performance management.

Strategic planning is one of the most important activities for executive management today. Whether you are in a growing or mature industry, a strategic plan is the key to navigating through the increasingly competitive business environment. A. L. BEAN & Company understands the importance of strategic planning and has the practical experience to drive your organization to an actionable and dynamic strategic plan. Our strategic planning processes are used by many high performing companies and our experience in strategic planning will aid you in achieving a practical plan. We understand the challenges of developing a great plan and can help you navigate through those challenges. We have a high impact planning process, great research capabilities and a solid understanding of the competitive market environment.