REX (ROIC Enterprise Transformation) support service to achieve management reforms while improving ROIC

Solution

Helping clients to build a data-based management/business decision-making cycle and support connecting management KPIs and on-site staff`s KPIs

To enhance profitability, our clients are required to focus on restructuring their business portfolios.
Against this backdrop, Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which measures the profitability of capital within each business, is becoming a widely used and disclosed indicator.
However, there are cases where ROIC-based management control has not remained unclear to on-site staff due to such issues as the barrier between corporate (management) and business divisions (front line), siloed analytical data, and a lack of personnel to facilitate the involvement of diverse stakeholders.
Based on its knowledge and track record developed from numerous enterprise transformations, ABeam Consulting provides Reverse ROIC Tree Building, Data Analysis Platform Building, and Self-Service BI Deployment Support Services to aid enterprise transformations to improve ROIC.


Background

Capital markets call for the implementation and disclosure of capital cost-focused management

Capital markets are becoming increasingly globalized, and investors tend to prioritize capital efficiency and the return on investment rate rather than only focusing on quantitative references like sales and profit.
ROIC is a key metric for investors to check whether the capital profitability of each business exceeds the cost of capital, and whether the business demonstrates a competitive advantage compared to competitors.
An increasing number of companies, led by their corporate planning divisions, disclose ROIC targets and results in external documents, such as medium-term management plans.

Challenges

It is difficult to embed ROIC management into a diverse range of stakeholders due to the difficulty of involving the entire group (corporate divisions, each business division, group companies)

Pitfalls

  1. Barrier between corporate divisions and business divisions
    On-site staff's efforts fail to improve performance, and how much the results of efforts of each business division contribute to ROIC is unknown.
  2. Siloed analytical data
    Due to there being too many data analysis platforms of business divisions and group companies, the meaning of data differs, making it difficult for stakeholders to be on the same page.
  3. Lack of talent to facilitate ROIC efforts
    There is a lack of talent that understand the meaning of data, analyze and utilize it, and can facilitate ROIC improvement efforts by involving a wide range of stakeholders.

Approach

The most difficult thing about ROIC management is embedding ROIC-based management control to on-site staff. To feed ROIC-based management control into on-the-ground operations, a deep knowledge of creating KPIs, as well as  business operations and systems, is essential.
It is important to analyze KPI that impact ROIC and have a shared awareness of goals between divisions. It is also vital to hold discussions between divisions based on the same data and develop talent that can take action in a timely manner.
ABeam Consulting helps embed ROIC management by engaging all levels from top management to the front line and designing operations and systems with an organization-wide perspective focused on overall optimization.

Key features

  • Designing KPI that unite management and on-site staff

    ABeam Consulting provides support to be able to break down management targets for businesses and teams and estimate the impact of practical KPI on management KPI. This enables discussions to be had from the same perspective regarding what initiatives management and businesses should implement to improve ROIC.

  • Analytical data integration and preparation

    Based on goal-oriented thinking such as ‘What should we accomplish through data analysis?’ and the unique challenges of our clients, we help our clients formulate a convincing and effective roadmap, feed this into a solid implementation plan, help bring the plan to life, and then entrench these practices within their operations.

  • Developing data experts

    With drastic changes in the business environment, the development of talent that can utilize data is key to ensuring the continued success of the ROIC management process. Utilizing know-how of addressing common hurdles, ABeam Consulting supports highly effective operations that have a strong sense of urgency.

Details

Reverse ROIC Tree Building Support Service

There are many cases where companies struggle to entrench ROIC-based management control. This is because solely creating an ROIC tree of just financial indicators makes it hard to link daily on-site tasks and improvement activities, making it difficult to foster a sense of ownership.  This service helps clarify the impact on-site measures and activities in each business have on financial indicators. It also enables discussions to be had from the same perspective regarding what initiatives management and businesses should implement to improve financial indicators. 

Data Analysis Platform Building Support Service

To achieve data-driven ROIC management, there is a need for data, which acts as the foundation, to be provided sufficiently in a timely and reliable manner. This service supports the building of an optimal data analysis platform tailored to the unique challenges of each client company.

Self-Service BI Deployment Support Service

With drastic changes in the business environment, the development of talent that can utilize data by non-IT systems division members is key to continued functioning of the ROIC management process. This service provides guided support to enable the employees of our clients to be able to analyze and take actions themselves through learning to use and create BI.

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