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Pulp and paper Industry is characterized by strong cyclicality, pervasive price-cost pressure, waning investor interest, and a track record of insufficient returns. Most of the industries in this sector are hundreds of years old and hence proud of their strong tradition and legacy. As an Industry, it faces huge transition in the form of consolidation, globalization and increased competition with emerging regions which also provides it with tremendous strategic production advantages and a growing need to combine the traditional production focus with more of an eye towards the end users of paper. Aqua MCG addresses the following areas in this industry:
Strategy Formulation: Focussed on advising clients on growth strategies and business shaping initiatives. Growth Strategyevaluation is based on analysing the potential for segment consolidation, identifying strategic partnership, evaluating synergies for mergers and acquisitions, financial and SWOT Analysis studies.
Performance Improvement: We help clients improve total productivity, including cost productivity (improving day-to-day manufacturing operations); capital productivity (making the right investments decisions, both on large scale projects and day-to-day investments); and customer productivity (creating greater value from customer relationships). The result is lower operating ratio, better utilization of assets and raw material, reduced wastage and increased efficiency
Customer facing: Being a traditional industry, the organizations are generally inward facing and value their production more than the needs and the requirements of the end users. But emerging areas and opportunities have presented them with increasing value for business and growth and we help them to mature gradually into a customer focussed organization that can create partnership with the customers in order to increase productivity, and even innovation, in the entire value chain
Demand Management: The Industry is highly cyclic and with traditional way of working, these companies use subjective parameters to manage the demand resulting in loss of business, inefficient use of their resources, lack of effective planning and high operating costs. We, through, the use of effective forecasting models and demand planning activity help them reduce costs and effectively position their resources to manage the demand
We at Aqua MCG, realize that being distinct in such an environment is the need of the hour for the organizations and our Industry solution for this sector have been designed with an eye on this. We understand that each industry has its own peculiar set of challenges and pulp and paper industry, being traditional in comparison to other, is unique in many ways. We realize the importance of approaching each client situation without preconceived notion and being sensitive to change, which forms the corner stone of our philosophy. |