Advice on Business Model

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• Advice on Business Model

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Background

• The business environment today is characterised
  by declining success ratios, shorter product life
  cycles, and unprecedented influence of knowledge
  and technology
• We help organisations navigate through this
  dynamic environment. Our services -
• Strategy Consulting
• Where we suggest solutions
• Think!Strat
• Where we help your team think and generate
  solutions

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Strategy Consulting

• We help ensure strategic fit between your
  organisational competencies and external
  opportunities through appropriate business
  models, holding structures, organization
  structures, management systems, and technology.
• A significant element of our role is normally
  related to setting the direction and managing the
  transition from the current position to the
  desired position while strengthening the
  knowledge capital and intellectual assets.

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Strategy Consulting

• Some of the assignments that we have handled are
  of the following nature-
• Advice on business model
• Leverage on knowledge management
• Integrate business strategy and technology
• We can discuss a service offering that is most
  relevant for your needs.

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Strategy Consulting

• Advice on business model
• We provide an independent assessment of the mix
  of businesses that is appropriate, given your
  organisational strengths and opportunities in the
  market place. The service could extend to -
• Strategies for getting into new business areas
• Divestment of any business from which you would
  prefer to exit
• Alliances
• We can also suggest Initiatives to strengthen
  your position in an existing business including
  re-structuring / change management exercises

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Core Team

• Sundar Sankaran (36), PGDM(IIM-Ahmedabad), AICWA,
  ACS
• Over 10 years of experience in Bajaj Auto Kotak
  Mahindra 4 years with Advantage-India
  sundar_at_advantage-india.com
• Pravin Sathe (37), MBA (Symbiosis), B.Pharm
• Over 12 years of entrepreneurial experience in
  manufacturing and services 2 years with
  Advantage-India
• pravin_at_advantage-india.com

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How are we different?

• As a policy, we handle a consulting role for not
  more than four core clients at any point of time.
  This ensures close interaction with the clients
  and senior level involvement from our side
  throughout the assignment.
• We believe that our role is not to generate
  reports but to help fulfil the clients dreams.
  So we are happy to work with the client in
  implementation.
• Our relationship with clients is long term.

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Case Study

• Client Optimum Solutions, Singapore
• Service Business Plan and Entry Strategy
• Optimum Solutions is a technology services
  company based in Singapore. The company desired
  assistance to start operations in India.
• We initially advised the company on the
  appropriate business, legal and shareholding
  structures in India. Then prepared a business
  plan for the India operations.
• We helped the company kick-start business in
  India through an alliance. Appreciating our
  value added inputs, we were also engaged to
  advise on the international strategy of the
  parent company in Singapore.
• We continue providing need-based strategic input
  to Optimum.

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Case Study

• Client Dess Technologies
• Service Business Model, Sructure Change Mgt.
• Dess Technologies is into digitisation and back
  office automation. The company required
  assistance in moving into a sustainable
  organisation format.
• We helped the company set its mission, vision and
  values.
• We advised the company on the most optimal
  business structure in the light of promoter
  competencies and market opportunities.
• We also suggested an organisation structure,
  business processes and delegation of authority
  that was scalable and in line with the culture of
  the organisation.

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Case Study

• Client Cipher Securities
• Service Business Model, Tech., KM Think!Strat
  
• Cipher Securities is a professionally run
  financial services organisation with offices in
  Mumbai and California. They are into private
  equity resource mobilisation, MA and corporate
  advisory.
• We handled a strategy lab for the senior
  management team of the company. The exercise
  generated various strategic business and
  technology options and culminated in the
  preparation of a road-map for the organisation.
• We also conceptualised an internet based system
  to help Cipher interact with clients and handle
  its internal operations effectively. The system
  helped avoid duplication of data while ensuring
  easy sharing of and access to information.

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Track-Record

• Business Model Advisory
• Optimum Solutions Pte. Ltd., Singapore Business
  Plan and Entry Strategy in India
• Dess Technologies Business structuring
• Omega Kemix Alliance
• Savings4ever Business Plan and Alliance
• Mutual fund software developer Business model
  and Divestment
• Leading mutual fund distributer Business model
• An E-CRM operation Business model
• A Telecom services franchise Business model

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Track-Record

• Knowledge Management
• newsNmuse.info
• Cipher Securities

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Track-Record

• Integrate technology with business strategy
• Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
• Cipher Securities
• National Steel Exchange
• Bio-technology portal
• Consumer portal

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Sectors

• The work that we do straddles across many
  industries. Some of the specific sectors where we
  have been associated are -
• Financial Services incl. Mutual Fund Debt
  Market
• Information Technology
• IT Enabled Services
• Pharma bio-technology
• Food
• Automobiles
• Engineering
• Telecom services
• Retail

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Contact Us

• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail info_at_advantage-india.com
• Website www.advantage-india.com
• Snail mail Mahindra Park D/22
• LBS Road, Ghatkopar West
• Mumbai 400 086
• Strategyscape newsNmuse.info