Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.

Helping leaders orchestrate business successes

Colleen Burke, President Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.

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Houston

Privately held management consulting

firm founded to help companies improve

business performance

Texas-based…globally

focused

Who Is Ascentrics?

Integrates five critical components:

strategy, process & technology, people,

organization structure, measurement

Focuses on implementing projects and organizational

efforts in such a way that benefits are realized &

sustained

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Why Companies Call Us

Ascentrics’ growth spurred by Fortune 100 companies’ facing issues such as:

Need to fully realize and sustain program / project benefits

Need for “up-skilling” to improve organizational capability

Need for enterprise system implementation to deliver targeted value

Repeated organization structure changes; organizational ineffectiveness

Need for multiple functions to work together to improve decision quality and effectiveness

Need to improve supply chain performance

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Ascentrics’ framework for aligning organizational components around strategy to create sustainable step-change improvement

• Balanced System – views the organization/project as a system with five key components, and ensures all components are appropriately addressed for success

• Scalable – adjustable for the size / complexity of the problem

• Customized – tailored to address client’s specific situation

• Acceleration Methodologies & Tools – framework supported by unique and proprietary techniques for obtaining results in an accelerated timeframe

Framework Benefits:

Framework

Sustainable step-

change

improvement

2. Process & Technology

1. Strategy

4. People 3. Structure

5. Measurement

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Each of our methodologies has a well defined process for achieving accelerated results

Methodologies

Driver-Result Mapping

CUSTOMERSHUMAN RESOURCES

SUPPLIER & PARTNER

OPERATIONS & PRODUCT/SERVICE

QUALITY FINANCIAL & MARKET

INTERNAL OPERATIONS RESULTS OF ALL RESULTS

*Organizations have capabilities, people have competencies. Examples of organization capabilities: a) ability to build to order, b) ability to quickly assimilate information, c) ability to deploy/re-deploy people

Examples of three of our methodologies/tools

Superior

Parity

Deficient

Per

form

ance

Criticality

Surplus

Aligned

Gap

Capability* Assessment

Needed to Win

Needed to Play

Organization Mindset Alignment**

1. IDENTIFY Key Organization Mindset

Issues

3. BUILD on Your Organization’s

Mindset’s Strengths

5. ALIGN Processes to Support New Organization Mindset

4. DEPLOY Your Organization’s

Mindset Carriers

2. ASSESS Your Organization’s Present

Mindset

Change Agent/ Org. Leadership

Start

**E.H. Schein, Organizational Capability and Leadership, Jossey-Bass

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Services

Our services address specific company issues, while applying proven methodologies to deliver accelerated results

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ts

Services

Methodologies (partial list)

Examples o f Acce lerat ion Methodolog ies & Tools Used in Serv ice Del ivery

Services

Performance Improvement Organizational Change

Project Mgmt

Bus. Process & Gover-

nance Design

Innovative Engineer-

ing Process Design

Supply Chain

Optimi-zation

Perform-ance

Measure-ment

ERP Turn-

around

Merger & Acquisi-

tion Assimila-

tion

Org, Design

Culture Shap-

ing

Shared Services Design

Out-sourcing Design

Exec. Develop-

ment

Strategy Capability Assessment Benefits Realization

Technology Strategy Development - Process & Technology

Project Management (Decision-Based) Decision-Making Process Outcome Process Mapping & Design Org. Mindset Assessment & Shaping Root Cause Analysis Change & Communicat ion Planning & Implementat ion

Structure Organization Structure Assessment, Design, Implementation

New Role & New Management Trans it ion Labs

People In ter -Group Simulat ions Competency Assessment & Des ign Business Process Train ing/ Cer t i f icat ion

Cont inuous Par tner ing Educat ion Ins truc t ional Systems Des ign

Measure-ment

Accelerated Measurement Sys. Design & Deployment

Driver-Result Mapping

Customer & Employee Surveys

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Why Clients Choose Us

Proven Approach A proven performance improvement framework for obtaining results in an accelerated timeframe

Strategy AND Implementation FocusedHelp clients ensure success from strategy through implementation, successfully transferring tools to internal staff for sustainable results

Seasoned and Specialized Consultants Provide skilled consultants with an average of 15+ years experience, plus a large network of consultants with specialized skills

Collaborative Approach Work closely with clients to create a solution that has the buy-in and the understanding of the organization

ValueOur passion is quickly transferring ideas and techniques to companies, resulting in rapid achievement of substantial business benefits at a cost-effective price

Why Ascentrics?

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For additional information, please contact:

Colleen BurkePresident, Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.832-978-6514

Houston Office713-665-6910 (phone/voicemail)713-665-6937 (fax)

State of Texas HUB

Helping leaders orchestrate business successes