Commercial review
Review revenue streams, delivery costs, customer concentration and management information. Establish a baseline that the leadership team understands.
PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
Management consultancy in the UAE
Business reviews, commercial planning, pricing and performance management for owners and leadership teams.
Discuss your requirements
Founder-led by Mark Parham. Registered in Ras Al Khaimah, with remote support across the UAE.
WHERE WE START
A clear business problem.
A growing business can become harder to manage even when sales are rising. Activ-8 helps you examine where the money is made, where management attention is going and which decisions will have the greatest effect on the business.
This could be useful when:
- Revenue is growing while margins remain under pressure.
- The leadership team has too many competing priorities.
- Pricing and expansion decisions rely on incomplete information.
- Plans exist, but ownership and progress are difficult to track.
POTENTIAL PROJECT SCOPE
What the work can cover.
The proposal defines the specific deliverables, responsibilities and costs for your engagement.
A focused business plan
Set out the decisions, priorities and dependencies for the next stage. Agree what will be done first, who owns it and what resources it needs.
Pricing and profitability
Examine the relationship between price, demand, delivery effort and margin. Test proposed changes against your own operating data.
Management reporting
Define a concise set of measures and a review routine that connects financial performance to actions your team can take.
A USEFUL FIRST CONVERSATION
Come with the context.
Start with your management accounts, revenue by service or product, current business plan and a short list of decisions you are trying to make. We can agree a smaller starting scope if the information is incomplete.
Measures we could agree
- Contribution by service or customer group
- Progress against agreed priorities
- Delivery capacity and cost
- Cash collection and commercial commitments
Measures and targets depend on your starting point. We agree the baseline and review method as part of the scope.
HOW THE WORK PROGRESSES
From the initial review to delivery.
Establish the commercial baseline
Start with the figures behind the decisions: revenue, delivery cost, margin, cash collection and capacity. Review how those figures are assembled and where estimates or missing records affect the picture. Agree which questions the available information can answer.
Choose the priorities and owners
Turn the review into a short set of decisions and actions. Each priority needs an owner, a measure, a review date and the resources to carry it through. Expansion, pricing and staffing decisions can then be compared against the same commercial assumptions.
Review progress each month
Use regular sessions to examine results, unblock agreed work and adjust the plan when the evidence changes. The review should explain why performance moved and what the team will do next. Record decisions so responsibility stays clear between meetings.
BUDGET AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Agree the investment and the handover.
What affects the budget?
Management consultancy is scoped against a monthly budget. The fee depends on the time commitment, complexity of the business, quality of the information and involvement required between reviews. The proposal should state the review frequency, included work and how additional requests are handled.
What your team takes forward
The working outputs can include a commercial review, a priority plan, management measures and a decision log. Your team retains the agreed documents and knows who will maintain them. Any specialist accounting, legal or technical work is identified during scoping.
LOCAL SERVICE GUIDES
Management consultancy in your emirate.
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USEFUL QUESTIONS
Before you enquire.
What does a management consultancy engagement include?
The scope can cover a business review, commercial analysis, planning and implementation support. We agree the decisions to be addressed and the deliverables before work begins.
Can this help an established business?
Yes. Existing businesses can use a review to examine margins, responsibilities, service mix or expansion plans. The starting point is the business you operate today.
How do you set consultancy fees?
Fees depend on scope, the quality and volume of information, and how closely you want us involved in delivery. The proposal sets out the work and any external costs.
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progress happen.
Tell us what you’re working towards and what is getting in the way. We’ll start with a conversation about your business and the support you need.
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