amontis assists organizations that face greater difficulties within the marketplace, in terms of organization, productivity or finances and recapitalization, and need to achieve the turnaround.

Our approach generally consists in the following three phases:

1. Crisis management

+ Entry evaluation

+ Brief but intensive assessment of:

+ Economic viability of the organization
+ Management competencies
+ Operative control
+ Competitive advantages

+ Selection of the operative team

+ Creation of a work team consisting of the organization's managers and amontis consultants responsible to lead the organization through the turnaround

+ Finance, performance and progress controlling

+ Setup of a disciplinary framework for the upcoming operations through a tight cash flow management as well as a professional project management supported by a central project management office (PMO)

+ Debitor / Creditor Relationship Management

+ Establishment of a trusting relationship between creditors and debitors
+ Negotiation for more flexible terms

+ Customer / Supplier Relationship Management

+ Handling of customer and supplier concerns

+ Staff Relationship Management

+ Clear communication of the organization's goals and prospects
+ Dispel doubts and concerns about the workplace, reporting relationships and compensations

2. Stabilization

+ Operational improvements

+ Return to profitability through reducing business and operational costs
+ Targeted sales campaigns
+ Improved management of materials

+ Financing

+ Quantification of medium term capital requirements
+ Modification of net asset and debt structures
+ Identification of financial sources

+ Capital restructuring

+ Initiation of aggressive actions towards inventory stocks, sales and lease back of capital equipment
+ Sale of unaffiliated and unproductive capital

+ If required, regulation of company relevant regulatory, legal or tax matters

3. Transformation

+ Longterm strategy

+ Definition of realistic and practicable strategies for the restructuring and growth with measurable goals

+ Management monitoring

+ Creation of a "Winning Team"
+ Initiation of positive attitudes
+ Promotion of creativity
+ Introduction of performance based rewards

+ Strategic alliances

+ Establishment of complementary business agreements with third parties