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MCA Associates is a management consulting firm that started in 1986. We work with wholesale-distributors and manufacturers seeking operational excellence.


Why MCA?

For more than 22 years we have worked with clients who are deeply committed to seeking operational excellence as a value proposition for competitive advantage.

 

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We deliver rapid-results initiatives and measurable continuous improvement solutions that boost revenue, profitability, productivity, and quality of services, long after we are gone.

 

Our clients have realized measurable improvements in their business management challenges:

  • Lagging sales revenues
  • Absence of a clearly defined strategic plan
  • Customer service complaints
  • High distribution labor costs and low productivity
  • Inefficient inventories to meet high-service level demands
  • Unsatisfactory employee performance
  • Lack of and/or Inability to monitor key performance measurements
  • Unsatisfactory cash flow
  • Outdated management information systems
  • Disappointing ROI from new technology implementation

 


What We Do

Since 1986 MCA Associates has provided management consulting services designed to assist a wide range of wholesale distribution and manufacturing companies where sales, operations, quality and service improvements can help management focus efforts to increase revenues, reduce costs and improve service and value to customers. We work primarily with privately held, often family-owned, businesses.

 

MCA Associates provides operational excellence – idea-leadership – in:

  • Lean Thinking and continuous improvement implementation strategies and tactics
  • Business process re-engineering
  • Supply chain and inventory management
  • Sales development and revenue generation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Information systems and technology
  • Organizational assessment and development
  • Succession planning.
  • We also welcome Board of Directors representation opportunities

 

Testimonials

“MCA Associates understood our business, analyzed our current infrastructure and provided us with the roadmap, expertise, and guidance to facilitate change where it was needed.”

 

“MCA Associates was always willing to roll up their sleeves and jump in to help facilitate the changes that we were instituting……the strategies that MCA Associates quarterbacked were well thought-out and executed with the needs and concerns of our employees in the forefront.”

 


What can you expect from MCA?

Industry Expertise – Because MCA Associates has helped more than 145 wholesale-distribution and manufacturing companies in a broad range of industries, you can expect to benefit from our knowledge of current trends and best practices.

 

Competitive Advantage – MCA Associates uncovers the underlying issues that impact competitive advantage. Our “Competitive Advantage Assessment” and “Lean Thinking” focus will be your “roadmap” to Operational Excellence. By assessing key business areas, you can expect to learn exactly how you can make the improvements that will increase your competitive advantage and impact the bottom line.

 

Measurable & Continuous Improvement For Long-Term Success – MCA Associates works with you to develop the critical key performance metrics by which your specific business activities, and the continuous improvements you make, can be measured and monitored. You can expect to see the results of your improvement efforts.

 


Operational Excellence

MCA Associates provides operational excellence leadership in:

  • Competitive Advantage Assessments
  • “Lean Thinking”/Continuous Improvement Methods, Training & Implementation
  • Lean Thinking Full-Day Seminar/Workshops
  • Executive Brainstorming & Solution Development
  • Business Strategy Development & Implementation
  • Sales Revenue Management & Development
  • Business Process Re-engineering, Change Management, and Core Competency implementation
  • Performance Metrics For Efficiency & Effectiveness
  • Inventory & Supply Chain Management
  • ERP System Selection, Effective Utilization & R.O.I.
  • Distribution Center/Warehouse Management Productivity Improvement
  • Customer Engagement Diagnostics – “The Next Evolution”; On-line and Customizable
  • Pre-hire/Post-hire Performance Development Assessment Tools
  • Organizational Assessment & Development
  • Virtual Human Resources at: www.I2HR.net

 

We are frequent contributors to industry trade publications, such as “The Wholesaler”, “Industrial Supply Magazine“, and “Electrical Wholesaling“.

 

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