the implementation of a set of actions required to save an organization from business failure and return it to operational normality and financial solvency. Turnaround management usually requires strong leadership and can include corporate restructuring and redundancies, an investigation of the root causes of failure, and long-term programs to revitalize the organization.
Plant turnarounds constitute the single largest identifiable maintenance expense. Controlling turnaround costs and duration represents a definite challenge. Its potential for cost savings is dramatic, and it directly contributes to the Company's bottom line profits. Time-tested and proven systems and procedures can facilitate the flow of information and decisions within...
Wendy's Executives Lay Out Plan to Fuel TurnaroundPositive TurnaroundThe current management team for Wendy’s has been working hard on their turnaround for only 9 months and they are already showing great results. After 16 straight months of same store growth, appreciation in stock price, higher profits and positive earnings growth...
PHILADELPHIA -- Turnaround management firm Phoenix Management Services (www.phoenixmanagement.com) announced today that its five-person management team will succeed E. Talbot ("Tal") Briddell as the leadership of Phoenix Management Services. After 20 years as President and Founder of Phoenix Management, Briddell will remain as Managing Director and will continue to provide...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1999-- "With his multi-industry experience and credentials, Sam Goodman brings to Crossroads a successful track record of assisting companies in turnaround situations that spans three decades." --Dennis Simon, Managing Principal Dr. Sam Goodman, a specialist in turnaround management, has joined...
HOUSTON -- Emerge Capital has formally adopted the name Turnaround Partners, Inc. (OTCBB:TRNP). Tim Connolly, CEO of Turnaround Partners, commented "Our core mission is to provide turnaround services for small and micro cap public companies. Since the majority of our compensation is taken in the stock of these companies, our...
It has been observed that rising competition; cyclical financial markets and economic volatility have created a climate where no business can take economic stability for granted. As once-stable companies struggle to maintain profitability, it is important to understand what it takes to complete a successful corporate turnaround. Article lists some...
LAS VEGAS -- The Turnaround Management Association of Nevada will deliver tips on how to mitigate corporate public relations disasters in the face of a crisis or turnaround at its April 23 meeting - Damage Control: How to Manage PR in the Face of a Turnaround. Lisa A. Rose, Senior...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Wanna see the makings of a market turnaround? Peer closely at the zenith of the black line in the accompanying chart. Zoom in REAL close and you'll note a little arc. See it? There; that's it.That's the turnaround some pundits want you...
In companies facing financial distress, management is often the last to recognize the cause of the underlying problems. The reason typically lies in the fact that management was not focused on the right performance measures. The task of successfully implementing a long-term turnaround strategy can be daunting. One of the...
Turnaround strategies involve several subtle nuances, which companies in downslide course have to bear in mind. It is essential to make proactive changes in strategic business processes to successfully turnaround an organization. In the perennially changing contemporary business environment, it is not enough to have several years of industry experience...
MIAMI -- Six months ago the reclusive owner and chairman of Arby's Inc., Victor Posner, uprooted the company's Atlanta headquarters and triggered the resignation of its president and an entire team of senior management--a move that scarred half a decade of turnaround momentum and served up anxious doubts about Posner's...
Jun. 30--BBK Ltd., a Southfield-based management company, has acquired Chicago-based Turnaround & Crisis Management Inc. as part of its strategic expansion plan. Financial terms were not disclosed. BBK has 80 employees and specializes in turnaround and crisis management. KELLOGG CO. agreed to buy closely...
Financial crises are inevitable, but bank closures are not. When a crisis strikes, careful attention to the liquidity of a bank - and, if necessary, the assistance of a central bank - can prevent it from failing. Whether the crisis was the result of poor management or of macroeconomic conditions,...
NORCO, La.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 9, 1999-- Orion Refining Corporation today announced the advancement and extension of its refinery turnaround that was planned for early January 2000. The company now plans to begin the turnaround in late November 1999. Glenn McGinnis, president and CEO of Orion, commented, "With refining margins...
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 28, 1997--Allomet Partners, Ltd., the turnaround consulting firm, today announced the appointment of James C. Ebbert, CTP, 48, as Senior Consultant and Head of its Philadelphia office. During the past seven years, Mr. Ebbert has had far-reaching experience in crisis management and turnaround situations....
Byline: Leon Gettler Jul 02, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The turnaround of Australian retailer, Coles Group, will require strong management and difficult decisions. Ross Honeywill, of the Centre for Customer Strategy, says Wesfarmers will have to consider a...
Four months to close a mortgage? That kind of turnaround isn't something for any lender to brag about. But for ChevronTexaco that kind of turnaround time on mortgages was the best it was able to offer members. But no more. Soon, ChevronTexaco CU will clo Four months to close a...
These Waste directors are buried in more than one corporate landfill Heralded for the temporary turnaround at Waste Management Inc., a trio of directors won't like what they're now hearing in stereo: As Waste Management shares tumbled 75% this yea These Waste directors...