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Global Resources Reviews: A Positive Impact
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Global Resources’ business consulting services were engaged to assist with finance/administration, sales and operations for a well-established software company.
Process
Client shared that their GR consultant “had such a positive impact on our company. He initially started working in QuickBooks and helped us arrive at a true ‘Cost of Goods Sold.’ In a matter of a few weeks, our books were in the best shape that they have ever been in our 34 years of existence.”
Next, the consultant tackled sales. “He was instrumental in reorganizing sales. He quickly identified the issues with our sales funnel and what we …
Global Resources Reviews: I, Personally, Have Grown
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A plumbing company retained Global Resources for a corporate restructuring project, a challenge, since “our group is definitely a tough nut to crack.”
Process
Their Global Resources consultant “was relentless in working with everyone to have the proper weekly and monthly reporting, in place. This reporting has yielded a better view of daily trends. Since we’re functioning off such a tight budget, at the moment, we needed a different view to zero in on the areas lacking cost control. Although, we had to work a bit harder, in the first couple of months after the controls were established, we …
Global Resources Reviews: Solar Start-Up, Needed Business Guidance
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This energy company “was a place where we were all working very hard and getting nowhere. A lot of work was being done, but we weren’t making enough money to keep our head above water, financially speaking. We are all very smart people with an idea that we should be able to take advantage of our knowledge and experience in the solar industry to make a profitable company. We know solar, but we just couldn’t seem to make all the pieces come together. We lacked focus and business experience.”
“As a last resort, I hired the team from Global …
Global Resources Reviews: Tackling The Challenge Of Change
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A commercial flooring contractor engaged Global Resources for a business practices consultation. “In looking back through fifteen years of operating as a commercial floor covering company and seeing our many short-comings throughout those years, I am amazed that we are still in business.”
Process
Their Global Resources consultant “has been a patient teacher and mentor during his time with us, maintaining a pleasant and cooperative demeanor and attitude throughout our time together, even during periods when frustration and anger came to the forefront from challenged employees.
Change is a challenging event in itself, at times, and he has …
Global Resources Reviews: No Longer Complacent
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Although it was “a struggle, at the beginning,” this client in the construction industry, brought in Global Resources to address restructuring that was needed for future growth. “It wasn’t easy to accept that there were so many areas that could use improvement.”
“We had become quite complacent in our 62 years of conducting business in the usual manner, so to speak.”
Process
The Global Resources’ consultants “have helped us to establish new procedures that will enable us to be much more efficient with our time, production, accounting, sales, sales management and, essentially, every aspect of doing business.”
Most impactful …
Global Resources Reviews: Back On Track
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A client from a second-generation, family run construction firm, now specializing in modular housing, took the leap and retained Global Resources for a corporate turn-around project. “I was ready to throw in the towel and quit operating my business until my first meeting with Global Resources, when I decided to give it one last effort.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant focused on returning the business to profitability, analyzing operations and facilitating improvements. “From the first week with our consultant, we were back on track and moving ahead. In four weeks that we have worked together, I have seen a …
Global Resources Reviews: Stopped Every Leak!
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The client, from a full-service roofing and gutter contracting firm, was no stranger to business consulting services as he’d had a very positive experience, in the past, which had helped his previous company reach $28 million in a year. Global Resources, however, surpassed his expectations with the team’s thorough attention to every detail of his operations. “I wanted my executives to really start thinking and behaving like executives. NOT only did Global Resources achieve this for me, but GR backed it up with actual tools that enhance every aspect of a profitably operating company.”
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The Global Resources consultant …
Global Resources Reviews: Well Worth It
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An industrial packaging company contracted with Global Resources seeking operational improvements, but with some trepidation. “One concern, of course, was cost. But more importantly, I was concerned about opening up my business, and myself, to outside scrutiny, to changing the ways that we did business and how this would affect my company, my staff, my customers and myself.”
Process
“I must say that the experience has been overwhelmingly positive.” Their GR consultant, “worked with me and my staff regarding every aspect of our business. Personnel decisions, work flow, receivables, professional development and many more areas were put under a …
Global Resources Reviews: Truth in Advertising
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A plumbing contractor, specializing in septic and leaching system installation, maintenance and repair for nearly 15 years, was ‘first skeptical of the phone call” telling him that Global Resources had the key to what his business needed.
“I knew the direction that I wanted to go, but I didn’t know how I was going to get there. Having been working nearly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I was literally at my wit’s end.”
He then had a visit from two analysts who further assured him that “we would not be disappointed.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant …
Global Resources Reviews: Saved Our Lives
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“Prior to Global Resources arrival, I felt like the Captain on a sinking ship, arranging the deck chairs as my ship is slowly disappearing on the horizon and headed towards the bottom of the sea. I truly believe that our consultant saved our lives,” stated the owner of auto body shop which has been offering a full range of collision repair for over 40 years.
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The client was pleasantly surprised as to how quickly the Global Resources team arrived in order to “turn my business around.” His consultant taught him how to effectively manage his company and worked …
