Management consultancies: problems we solve
27 problems management consultancies bring us, each with the cause, what it costs and what we build to fix it.
Management consultancies problems
27 articlesHow Do We Get Consultant Utilisation Figures Without Spending Days Reconciling Timesheets Every Month?
Management consultancy utilisation reports get built by hand from timesheets and staffing sheets. We build live utilisation by consultant, grade and practice.
How Do We Decide Which Consultants to Put on a New Engagement Without a Staffing Scramble Every Time?
Management consultancy staffing decisions run on a spreadsheet and partner memory. We build a staffing tool matching skills, availability and development goals.
How Do We Find the Right Past Engagements to Cite in a Proposal Without Emailing Every Partner?
Management consultancy proposal credentials are hunted down by email every time. We build a searchable credentials library with approvals on what can be named.
How Do We Stop Doing Extra Work Outside the Statement of Work Without Raising a Change Request?
Management consultancy scope creep happens when extra client asks are never logged against the SOW. We build a scope log and change request drafts for partners.
Why Do Clients Keep Rejecting Our Consultants' Travel Expenses, and How Do We Stop It?
Management consultancy rebillable expenses get rejected for breaking each client's travel policy. We build expense checks against client rules before invoicing.
How Do We Stop Losing Track of Which Version of a Client Deck Has Which Comments?
Management consultancy deliverable versions multiply across email, Teams and SharePoint. We build versioned decks with tracked client comments and sign-off.
How Can Our Consultants Synthesise Forty Stakeholder Interviews Without Losing a Week to Sticky Notes?
Management consultancy interview synthesis eats days of re-reading notes. We build a tool that codes interview notes into themes with quotes you can trace.
How Do We Get the Data We Need From a Client at the Start of an Engagement Without Weeks of Chasing?
Management consultancy client data requests stall on long lists and slow replies. We build a tracked request portal with owners, secure uploads and reminders.
Why Does Our Team Spend Two Days Every Fortnight Building the Steering Committee Pack?
Management consultancy steering committee packs get rebuilt by hand each cycle. We build packs that pull status, RAID items and milestones from your trackers.
How Do We Track Whether the Benefits in the Business Case Are Being Realised After the Programme Ends?
Management consultancy benefits tracking fades when the programme ends and data is scattered. We build a benefits register fed by the client's operational data.
How Do We Manage Our Pool of Associate Consultants, Their Availability, Rates and Paperwork, in One Place?
Management consultancy associate networks live in spreadsheets and LinkedIn. We build one place for associate skills, availability, rates and contracts.
How Do We Stop Missing Public Sector Framework Call-Off Opportunities and Rushing the Ones We Do Answer?
Management consultancy framework call-offs arrive through portals and emails with short deadlines. We build one tracker with bid decisions and reusable answers.
How Do We Forecast Next Quarter's Revenue When Our Pipeline Lives in Partners' Heads?
Management consultancy pipeline forecasts rely on partners' optimism and stale CRM data. We build a forecast joining pipeline, signed work and capacity.
How Do Our Consultants Find and Reuse Good Slides Instead of Rebuilding the Same Frameworks Every Engagement?
Management consultancy slide reuse depends on who remembers which deck had the good framework. We build a searchable slide library with client details stripped.
How Can We Analyse Employee and Customer Surveys We Run for Clients Without Days of Excel Work?
Management consultancy survey analysis means days of Excel pivots and hand-coded comments. We build repeatable analysis with free-text coding you can check.
How Do We Turn Process Workshop Sticky Notes and Whiteboards Into Clean Process Maps Without a Night of Redrawing?
Management consultancy workshops end with photos of sticky notes and a night of redrawing. We build capture that turns them into editable process maps.
How Do We Check for Conflicts of Interest Before Taking On a New Client Without an All-Partner Email?
Management consultancy conflict checks rely on an all-partner email and memory. We build a check against engagement history, pipeline and relationships.
Why Does It Take So Long to Get Set Up as a Supplier Before Our Consultants Can Start on Site?
Management consultancy supplier onboarding with clients stalls on forms, security checks and access. We build a tracked onboarding pack for every client.
Why Do Clients Keep Rejecting Our Invoices Because the Purchase Order Has Run Out or Is Wrong?
Management consultancy invoices get rejected when client purchase orders run out or are wrong. We build PO tracking against billing that warns before it bites.
How Do We Stop Client Deliverables Waiting Days for Partner Review Before They Can Go Out?
Management consultancy deliverables wait days in a partner's inbox for quality review. We build a review queue with clear briefs, checks and partner priorities.
How Do We Collect Client Feedback and Spot Follow-On Work When an Engagement Ends?
Management consultancy engagement close-out skips client feedback and follow-on ideas. We build a close process that captures feedback, lessons and follow-ons.
How Do We Hand Over the Models and Tools We Built So They Keep Working After Our Team Leaves?
Management consultancy models and tools break after handover to client teams. We rebuild engagement spreadsheets into documented tools they can run.
How Can Our Analysts Do Market and Competitor Desk Research Faster Without Losing Track of Sources?
Management consultancy desk research eats analyst days and loses sources. We build a research assistant that gathers and cites for analysts to verify.
Why Do Our Consultants Spend Days Cleaning Client Data Extracts Before Any Analysis Can Start?
Management consultancy teams lose days cleaning messy client data extracts. We build repeatable cleaning pipelines with reconciliation checks.
How Do We Get Clients to Approve Our Consultants' Time on Time-and-Materials Engagements Without Delaying Invoices?
Management consultancy time-and-materials billing waits on client timesheet approval. We build approval links, reminders and invoice drafts from approved time.
How Do We Turn Our Excel Maturity Assessment Into a Tool Clients Can Complete and We Can Benchmark?
Management consultancy maturity assessments live in fragile Excel files sent to each client. We build an online assessment with scoring, reports and benchmarks.
Why Do We Only Find Out an Engagement Lost Money After It Has Finished?
Management consultancy engagement margin is only known after the work ends. We build live margin tracking from time, costs, rates and fees during delivery.