Recent Assignments
Strategic Transformation of leading Malaysian Port and Logistics player
Our client, the holding company had recently amalgamated various operating entities into a single unit, and wished to improve their operating performance to remove its dragging stock price. However, the recently formed operating companies was faced by a hostile external environment and lacked clear rationale and direction.
An Arthur D. Little team worked for 6 months to:
- Conclude on market size and competition for the port, land logistics and storage businesses.
- Develop alternatives and recommend the appropriate Strategic Option.
- Implement quick wins arising from a benchmarking study.
- Develop the overall strategy with a high level implementation plan.
The board approved our recommendation on rationalizing their investments and operations. Our recommendations will more than double shareholder value.
Global Oleochemicals Valuation on behalf of Asian Acquirer
An Arthur D. Little South East Asia team successfully completed a 10-week assignment with an Asian Plantations company to value the operations of an investment target - one of the largest oleochemicals manufacturer with operations in Europe, North America and Asia. The South East Asian team was ably supported by several members of the global chemicals practice.
Arthur D. Little was hired to conduct a review of the trends and prospects of the oleochemicals sector in different markets, as well as review target's business prospects, and then recommend a fair market market value for the target's oleochem operations that were to be carved out from a larger chemicals business. The valuation was complicated by virtue of the multiple product lines across geographically dispersed production sites, internal transfer pricing and tolling arrangements.
Arthur D. Little arrived at its valuation estimate using the discounted cash flow approach and comparable analysis. Our valuation estimate and other related inputs are expected to form the basis the client's decision and negotiations.
Strategy Formulation for a Leading Insurance Player
Arthur D. Little was engaged by the client to formulate an overall corporate, business and functional strategy that will help it meet its market share ambition by 2010.
Over a 14-week duration, the Arthur D. Little team
- Conducted industry and competitive analysis to determine the market attractiveness and the client's competitive position.
- A segmentation analysis for both the life and non-life business was done to identify the markets in which the company should operate.
- Using the Ambition Driven Strategy approach, a strategic vision was developed together with the client's senior and middle management team of over 20 staff.
The client agreed to implement Arthur D. Little's strategy to meet its vision, and has asked Arthur D. Little to present its findings to its key shareholders for final endorsement.
Recent update: Arthur D. Little wins landmark assignment with a leading telco in the Middle East
The client is a large, diversified, telecommunication enterprise set up in 1998 employing approximately 21,500 people. Arthur D. Little has been recently hired to develop a strategy, business plan and set-up a focused Corporate Venturing unit to promote its core business through strategic investments.
Arthur D. Little was chosen over several large competitors, one of which had a long-standing relationship with the client. Arthur D. Little's key differentiators were:
- compelling Corporate Venturing (CV) experience on similar projects, backed up by benchmarking and research to deliver superior insights in shorter duration.
- strong international network in the telecom and private equity world to kick-start process of identifying potential partners and investments.
