Thinking about what’s next for your manufacturing business? Planning ahead can make a huge difference in achieving your personal, professional, or financial goals.

Many business transitions happen in response to difficult circumstances, and owners are often disappointed by the results. Owners can shape the transition and make improvements that enhance the company’s value by taking a more purposeful and intentional approach.

Types of Services

MMEC offers expert guidance and resources to support manufacturers at every stage of the transition journey, including:

  • Clarifying what transition readiness is, why it matters, and how to get started
  • Identification, refinement, and prioritization of transition goals
  • Comprehensive, data-informed Enterprise Value Assessments of your company
  • Identifying and de-risking threats to value
  • Analysis of the competitive landscape
  • Identification of value creation levers to increase company value
  • Transition team development to leverage additional resources and expertise
  • Actionable, management game plans to make your company more valuable and increase its attractiveness

How will my company benefit?

Transition readiness makes a company more attractive and of higher transferrable value.  Owners who are well-informed on the potential value as well as the potential risks can improve their competitive position prior to considering offers from investors or buyers.

Owners who commit to becoming more transition ready will enjoy:

  • Greater financial success
  • Better legacy outcomes
  • Increased personal fulfillment

Our Expertise

Alistair StewartALISTAIR STEWART, Senior Business Advisor

Alistair Stewart has a long history of helping manufacturers clarify what success means to them and how to achieve it. He attained the nationally recognized Certified Exit Planning Advisor credential and has spent decades helping business owners nationally and across the state achieve their transition goals. Alistair also serves as a Senior Advisor to a Chicago-based middle-market focused Investment Bank. (Read more on Alistair's Bio page.)

 

Tiphani LynnTIPHANI LYNN, Manufacturing Specialist

Tiphani Lynn is an expert in data analytics, visualization, and machine learning. She focuses on helping manufacturers transform complexity into clarity through systems and value stream thinking. Her analysis reveal otherwise hidden and actionable insights that optimize manufacturing business performance.

Resources

  • Case Study: “How Transition Readiness Can Ease the Pain and Prepare You For Success.” Montana Manufacturing Extension Center. July 2022. (Read the case study pdf here..)

Contact Us!

To learn more about Business Transition Success, contact Senior Business Advisor Alistair Stewart or your regional business advisor..