Take the guesswork out of strategy discussions. Discover what’s working and diagnose what’s not — with a fact-based approach to unlock your company’s value potential.

Value Creation Analyzer

The Value Creation Analyzer’s web-based, data visualization platform empowers you with the facts you need to see where value is trapped and the insights to understand how improving internal capabilities — in operations and processes — can help you realize new opportunities.

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Get real insights

With the Value Creation Analyzer’s easy-to-use online survey, you can reach people across your organization to get real insights into how your organization operates. By understanding your people’s unique perspectives and their on-the-ground experiences, you’ll really see what’s going on — both in terms of what’s working and what’s not. Questions cover a range of topics such as commercial effectiveness, cost management, operations performance and financial management to get a real understanding of actual business practices.

Take a holistic view of what’s going on, with a lens on end-to-end capabilities.

Answers to the assessment survey are translated via our algorithms into a factual assessment of operational capability maturity and performance vs. industry benchmarks and best practices. This fact-based methodology allows you to systematically evaluate end-to-end capabilities across business units, geographies, departments, and roles. Our diagnostic tool will identify strengths and illuminate any areas where value potential is hidden in your company.

Evaluate the insights, quantitatively and qualitatively.

The Value Creation Analyzer allows you to assess your organization’s capabilities and performance vs. industry benchmarks and best practices, as well as across internal business units, geographies and departments. The assessment provides leaders with a fact-based perspective to make strategic decisions based on capability levels, comparative analysis to industry benchmarks, and any maturity gaps.

Identify what’s next to achieve your full value potential.

Now it’s time to develop your roadmap, focusing on 3-5 key initiatives to develop the capabilities you need most to achieve your full value potential. Maybe that means a greater focus on reducing costs in the right areas, or improving the right business processes to drive value. We’ll provide clear directions on what actions to take and when — with clear timelines and the resource requirements necessary to deliver.

How it works

With our customizable system of more than 350 questions covering 60+ key capabilities, we can create the right mix for your business to uncover the most relevant insights. Our questions are selected based on the type of company and industry. For example, questions on commercial excellence examine the level of margin transparency you have per customer, product, region, and channel; the level of granularity on your sales forecast; and the main contributors to your pricing activities.­

To give you a quick sense of how this easy-to-use tool works, take a look at a sample assessment. After surveying 45 executives from a manufacturing company in Europe, we saw that they clearly showed maturity and strength in three critical areas: performance management, SG&A, and finance and capital investments.

(Please note that not all applications/tools are available in all countries and regions. To understand the possibilities for you in your territory, please contact us.)

Grafico a barre che mostra il livello di maturità (da 1 a 5) di diversi leve di creazione di valore, con tre colonne per ciascuna leva: Minimo, Medio e Massimo. I colori indicano il livello di performance: rosso per sotto la media, giallo per in linea con i pari, verde per best in class. Le leve includono: supporto finanziario al business, controlli interni, pianificazione e budgeting, gestione della performance, eccellenza negli acquisti, ottimizzazione SG&A, ottimizzazione CAPEX, capitale circolante (complessivo, gestione inventario, conti da pagare e da ricevere). Tre aree di forza evidenziate: A) gestione della performance, B) finanza SG&A, C) finanza CAPEX.

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But we also uncovered value creation levers in five main improvement areas: finance business support, commercial excellence, procurement excellence, operational excellence, and working capital management.

Mappa di calore che mostra i punteggi di maturità (da 1 a 5) per dieci leve di creazione di valore in ambito aziendale. I colori vanno dal rosso (sotto la media) al verde (best in class). Le leve includono: supporto finanziario al business, controlli interni, pianificazione e budgeting, gestione acquisti, eccellenza commerciale, ottimizzazione SG&A e CAPEX, capitale circolante (complessivo, conti da ricevere e da pagare). A destra, cinque aree di miglioramento evidenziate: A) supporto finanziario come partner di business, B) eccellenza commerciale in trasparenza costi e governance, C) eccellenza negli acquisti, D) eccellenza operativa nei processi produttivi, E) gestione del capitale circolante, in particolare nei conti da pagare.

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To drive impact, we worked together with the management team to define and prioritize key improvement initiatives. These initiatives focus on building those capabilities that matter most in executing the company’s overall strategy.

Diagramma di flusso intitolato 'Key improvement initiatives' con quattro fasi principali: 1) Ottimizzare la trasparenza dei costi, accelerare la razionalizzazione del portafoglio e migliorare la governance dei margini; 2) Guidare l’eccellenza operativa; 3) Abilitare l’eccellenza negli acquisti; 4) Abilitante chiave: rafforzare il ruolo della finanza come partner di business e comunicare. Ogni fase include sotto-temi come trasparenza, razionalizzazione del portafoglio, governance dei margini, tempi di consegna, riduzione inventario e conti da pagare, make or buy, centralizzazione acquisti, ottimizzazione della spesa e semplificazione R&D. L’ultima fase include anche: supporto al business su analisi costi/margini, forecast, controlli, supply chain e procurement, e riprogettazione del modello operativo della finanza.

The payoff

  • Unlock hidden value potential throughout your company.
  • Discover your true capability levels through an unbiased approach.
  • Have a fact-based dialogue among the top management team about your capabilities.
  • Create focus on key capabilities that will enable your strategy.

Contact us

Mahadeva Matt Mani

Mahadeva Matt Mani

Partner, Strategy& Netherlands

Patrick Gordon

Patrick Gordon

Principal, PwC United States

Guillaume Laffitte-Rigaud­

Guillaume Laffitte-Rigaud­

Strategy&, Partner, PwC Netherlands

Vinay Couto

Vinay Couto

Principal, Strategy& US

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