Advisory Adelaide, South Australia
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Advisory for industrial, engineering and defence businesses.

Business reviews, operational diagnostics and contract recovery for owners and boards. The work is done by people who have run engineering businesses.

Sectors
  • Defence
  • Mining
  • Oil and gas
  • Marine
Situations

Clients usually call us when one of these is true.

  1. A major contract is running late or consuming cash.

    Contract delivery
  2. Margin has fallen and the management accounts do not show why.

    Diagnostics
  3. The board wants an independent view before a sale, capital raise or leadership change.

    Business review
  4. Maintenance costs are rising with no matching gain in availability.

    Maintenance
  5. A technical, regulatory or certification problem needs an independent expert view.

    Technical analysis
  6. Growth has outrun the systems, people and controls behind it.

    Diagnostics
Services
  • Business reviews

    An independent view of performance, strategy and options, written for owners and boards.

  • Operational diagnostics

    Short, fixed-fee reviews that find where margin, cash or capacity is being lost.

  • Contract delivery and cashflow

    Recovery of major contracts, including Defence programs, that are running late or consuming cash.

  • Maintenance and asset management

    Reviews of maintenance strategy, cost and organisation for mining, oil and gas, and marine operators.

  • Complex technical analysis

    Independent analysis of difficult technical problems for owners, boards and their advisers. Specialisations include regulatory and certification requirements, and carbon fibre composites.

Approach
  • Senior people do the work.

    The people you meet are the people who deliver.

  • Fixed fees where the scope allows.

    You know the cost before we start.

  • Findings backed by data.

    Every material number is sourced, so the work can be relied on by your board and advisers.

About

Ian Coker

Principal

Engineer and company director. Former CEO of NDE Solutions, Australia's largest Australian-owned advanced inspection company, and previously with Bureau Veritas. Works across marine, mining, oil and gas, and defence.

  • ProfessionalFIEAust, CPEng, EngExec, GAICD
  • SpecialisationsRegulatory and certification requirements, carbon fibre composites
  • EducationMBA (Adelaide), MS (Purdue), BEng (Hons) (UNSW Canberra)
Contact

Talk to us about the problem.

Office

Level 1, 170 North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000

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