Our Consultants   Management   Partners   For Private Equity Firms   For Executives   News   Events         © 2009 Pragmatek Consulting Group All Rights Reserved     For Private Equity Firms   Valuation at the time of acquisition, capital structure and growth used to be the recipe for value creation. With the waning era of financial engineering and a longer time to exit in the current Private Equity environment, there is a renewed focus on sustainable value creation in portfolio holdings through superior operations. Opportunity assessment and benchmarking, internal process improvement, aggressive cost reduction and rationalizing operations across portfolio companies are the best means to get the internal rate of return you are looking for.   In a build-up, roll-up, or an operating environment, Pragmatek's services can drive substantial margin expansion for your portfolio companies. We help companies improve important metrics for investor groups - ones that drive company valuation as earnings increase: Cost: Gross Margin, Operating Margin, EBITDA, Profit After Tax Cash: ROCE, Working Capital, Inventory Turns Growth: CAGR, service levels, fill rates Our services accelerate cost reduction and working capital management efforts. We have extensive experience helping companies: Accelerate cost reduction efforts for purchased materials and services; for improving labor productivity; for improving the cost of quality. Accelerate the cash conversion cycle: inventory reductions and accounts payable/receivable improvements. Benchmark current performance to identify the leverage points for improvements that drive financial success and improve the customer experience. From opportunity assessments and benchmarking to full-out performance improvement implementation, we provide a return on consulting investment that is further magnified as a multiple upon a liquidity event.