Approach

MDS Strategy creates actionable output through close collaboration with clients, leveraging bespoke market insight.

Collaborate

Collaborate closely and efficiently

Align closely on your objectives
Free you up to focus on the "day to day"

Build a deep understanding of your business

Gather input from across your organisation
Leverage existing knowledge
Unearth hidden challenges

Work flexibly to address critical business critical problems

Not a "one-size-fits-all" process
Test your "BAU" operating assumptions

Create bespoke insight

Bring the voice of the customer into your decision making

Customer needs and pain points
Buying processes and expectations
Satisfaction and competitor perception

Develop new insight in data poor or underreported markets

Bespoke market sizing and segmentation
Fit-for-purpose competitive factbase
Supplier and customer dynamics

Build business specific insights

Deliver actionable output

Deliver clearly synthesized evidence and strategic direction for decision makers

Create concrete, actionable deliverables for relevant teams in the organisation

Commercial - prioritised prospects and pipelines
Commercial - processes for new markets
Operational - implementation plans for synergies and strategic priorities
Corporate development - acquisition prospects and pipelines

Flexible engagement models

MDS Strategy can work on a traditional consulting project basis or on more flexible engagements for clients with evolving needs

Flexible team engagements

How does it work?

Define overall project objectives
Scope out the short-term deliverables on a regular basis e.g. weekly
Deploy a project team as needed

Benefits

Reduced upfront risk
Suited to projects with evolving needs and high degree of ambiguity

"Traditional" project engagement

How does it work?

Define overall project objectives and deliverables up front
Potential to phase more complex projects

Benefits

Provides up front of visibility of outcomes and costs
Well suited to projects with clear deliverables