A global pharmaceutical CEO wanted to make a game-changing shift in the direction of the company—until a detailed review of the investment portfolio uncovered important differences in how his management team interpreted the strategy.   Situation Analysis The CEO of a global pharmaceutical company had established a vision for the company over the next 15... Read more...

A global pharmaceutical company was looking for a better way to evaluate its early development projects, one that would take an integrated, holistic view of the portfolio and facilitate consistent trade-offs. The solution was an innovative multi-attribute prioritization methodology, using multi-attribute utility theory and value-focused thinking within the framework of decision quality. This new prioritization... Read more...

A global engineering company had initiated an effort to develop a business plan for a new technology under development—technology specifically intended for a key product but with the potential to be repurposed for several additional products. SDG was brought in to support the development team in creating a business plan for the new technology—a plan... Read more...

To determine the best path forward, Strategic Decisions Group was brought in to provide a structured approach to decision making. Using the agreed upon characterization of current production, incorporating current, and future potential demand and the capacity of work centers, SDG created a probabilistic model to forecast the future capacity demand, taking into account all... Read more...

The analysis and development of the inventory planning tool drove a distinct change in behavior across the organization to foster better inventory forecasting. The Strategic Decisions Group established new processes to ensure data consistency and effectiveness. Specific timelines were put in place for data updates and analysis, so that data would be consistent across the... Read more...

Strategic Decisions Group was brought in to determine the best path forward by providing a structured approach to characterize the rich set of existing ideas, to expand on them, and to analyze them in terms of value creation potential and risk. By systematically describing what could reasonably achieved and how to incorporate uncertainty, the team... Read more...

Strategic Decisions Group developed a decision-making framework for the client to outline all of the potential decision-points and scenarios related to the launch in Europe, weigh the benefits against risks, and estimate the value of the outcomes. A full spectrum of strategy themes were given a consistent and thorough evaluation. Meanwhile, a detailed examination of... Read more...

Strategic Decisions Group was brought in to conduct a valuation of a potential deal with a sought-after sports team coming off contract and to develop a framework for understanding the impact to the broader sponsorship portfolio. Using a decision quality approach, SDG helped the client develop a detailed analytical framework and financial model that explicitly... Read more...

Strategic Decisions Group was asked to facilitate a process to develop a long-term strategic master plan for the asset and to help align the partners around it. Using SDG’s proven Dialogue Decision Process (DDP), participants over five months were walked through steps of: framing the problem; developing a range of feasible, different and compelling alternatives; conducting a... Read more...