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Private Equity

Prosperity in a Changing Future.

Private equity is changing quickly – and soon, financial engineering won’t be enough to earn attractive returns for investors. In order to succeed in this rapidly changing environment, you need a brand-new game plan – one that involves hands-on managers unlocking value in portfolio companies.

At Guidon, we understand the unique needs and objectives of private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Drawing on a range of service industry and functional expertise, we use our capabilities to help owners and their portfolio company management teams conduct a rigorous assessment of opportunities and issues, both short-term and long-term, as well as develop a roadmap and align initiatives to unlock the full value of the company, and creating capability within the company to enhance value upon exit.

Guidon will not only help you achieve superior returns, but we can also align our interests with your success, structuring our relationship to best serve both your short-term and long-term needs. Working as true partners, we’ll ensure we unlock value – and achieve the returns your firm needs.

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Our Practice

Guidon’s private equity process management practice is uniquely prepared to help you excel during each stage of your operations including:

  • Acquisition
    • Operational reviews and due diligence
    • Acquisition integration
  • Value Creation
    • Operations excellence through business management systems, Lean Sigma, Kaizen/Workout and change management
    • Working capital efficiency
    • Organic growth through rapid product development
  • Exit
    • Internalize and hand-off value creation roadmap
    • Knowledge transfer throughout engagement for long-term sustainment

Visit our case studies to learn how Guidon has helped private equity firms of all types and sizes.

Case Studies

See our private equity process management methodology at work for private equity firms like yours. Select a case study for details:

Click here to view all Private Equity Case Studies.

Clients

A few of Guidon’s clients include:

  • CVS
  • Carmax
  • eBay
  • Mayo Clinic

Contact us to find out what Guidon can do for you.

News & Publications

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Contact Guidon About A Custom Solution

To learn more about how custom solutions from Guidon can help your private equity organization, contact us through our website or call us toll free at 1.866.986.4414 or 480.986.4414 for international calls.

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Guidon consultants understand our challenges and speak our language. They have helped us leverage Lean Sigma principles and they are transferring knowledge that builds our intellectual capital

Paul Johnson

Director of Process Management, Symcor

 

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New Case Study

Process Improvement in Accounts Receivable

For this specialty pharmacy, the payment complexity between Physician diagnosis, acceptable payor requirements, benefits eligibility, patient financial responsibility and governmental or regulatory requirements either delayed or exasperated bad debt. Unable to control growing bad debt losses, senior leadership targeted a specific goal to reduce bad debt through the identification of bad debt root causes.

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Improving Lab Efficiency: It all boils down to process, process, process

"It's not a good time. We'll get to that later." How many times have you heard or said something similar when discussing critical laboratory process improvements? "Later" often turns into never. You may be too overloaded to deploy new initiatives, but waiting only exacerbates the challenges. Processing delays and errors due to overcapacity have surely led to preventable patient deaths--a tragic yet completely unnecessary situation. It takes just days to effectively install efficiency processes utilizing LeanSigma lab tactics and less than a week to positively impact patient outcomes while reducing laboratory stress.

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