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Cogenix works in Ontario and Quebec, bringing Canadian experience to help Canadian companies. Typically, our clients are manufacturers, distributors and retailers with annual sales from $50 million to $500 million. Cost cutting is a key concern for all our customers. We work with senior managers to implement strategies that increase the bottom line. Our clients face differing challenges and Cogenix consultants are qualified and experienced in many areas. Quite often we step in during a crisis to provide interim management and financial management resources on short notice.

 Case Study - BAASS Business Solutions  

Cogenix Consulting: Success brings success

Nothing succeeds in business like success and the referrals that good outcomes bring. Cogenix Consulting Ltd. delivered exceptional cost saving to one client, with a corresponding rise in profitability – and the client promptly referred Cogenix to another!

 The "another" was Kevin Hollis, VP for Business Development at Baass Business Solutions (BAASS). Hollis retained Cogenix to help improve cash flow for a long-standing BAASS client, a major manufacturer. BAASS asked Cogenix to: identify specific cash flow problem areas; increase the bottom line in specific areas; and reduce costs in manufacturing and related overheads. BAASS stipulated that Cogenix could only advance from one step to the next if it achieved a defined cost-saving goal at each level.

The conclusion? 

BAASS's client, the manufacturer, achieved good ROI ratios.

BAASS and Cogenix have now teamed up on several assignments. Kevin Hollis explains, "We have worked with Cogenix in complementary ways to create, test, measure and install several client solutions. These range from business start-ups or wrap-ups to mature entrepreneur-founded or international firms. We have engaged Cogenix," he adds, "in projects that require skills in management consulting, process consulting and financial modeling."

One assignment involved "a process assessment for a go-to-market telecom product. We had to establish key performance indicators for a manufacturer that led to BAASS installing a solution to track our client's end-to-end business processes." The solution "combined a serialized manufacturing component with a post-sales support process that could be referenced in a knowledge base, sales history reports and service agreements." Hollis goes on, "Cogenix was instrumental in developing the financial models for sales and service agreements as well as investor and stakeholder performance incentives."

"On another occasion we had to establish departmental reporting with respect to internal business units, definitions and plans that got right to the heart of our client’s business. We were helping our client to focus by comparing its systems with those of a company that offered an opportunity for acquisition. Once the analysis was complete, Cogenix provided cash flow management consulting through the merger and change-management period. Comparing differences is always a case of apples and oranges, but it must be done. Cogenix is a good ally when it comes to strategic financial and operational analysis."