CASES | BUSINESS | Frontier Management Inc.

Management consulting Management executive support Business succession consulting Consumer goods

Improving the Organization and Governance of a B2C Company and Increasing Its Profitability

An apparel company simultaneously faced the twin issues of declining revenues and the retirement of their founder. We supported the client in ascertaining the causes, formulating remedial measures, and implementing them. We supported the transformation of the entire company, making numerical values easier to understand, strengthening governance, implementing operational improvements in CSM, MD and store management, and updating brand strategies.

Management executive support Manufacturing

Supporting the Development and Launch of a New Business for a Medium-sized Supplier in the Chubu Region

Since its establishment, the company had operated with a singular focus on components for a specific industry, and that industry was in decline. Out of a sense of impending crisis that the company was on the road to eventual failure, they set out to develop new businesses. We act as a one-stop shop for supporting business development, dispatching CXOs to build a structure for the new business and developing the key themes.

Digital transformation Retail / Distribution Other sectors

Support for the drafting and implementation of companywide DX strategies for a listed manufacturing company

We helped a listed manufacturing company formulate long-term business plans to enhance corporate value. We went on to support the formulation and execution of high-impact companywide DX strategies to facilitate the success of the company’s business plans. At present, we help to formulate strategies such as those for developing AI market forecasting tools to strengthen a range of functions including development, marketing, and sales, generating benefits while promoting DX to enhance operational efficiency.

Management consulting Foods / Services

Support for PMI at Japanese-style hot spring hotel operating companies under the umbrella of an investment fund

We helped Ooedo-Onsen Monogatari Co., Ltd. and YUKAI Resort Co., Ltd., investees of a foreign investment fund, with PMI support until their merger.

Management consulting Governance, risk & compliance Foods / Services

Analysis of specific scandals that have occurred and recommendations for measures to prevent recurrence

We provided an analysis of specific scandals (misappropriation, etc.) that have occurred and recommendations for measures to prevent recurrence, as well as a risk assessment and proposals for the improvement of all aspects of governance and risk management.

Management consulting Foods / Services

Business plan formulation for the next stage of growth

We helped to establish the direction, measures, and numerical targets and clarify strategy relating to restaurants (in Japan and overseas), food delivery services, agriculture, and MD, over a short- to medium-long timeline for a food service company.

Management consulting Business succession consulting Other sectors

Support for the operation of a business succession fund

We provided integrated support for a financial institution’s business succession fund, from the consideration of investment targets to specific advice for investees and the formulation of exit strategies.

Management consulting M&A advisory Retail / Distribution

Support for market exploration for potential M&A targets

We identified promising M&A fields for a major general trading company based on megatrends, prepared a longlist of M&A targets considering the market trends and growth potential in each field, and highlighted strategic investment opportunities.

Management consulting Consumer goods

Support for creation of new businesses

We provided a third-party evaluation of ideas for new businesses solicited from our client’s employees. We also helped to increase the feasibility of new businesses, including supporting the employees who submitted proposals to formulate business plans.

Management consulting Consumer goods

Kotobukiya × FMI Interview: Management Improvement Case [Part 1]

Sales increased 1.6-fold and operating profit increased 3.4-fold over five years. What challenges were faced and how were they solved? KOTOBUKIYA CO., LTD. (Kotobukiya) is a well-known hobby manufacturer that primarily produces figures and plastic models. This well-established company will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2023.

Management consulting Consumer goods

Kotobukiya × FMI Interview: Management Improvement Case [Part 2]

Promote measures that organically link management and various departments to achieve strong performance. KOTOBUKIYA CO., LTD. (Kotobukiya) is a well-known hobby manufacturer that primarily produces figures and plastic models. This well-established company will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2023.