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Hard/complex profitability structure - Help

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gave the best answer on Jan 11, 2024

Please do NOT do REVENUE - COST. That is not a framework and is super generic. I appreciate you saying “seemed like a simple profitability case” as this is a misnomer! Every profitability case is different and require ... (read entire answer)

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Convert amount of volume to increase profit, how to do?

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Hi Francesca, Q: How many bottles of low line of cognac we need to convert into medium to get a +10% increase in profit? Let’s divide this into steps. We need to: Calculate the target in profits in absolute amount Calcu ... (read entire answer)

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Which profitability structure should one use in specific cases?

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Hi Akanksha, Please don't use any of these… If you can help it, you need to be much more robust in your analysis. Think about it, is the CEO of a multinational cheese company really paying BCG to say “we can improve you ... (read entire answer)

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Profitability case: should Mix Effect be an individual bucket?

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Hi there, First of all, your initial premise “we usually start from two main buckets: revenue and cost” is wrong! Every profitability case needs to be treated differently. Any combination of market, product, customer, c ... (read entire answer)

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Let me answer specifically the question of clarification questions.In general, clarification questions are there to make sure you fully understood any technical terms in the prompt, the business model, the context and a ... (read entire answer)

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Hi there, You need to understand the industry + company context from the prompt itself to figure this out...cases and case types cannot be memorized...you have to adjust every single time! Take my "Chinese Airline D ... (read entire answer)

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Hi Raouf, Two points here. 1) It's better to post your question directly on the case here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases/candidate-led-usual-style/intermediate/roland-berger-case-onlinest ... (read entire answer)

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This Question is about the trends that is evolving in the market to reshape your business. You can either acquire these trends which can improve your business or competition in the market can make you acquire these new ... (read entire question)

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Hi, Have you checked out the case library on this website? https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases?language=en&topic[]=4&sort=real-case-desc&page=1&perPage=20 Here are also some m ... (read entire answer)

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How to structure and PRESENT profitability framework at McKinsey specifically?

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Hi, I would recommend the following approach: 1) Ask clarifying questions: - Clarify the business model (i.e. how the business works and what are the revenue streams / core products or business lines). Why do you ... (read entire answer)

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Where to find some good Profit , margin, Cost reduction,Operations efficiency case?

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Andrea gave the best answer on Nov 27, 2018

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Ciao Guillaume I found a lot of good, profit / loss cases in the LBS case books. Especially in the one of 2012. Let me know if you have them. If not, I can share. Cheers, Andy

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Hi Anonymous, for question 1: theoretically yes, however you have to double check that product 3 is not required for the sales of the other two products since it is complementary (eg - you sell razors at a loss to sel ... (read entire answer)

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Apr 22, 2018

Hi, In my opinion, it is absolutely fine starting with the standard Revenue and Costs structure to understand why profitability has declined. Effetively driving down each of these will lead to identifying the key issu ... (read entire answer)

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Can I use the BCG matrix in case interviews with other consultancy companies?

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Hi Frank, quoting a previous answer, theoretically you can use the BCG matrix in every interview (it’s public domain), however: It would be better to focus on the content of the framework without mentioning the na ... (read entire answer)

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