| Our Approach
We jointly endeavor to arrive at workable and integrated solutions to the issues you face today, while never losing sight of the dynamic issues of tomorrow. We work to transfer our know-how and experiences to your staff. Unlike other firms that propose a long-term, capital-draining relationship, we strive to arrive at innovative solutions on a control-based, profit-oriented basis.
We don’t use your organization to train our professional staff. Every member of our professional staff has more than ten years of direct experience in their respective field of specialization. They are known for their accomplishments as industry leaders, educators, and consultants. Together, we provide our clients with consultative services that focus on developing solutions that enhance long-term shareholder value.
Our Consulting Services employ a structured Nine-Step Framework that ensures that our "profit-enhancement" focus is an integral aspect of every engagement. This Framework, developed by ARC, focus on the development of control-based, cost effective solutions that identify and eliminate the root causes of our client’s challenges, not just a “Quick Fix.” Past successes, range of clients, and longevity in the market stands to prove that our approach continues to result in long-lasting, systemic, solutions to our client's immediate challenge, as well as an effective prevention against future similar challenges.
Our Services
ARC Consultative Services address a broad range of challenges associated with the Strategic and Tactical operational processes that lie at the heart of your organization's mission critical environments. Four major groupings of services are offered, comprised of the following service modules:
ARC Consulting Group, Inc. Service Modules
| Litigation Support and Forensic Audit Services |
Sick Business Recovery |
Product Cost Systems Development |
Professional Controller Services
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| Services range from "Smoking Gun" investigations to determination of loss and expert testimony |
Development of control-based, cost effective solutions the root causes of profit generation challenges, not just a "Quick Fix." |
Determination of actual costs of current key products and processes and identification of key drivers inhibiting profitability and vision achievement |
We provide a wide range of services from Monthly Financial Reporting through to the development of the Total Operational, Capital and Cash Budget Model |
• Fraud Detection
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Discovery Assistance
• Loss Claims Analysis
• Compliance
• Damages Projections
• Advocate Services
• Forensic Interviews |
• Threat Analysis
• Control Mapping
• Solution Development
• "SOX" compliance
• Cost System Development
• Market Analysis
• Customer Analysis
•Debt Restructure
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• MCPI Analysis
• Business Driver Analysis
• Process Mapping
• Cost System Development
• ABCM Development
• Profit Driver Analysis
• Standard Development
• Variance Development |
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Profitability Consulting
• Tax Management
• Financial Budgets
• Asset Planning & Budgets
• Cash Forecasts
• Cash Managment
• Variance Analysis Models
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Alternative Fee Structure Arrangements
At ARC we ensure your success. We prefer performance-based and fixed-price arrangements. We are the experts, let us take the risk. The table below lists the typical types of consulting arrangements ARC offers our clients. All of ARC's active clients receive free unlimited phone support.
ARC Consulting Alternative Fee Arrangements
| Performance-Based |
ARC will work with you to identify the specific objectives of the job. We'll develop a business case to determine the profit-enhancement benefit of our services. You pay us based on our performance toward the business case. |
| Fixed-Price |
ARC prefers a fixed-price arrangement. If you can clearly define the objectives of the job, we'll offer a fixed-price agreement. If you'd like help defining the products or services, we can fix-price that service also. You pay us only upon your acceptance of the products. |
| Time & Expense |
When you're not quite sure what you need, or you just need some additional expertise, ARC offers competitive hourly rates — and we don't gouge you by billing for travel time. |
Our Nine-Step Methodology ensures that your project will be completed on time, on budget, and yield the desired results.
Our Staff
The professional staff of ARC brings more than 100 years of combined financial, operations, technology, project management, continuous process improvement, and executive management "hands-on" experience. We have successfully helped many organizations who have faced challenges similar to yours.
Every consultant assigned to your engagement will bring in excess of 10 years of hands-on experience in your industry dealing with your issues. Unlike other firms, you don't have to train our professionals. We are the experts. We develop the training programs that others use.
Our Experience
A partial list of our consulting clients includes:
- Fed Ex Corp.
- The American Management Association
- Version Communications, Inc.
- Sony Electronics
- Mitel Corporation
- The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- The Institute of Internal Auditors
- Times-Mirror Corporation
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- The National Bank of Greece
- Euro-Merchant Bank
- The Inter-American Development Bank
- The National Center for Toxilogical Research
- The Inter-American Development Corporation
- The United States Customs Service
- Bank Administration Institute
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- ABB
- Air Products and Chemicals
- The United States Department of Agriculture - Graduate School
- Saudi-Armco
- The Metropolitan Insurance Company
- NASDAQ.
The nature of our work includes:
- Forensic Audit Services (Click Here for Fact Sheet)
- “Sick Business” Recovery Services (Click Here for Fact Sheet)
- Product Cost System Development Services (Click Here for Fact Sheet)
- Litigation Support
- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Audits
- Internal Audit Services
- Management of Decision-support Systems Development Projects
- Development of Activity-Based Cost and Cost Management Systems
- Compliance and Cost Reimbursement Audits
Additional information is available upon request. |
