American Securities offers our portfolio companies an extraordinary competitive advantage: world-class functional experts that many middle-market companies typically cannot access.
At the core of our investment philosophy is the belief that we dedicate the time, energy and resources to make every investment succeed. We are committed to the long-term success of the management teams with whom we partner and we make every effort to assist senior management as needed.
Unique to the industry, we have assembled a team of functional experts who are full-time American Securities employees and are available upon a CEO’s request to support special projects that are core to a portfolio company’s strategy. Our Resources Group has been tested by the majority of our portfolio company CEOs on programs that improve operations, assess and deploy technology, formalize long-term strategy, expand sourcing and distribution and maximize the impact of government relations.
Below is a sample of Resources Group services that can be utilized by our investment companies:
- Acquisition integration
- Asia-Pacific strategy
- China sourcing
- Competitive analysis
- Crisis communications
- Government relations
- Growth prioritization
- Information technology
- International market analysis
- Internet marketing plan
- Joint ventures negotiations
- Lean manufacture implementation
- Manufacturing improvement
- Market assessment
- Organizational diagnostics
- Performance improvement plans
- Plant relocation and consolidation
- Pricing strategy
- Process mapping
- Quality systems management
- Strategic plan development
- Supply chain optimization