A'Ohlin Commercial Insights

A’Ohlin Commercial Insights (A’Ohlin or A’Ohlin Insights) is a boutique strategy consulting firm specialising in helping large firms and high net worth individuals deliver even more value from their business portfolios and operating models. A’Ohlin Insight’s parent company – Inspired Business Solutions Pty Ltd – began trading in March 2007 and has successfully navigated the turbulent GFC (Global Financial Crisis) and post-GFC waters.

A recent re-branding witnessed the birth of A’Ohlin Commercial Insights; delivering the same high quality, fact based strategic business value, with a more enhanced focus on strategic foresight. Issues examined include: preparing businesses for the emerging shift in global trading power bases, and most particularly, the rise of Asia; the associated structural shifts caused by a higher AUD, the developed world’s movement from industrialisation and competitive manufacturing bases to the rise of technology; and the impacts of Australia’s lost decade of productivity growth.

Today’s environment demands an examination of strategies across industries and creatively applying new solutions to your particular business. No longer can you afford to sit back and compete with local competitors. At A’Ohlin Commercial Insights, our competencies of competitive strategy, commercial analysis and forward thinking are applicable across industries and are a must for your business. We are in the perfect position to expand your thinking and push you to prepare today for tomorrow.

Knowledge transfer

Knowledge transfer is a value intrinsic to our work. Results include:

• Client personnel embracing the templates and processes to rollout a performance management system throughout an Australian based pulp and paper manufacturer
• Client personnel confidently presenting the performance management templates and processes at a Kaplan and Norton international conference on the Balanced Scorecard
• Training programs presented to, and taken on by, the global practice
• South African Black Empowerment targets successfully met
  

Tangible benefits

Tangible benefits are delivered to your business through two specialised approaches:

1. Corporate strategy: analysis, financial modelling, and strategic insights
2. Forward thinking: research, global trend analysis, and future thinking.
   

Importance to your business

The importance to your business is threefold:

1. Indepedent assessment of strategic opportunities
2. Inspire innovation and evolution
3. Rethink your business by focusing on forces likely to shape the competitive global environment.
   

Deliverables

• Budget recommendations – State and Federal Budgets
• Business in Asia
  • various country and cultural perspectives
  • business etiquette perspectives
  • Asian strategy (Asian market entry/expansion strategy)
• Centralisation of a regional council’s property management services
• Core competency assessment for an international energy utility
  • coal, hydro and nuclear power generator, distributor and retailer
• Cost of capital recommendations (including WACC and CFROI)
• Due diligence and recommendations regarding the purchase and sale of a waste treatment plant
• Due diligence on the operations, profitability and management of regional airports
• Executive analysis and strategic support to the managing director of a second generation private property developer
• Executive coaching
• New market entry strategy for an international energy utility
• Operational strategy and property management review for a multi-storey car park
• Powerful presentation and public speaking workshops
• Shopping centre tenant turn-around strategies
• Strategic analysis and support across multiple corporate entities for a high net worth individual
• Urban water pricing recommendations
  

Current & Past Clients (including but not limited to)

• High Net Worth Individuals
• Industry group institutions:
  • property
  • road marking
• Private property developers
• 2nd generation family business
• TAFE Sunshine Coast
• University of the Sunshine Coast
• World leading fully integrated property and infrastructure solutions providers
  

Your Future is our Focus