A New Approach for Global Transformation
From its inception, ABeam has been determined to create a client-centric firm. The company has
drawn upon its Japanese heritage for the global arena by bringing a “kaizen” perspective to the business of consulting and building on its reputation for teamwork. Kaizen, the concept of continuous improvement made famous in the Japanese automotive industry, looks at both the whole and the individual components of a process, problem or organization to enable ongoing and incremental change. The term “kaizen” is a combination of the Japanese words Kai, which means change, and Zen, which means good.
Through this kaizen exercise, ABeam designed
a business that breaks through the common barriers to client success – one that:
- Is measured by client-centric objectives
- Rewards collaboration
- Is built on non-hierarchical structures
- Uses blended teams and approaches
That’s how the “Real Partner” concept was born.
Real Partner
Clients often fail to gain the results they expect from transformation initiatives because of the fundamental structure of traditional management consultancies — a loose federation driven by country revenue objectives. Moreover, top leadership spends the majority of its time on internal issues.
In contrast, ABeam offers companies a new approach to operational improvement in a global consultancy without any geographical boundaries. ABeam’s global management team spends the majority of its time engaged with clients.
The result is a client experience that is truly a “Real Partnership,” which:
- Challenges assumptions
- Views the business situation holistically
- Seeks long-term results instead of short-term fixes
- Values experience over textbook methodologies*
Professional experience, blended teams and a flat worldwide organization result in unmatched flexibility to meet each client’s individual objectives. Solutions require more than strategy, process, technology, and organizational design – they must also be implementable. ABeam professionals have been CEOs, CFOs and CIOs; supply chain, logistics and personnel directors; and management and technology consultants at leading firms around the world. This provides a practical perspective when recommending solutions, and more efficient approaches to deliver results quickly.
ABeam’s 700 multinational and domestic clients can attest to the difference.
More than 70% of the firm’s new business comes from existing clients. Client relationships with ABeam principals go back five, 10 and in some cases, 15 or more years.
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