We engaged GKW Business Solutions to assist in addressing scrap issues in our manufacturing plant. They brought an outside perspective and disciplined problem-solving approach that augmented our internal capabilities.  In a series of short, concise onsite meetings, they blended their expertise with our team to assess, identify and validate with data, key findings.  Using data to direct root cause analysis and problem solving followed, with documented outcomes and training to ensure effective implementation.  The final step consisted of a formal report out with post project analysis validating improvement from baseline to ensure our ability to measure and sustain results.  We plan to use GKW to help us address additional opportunities in our facility.  I would highly recommend GKW as a resource to help drive continuous improvement efforts in your business.

GKW Business Solutions worked with me side by side in person and remotely to update, modernize, and validate a complex workbook for forecasting and reporting financial performance. Mike was prompt, responsive, and an absolute asset during a time of transition for our organization. We settled on a communication and file structure cadence that made our time together and on this engagement productive and fruitful. I would highly recommend Mike to any business decision maker. He is my top resource to go to when things arise in the future….and we know they will!

Mike Craig of GKW Business Solutions provided Chief Financial Officer services for six months for a $250 Million company after their CFO resigned.  We were in the process of selling the company to a private equity group when Mike arrived and he did an excellent job of supervising the staff, overseeing the monthly close process, and providing extensive due diligence process throughout the entire process.  He was involved with all aspects of the final closing and interfaced extremely well with the ESOP trustee, company management, attorneys, and members of the private equity team.  Mike gained the respect of all of those involved in the complicated transaction.

“Mike came to our aid during a most challenging time for our company.  We needed all of his experience and leadership to help us successfully off-board a longtime CFO while also taking the lead for significant due diligence under a confidential potential purchase/merger.  In addition, we needed Mike to provide immediate leadership and direction for an accounting team that was not prepared for the amount of unexpected absentee challenges they were experiencing.  The task expected of Mike was a bit unrealistic and perhaps unfair.  Yet Mike stepped in and stepped up without one complaint or negative comment.  Mike’s leadership provided stability for our accounting team and indescribable support for our merger.  We could not have successfully completed our merger, let alone the replacement of our CFO without Mike’s help”.

Mike and I have a lot of history. He came to work for my company -- Butterball Farms, Inc. -- after running 5 plants for Federal Mogul. He brought with him a lot of experience in lean practices. I think he found a relatively small food packaging company to be more of a challenge than he expected. We were relatively unfamiliar with lean. So in the time he was with us he made a lot of progress reducing waste, streamlining manufacturing and developing lean practices and thinking within our team. He left our company to take the President role in an aerospace company and is now taking his skill set and his experiences and helping other companies be successful.