We work together with our clients in identifying and delivering practical and results oriented value propositions to the challenges they face. The following represents our offering:
Strategy Development Execution
We assist our clients with crafting strategic plans (Long term – 10 years, Medium term – 5 years and annual plans) from scratch. For most clients with existing strategic plans in one form or another, Blapau is well positioned to assist organisations and departments review and align their strategies accordingly. Our role will involve planning and facilitating effective strategic planning workshops and compiling strategic business plans. Once the strategy is in place, we assist our clients translate the strategy into implementable strategic initiatives through the development of organisational scorecards and cascading them throughout an organisation or department. We therefore provide the following specific services:
✔ Facilitating strategic planning workshops
✔ Compiling strategic documents
✔ Conducting benchmarking studies
✔ Supporting strategy execution
✔ Strategic Dialogue
Agriculture & Agribusiness Consulting
Blapau specialises in economic, financial, marketing, management and research of agricultural products and services. Specifically, our competencies cover the following thematic areas:
Agricultural and Agribusiness Strategy Support
✔ Programme/project scoping and design and implementation support – Commercial and Food Security programmes
✔ Programme/Project community facilitation
✔ Capacity building (farm management training, monitoring and evaluation, training needs assessments and evaluations)
✔ Investment analysis, due diligence, deal structuring, sourcing investment funds
✔ Agricultural Economic analysis (Economic impact studies, sector studies, financial and econometric modelling, policy development and analysis, cost – benefit studies, benchmarking studies, value chain analysis and mapping, institutional analysis)
✔ Due diligence services
Agriculture & Agribusiness Advisory Services (Livestock, Crops, Horticulture)
✔ Land potential assessment
✔ Turnaround of dormant/run down dysfunctional community agricultural projects
✔ Feasibility reports and business plans
✔ Landuse plans – Soil analysis and mapping
✔ EIA Agriculture specialist studies
✔ Facilitation services – Finance, Markets
✔ Enterprise development and mentorship
✔ Business sustainability planning
Business Performance Improvement (Business Process Re-engineering)
Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is part of a methodology designed to transform the way business processes work in order to improve performance around service, cost, quality and speed that ultimately benefits an organisation. BlaPau methodology aligns appropriate business processes to the organisation’s key focus areas and establishes the business framework against which the appropriate organisation structure can be defined. Depending with the nature of the organisation and complexity of the processes involved, Blapau consultants use either the ”Brown Paper Approach” or Visio mapping software. Our specific interventions cover the following:
✔ Strategic Review – Key focus interviews, DILO, Reviews
✔ Processes and Systems Review – “As is Analysis” of existing processes and systems
✔ Design of the “Could Be” and “To Be” processes
✔ Workshopping of the processes to ensure alignment
✔ Development of process and procedure manuals
✔ Supporting the implementation of the designed and signed-off processes
Cost Reduction and Revenue Enhancement
Blapau assists organisations and departments improve their operational performance by identifying sustainable quick wins and structural cost reductions. During the diagnostic phase, we will review all significant costs across all the functions of the organisation. Using our effective “Quick Hits” methodology, Blapau will assist with setting up “Rapid Action Teams” – (RATS) to implement and track identified savings and cost reduction opportunities. Specifically, Blapau assists with;
✔ Diagnostics
✔ Opportunity identification and prioritisation
✔ Setting up Rapid Action Team (RATS)
✔ Business case development
✔ Benefits score boarding
Communication Strategy
A communication strategy sets out, articulates, explains and promotes an organisation’s vision and a set of well-defined goals by creating a consistent and unified “voice” that appeals to your internal and external stakeholders. Blapau assist its clients reach decisions regarding the audience, channels, message, behaviour and impact tracking. Working together with clients, we ensure an effective translation of strategy into tangible results.
People
Our human resource package covers a wide range of services. Blapau focuses on the following:
✔ Organisational Design and Development
✔ Change Management
✔ Leadership Development
✔ Insights Discovery Effectiveness Tools – Individual, Team, Sales, organisation and Leadership
Resource Efficiency Assessments (Cleaner Production Assessments)
Blapau offers a dedicated suite in the area of resource efficiency management. We support local, regional and global efforts to reduce environmental impacts caused by existing commercial and industrial practices. We offer the following resource efficiency services:
✔ Resource efficiency strategy development and execution
✔ Energy and resource audits in the commercial, industrial and mining sectors
✔ Retrofitting
✔ Occupancy sensors
Additional Services offered on Demand
✔ SME training/Entrepreneurship/Venture Creation
✔ Business Mentoring and Coaching
✔ Project Management
✔ Economic Development
✔ Monitoring and Evaluation
✔ Research-Based Benchmarking Solutions