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Engineering & industrial services

Flowtechnology Limited

Embedding a three-year growth engine to scale turnover and enable international expansion

Since 2016, Team BDS has partnered with Flowtechnology to strengthen operations and build a three-year growth plan using B-PODS™ - supporting leadership recruitment in 2018 and helping drive a 300% increase in turnover.

The background

Flowtechnology, founded in 1978 and headquartered in Charleville, is a leading Irish process engineering specialist delivering turnkey systems, site support services and process equipment solutions to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, distillery, food and beverage industries.

The challenge

Team BDS engaged with Flowtechnology in 2016 initially deploying Lean and Operations Improvement initiatives and projects. Since then Team BDS have been supporting Flowtechnology through its growth phases using our proven B-PODS™ methodology which most recently encompasses the development of a 3 year strategic growth and deployment plan.

The approach

The approach has been consistent in regard to identifying a 3 year horizon of growth and underpinning it with core processes, organisational ownership, digitalisation and business scoreboard to such a degree that consistency of achievement is forever present, both mentally and practically.

The outcome

In 2018 Team BDS were actively involved in the recruitment of a new MD as part of an aggressive growth strategy and since this deployment growth for the business has increased by 300% in turnover terms.

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