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What We Do

Company Sales
Acquisitions
Financial Restructuring
Cost Saving

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Who We Are

The Management Advisory Board is a subsidiary of Material Technologies, Inc., a 25-year-old consulting company which provides corporations with strategic, technical and marketing advice.

 

Helping Middle-Market Companies Create Strategic Opportunities, Improve Performance, and Reduce Costs
The Management Advisory Board works with company owners, CEOs, CFOs, and senior executives to identify opportunities for improved profitability, business growth, and strategic transactions.

We help companies through three important offerings:

  • MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
    Improve business performance, identify growth opportunities, strengthen market development, and address operational challenges.
  • COST REDUCTION
    Identify meaningful savings across business expenses by bringing specialized expertise to areas where additional analysis can uncover opportunities that may otherwise be overlooked.
  • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
    Help companies explore the sale of a business, pursue acquisitions, evaluate strategic alternatives, and connect with appropriate investment banking resources.

Our History

For the past eleven years its Management Advisory Board subsidiary has partnered with investment banks to assist companies with the sale of their company, acquisitions or financial restructuring. We select the bank best suited for the client in terms of their skills, resources and familiarity of the business of our clients.

Our Investment Banks

Among these banks are Capstone Partners (www.capstonepartners.com) a mid-market bank handling transactions in the $25-$500 million range. They are owned by Huntington Bank, a Fortune 500 bank, Palmtree LLC (www.palmtree.com) which has offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and Detroit; Woodbridge International merger and acquisition specialists since 1993 with offices in the US and Cape Town, South Africa (www.Woodbridgegrp.com) and Raincatcher, (www.Raincatcher.com) an investment bank with 28 offices across the country.

Our Approach

A Practical Approach to Better Business Results

  • Every company faces different challenges and opportunities. Our approach begins with understanding your objectives, identifying the areas with the greatest potential, and bringing together the appropriate expertise to help you move forward.
  • We work with companies across industries, primarily in North America, with a focus on the middle market.

Let’s Discuss Your Business

  • Whether your priority is improving profitability, reducing expenses, expanding through acquisitions, or evaluating a potential sale, a confidential conversation is a useful place to begin.
    Contact The Management Advisory Board to discuss your company’s objectives.
ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD

Turn Business Challenges into Opportunities for Improvement

Companies often have the people and resources needed to succeed but benefit from an outside perspective when evaluating new opportunities, addressing persistent challenges, or pursuing significant changes.

The Management Advisory Board works with business leaders to identify opportunities, clarify priorities, and connect business objectives with practical expertise.

Learn more about our advisors.

Experience, Relationships, and a Focus on Business Results

The Management Advisory Board LLC works with middle-market companies to identify opportunities for cost reduction, business improvement, growth, and strategic transactions.
Our approach combines management experience, specialized professional resources, and relationships developed across business and financial services.

We believe companies benefit when experienced executives have access to the right expertise at the right time.

Three Areas of Focus
Our work centers on three complementary areas:

  • Management Consulting: Helping companies identify opportunities to improve business performance and pursue growth.
  • Cost Reduction: Connecting companies with specialists who can identify and evaluate opportunities for meaningful savings.
  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Helping companies explore business sales, acquisitions, and strategic alternatives.

A Network of Specialized Expertise

No single advisor can be an expert in every aspect of a company’s operations.
Through our professional relationships, we can help clients access specialized capabilities in areas relevant to their objectives, including operations, finance, technology, marketing, and expense management.
We also have experience working with investment banking firms to help companies identify appropriate resources for potential transactions.

Our Philosophy
We believe good advisory work begins with listening, asking the right questions, and understanding what matters most to the client.
From there, our focus is on identifying practical opportunities, bringing the right people to the table, and helping management evaluate the available alternatives.

Let’s Talk
We welcome conversations with business owners and senior executives interested in improving performance, reducing costs, or evaluating strategic opportunities.

Areas of Focus

Business Strategy
Evaluate opportunities, assess alternatives, and help establish priorities for improved business performance.

Growth and Strategic Opportunities
Evaluate opportunities for expansion, partnerships, acquisitions, and other initiatives that can strengthen the company’s competitive position.

Business Development
Explore new markets, identify prospective customers and strategic relationships, and support market development initiatives.

Operational Improvement
Identify potential improvements in business processes, resource utilization, and operating effectiveness.

An Experienced, Collaborative Approach

We recognize that every company has its own circumstances, capabilities, and objectives.
Our role is to understand those circumstances, help identify where additional expertise can make a difference, and facilitate access to the resources appropriate to the challenge.

Let's Discuss Your Objectives

If your company is evaluating a new opportunity or addressing a significant business challenge, we welcome the opportunity to learn more.

COST REDUCTION & PROFITABILITY IMPROVEMENT

Find Savings Your Company May Be Overlooking

Even well-managed companies can have opportunities to reduce expenses without compromising quality, service, or operational effectiveness.

The Management Advisory Board connects companies with specialized professionals who examine selected expense categories, identify potential savings, and help evaluate opportunities for improvement.

Your management team already knows your business. Our role is to bring additional expertise to specific areas where a fresh perspective and detailed analysis may uncover meaningful opportunities.

 

Areas We Can Examine:

Depending on your company’s needs, our specialists can evaluate expenses and opportunities involving:

  • Information technology and telecommunications
  • Freight, transportation, and logistics
  • Insurance and employee benefits
  • Taxes and related expenses
  • Human resources
  • Other significant operating expenses

A Focus on Measurable Results

The objective is to identify savings that can be supported by analysis and translated into tangible business benefits.
For qualifying engagements, we can arrange a performance-based fee structure under which our compensation depends on realized savings. Under this arrangement, there is no fee unless the agreed savings are achieved.

The specific scope, measurement methodology, and fee terms are established before work begins.

Start a Conversation

If reducing expenses or improving margins is a priority, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss your objectives and determine whether a review could be beneficial.

Mergers & Aquisitions

Navigate Important Business Decisions with Experienced Guidance

Selling a company, acquiring another business, or evaluating strategic alternatives can be among the most consequential decisions an owner or executive will make.

The Management Advisory Board helps companies explore these opportunities and identify appropriate resources to support their objectives.

Acquiring a Business

  • For companies pursuing growth through acquisition, we can help explore acquisition opportunities and connect with appropriate transaction professionals.
  • Financial Restructuring and Strategic Alternatives
    When a company faces financial pressure, changing market conditions, or a need to reconsider its strategic direction, evaluating alternatives can be critical.
    We help identify relevant resources and potential paths forward based on the company’s circumstances.
  • Selling Your Business
    For owners considering a sale, we help initiate the process of evaluating strategic options and identifying appropriate investment banking resources.
    The objective is to help you approach the process thoughtfully, understand your alternatives, and connect with professionals whose capabilities align with your company’s needs.

Investment Banking Relationships

The Management Advisory Board has experience working with investment banking firms to help companies explore transactions and identify suitable financial advisory resources.
Our objective is to identify the right fit for each company’s size, industry, objectives, and transaction requirements.

Begin With a Confidential Discussion

Whether you are considering acquiring another company, evaluating strategic alternatives or selling your business we welcome an initial conversation about your objectives.

Let’s talk

For more information contact:
The Management Advisory Board
96 Tanya Circle
Ocean, NJ 07712
Ira L. Friedman
Managing Director
Telephone: (732) 673-9550