Delivering Powerful Business Solutions
After completing our first experience with their consulting team we grew from $1.5M in sales to $3.5M and purchased a new facility. This was accomplished in 5 short years, despite the pandemic, which caused an interruption in operation for weeks. Â
We now have realistic and attainable goals in place and the metrics with which to measure them.
I finally felt like a CEO again, a feeling that has persisted every day since.
Thanks to the combined efforts of these outstanding professionals, Thermotech is now better positioned to achieve our goals.
We now have a system in place to track job profitability, an ERP that is being utilized, and a system in place to eliminate waste in our operations.
By fostering a culture of collaboration and commitment, we felt inspired to implement lasting changes that would benefit our operations long-term.
We started as a few guys who knew how to do one thing well and opened our business. To a company who knows proper bookkeeping, policy building, creating and measuring KPIs, calendar building, budget setting, leadership skills, and importantly communication skills amongst partners.
What sets Cogent Analytics apart is their commitment to truly understanding the unique aspects of our company. They took the time to engage with our team, listen to our concerns, and develop strategies that were both innovative and practical.
He has a talent for explaining complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner, which has been invaluable in aligning our team and stakeholders with the project goals.
Nick has played a pivotal role in my business and some of the processes he has helped put in place with be instrumental in the success of Murphy Rigging and Erecting, Inc.
Having an objective perspective of the business has completely changed how we view things.
With the support of Cogent – Susan in particular! – I really and truly feel like our business is ready to evolve and grow and continue to serve our great community for another 35 years!
We have learned so many new skills which we are able to implement into our lives.
Thanks to Phil's efforts, we are already seeing positive changes and are on the right path to achieving our goals.
Day One he got my attention with his passion and knowledge of practical and simple solutions that made sense.
Cogent has not just been a business consultant. The Project Director embedded within our company for the last 14 weeks has become one of our team.
You could see teamwork developing and employees getting excited about the changes.
They have earned my trust through tangible results, and I am proud of the progress my Cardinal team has made under their guidance.
It has and is an eye-opening experience, and an experience that is already garnering positive results.
With those tools and skills that Roger has showed us, groundwork has been laid for a stronger foundation to be built.
The team members here at Nature's Way have a better understanding of their position and what is required of them to help us succeed.
Together we developed the tools and are working on the proper implementation of them.
A few short months ago, I thought I had to keep all the plates in the air when really, I had a team surrounding me, willing and ready to help.
We realized there was value in hiring Cogent to jump start the work needed in those areas, which would allow us to focus on our day to day operations.
When we engaged Cogent in mid-March, I initially had reservations about what they could offer our organization. However, after working with Bryan as our on-site consultant for about eight weeks, I can confidently say that it was a decision that greatly benefitted our company.
Their attention and commitment to detail truly helped us with the vision and drive to succeed in our everyday business strategies and decisions.
Their commitment to excellence, attention to detail, and ability to turn vision into reality are truly commendable.
Cogent provided him with a team that helped train us on tools and offer other resources that would benefit our growth.
Their professionalism, expertise, and dedication have been instrumental in our company's turnaround. I wholeheartedly endorse Cogent and am confident that they will deliver exceptional results to any organization.
Understanding each person's strengths and clearly outlined job duties has allowed our Kalamazoo Excavation's leadership to excel.
Running a company day in and day out often leads to tunnel vision; Cogent Analytics was a valued partner in helping our team identify and address blind spots.Â
I quickly went from feeling that our problems were insurmountable to confident that we can set the ship right in very short order.
We would like to give a huge shout out to Bret, Kevin, Peter, as well as the rest of the Cogent team. With them we know that MCS will be around for another 25 plus years.
We can see a developing change in employee attitudes now that we are beginning to form a clear path to success.
We all realized we needed to delegate from my brother, myself, and two key managers that are involved in too many aspects of our day-to-day operations.
The reason we chose Cogent over any other firm was the commitment to their clients and straight forward approach.
It took another set of eyes to identify and suggest adjustments to our way of doing business. I already have seen better morale from our employees, better pricing structure, and better profitability in our work.
Josh is knowledgeable of business concepts and how activities interact toward the goal.
I'm deeply grateful for Manuel's commitment to our business and Cogents' total positive attitude with working with Big Dog Adhesives.
It is an accurate statement to say that our managers and both of us feel that we have a much better understanding of what we need to do to grow the business, what our performance numbers are and what our budget and forecasting for the future looks like.
Working with Cogent really makes you feel like you have an entire team behind you. Their dedication to our success was apparent.
They taught us new ways to look at our business.
They literally have taken my three-year plans for improving sales, operational efficiencies, and profitability down to three months.
My optimism and excitement have never been this high and I have a newfound future that exists because of opportunities that were uncovered through this process.
My optimism and excitement have never been this high and I have a newfound future that exists because of opportunities that were uncovered through this process.
Within the first hour of them explaining what they did I knew that it was exactly what I needed to do for my business.
Without a doubt, we have seen and will see drastic positive change in many aspects of the business.
All the cogent team members always showed Zavarella team members the utmost respect and understanding for the craft work that we perform.
The Cogent team built several data management tools, which are customized to our business. With minimal effort, these tools culminate our financial and employment data, interpret the data to our specific needs, and place the information at our fingertips. This has become the foundation of our day-to-day and long-term decision making for our business.
I now have clearer procedures and processes that will help me grow responsibly.
