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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I'm getting from this is that consultants work for people who already know where the problems are, but can't/won't fix them themselves?[/quote]

This is right but also when a company knows enough to make a change but do not have the horses to get it done right.  I am making this up but not too far off.  Tractor manufacturing company.  They sell through dealers.  They have an idea about selling direct in certain locations.  They can do the initial work to see it is a good idea.  Sure they have to get the lawyers to see if they can do this given the contractual relationships with the dealers and any antitrust issues.  But they have never had a retail side before.  Limited experience.  Sure they will hire people with some experience to run but they hire MBB to help they determine which markets to go direct in, how much of a move, what kind of people they need to hire, what are the retail issues and headwinds they will encounter.  Tractor company uses that as a base to make a decision and to launch direct sales and hire executives to run. [/quote]

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