Bill Michels: In Twelve Months, Four Legs to the Business

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Bill Michels, CEO of ADR North America, a supply chain consulting firm, outlines the four lines of business he sees ADR growing over the next twelve months: (1) Their established transformational consulting practice; (2) Their established training practice; (3) A new interim management practice; (4) An evolving low cost country sourcing practice.

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Filed under: ADR | Ann Arbor, MI | Bill Michels | Education | Making Substitutes | Supply Chain Management | Twelve Month Goals

In this three and a half minute podcast (download iPod compatible, 19MB), Bill outlines four lines of business that ADR, North America, intends to grow in the coming twelve months. Currently, ADR North America is experiencing 20% growth and seeing a whole new category, interim management, emerge based on customer demand. Interim management is a service where ADR provides clients with short term executives to fill a temporary skills gap. Bill believes that he can tap into a ready supply of high quality human capital that will allow him to provide these services.

He also believes that there will be more work in low cost country sourcing. Right now, the focus is on Asia, but that focus will shift as Asian suppliers move more into the middle class and other regions supplant them in cost leadership.

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Brianne Fuller on November 17, 2007 10:02 AM
This interview, although somewhat short, was very informative. I have often heard of consultancy and how beneficial it can be for organizations to have an expert in the field come in and give advice and share experiences to help take the organtization where they want to go. This interview, though, takes consultancy to the next level, where instead of being there for an interim basis as advisors, they are actually there on an interim level as management. At first I was a bit skeptical of the idea, but the more I thought about it, the potential seemed endless. I think this will work especially well for ADR in the upcoming years as baby boomers begin to retire from their lifelong careers, but may not be ready to give it all up. Excellent ideas and I am looking forward to checking back in a year from now on your next interview! Best Wishes, Brianne Fuller
TeAnna Hart on November 20, 2007 6:06 PM
Interim management is an excellent idea. I sat and thought as I listened to the interview with Bill Michels at ADR, is this service needed, and the answer is yes. People are going to retire some day or step down and its a great idea to be able to offer a short term executive fill in for temporary missing skills. ADR is looking to enhance capabililty and expecting a 20% growth change. Now because of this potential growth they may have to do something differently strategically to stay in a good position but I think the idea was great. I would love to hear back on how well they did with filling the void of management in businesses for a temporary amount of time. Advising businesses are one thing, but supplying that management is a great idea and so many new and facinitating ideas can be shared in that short period of time which may even have some top decision makers in organizations thinking of new ideas for their businesses there on after.

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