From stabilization to turnaround

Restructuring

Rising costs, dwindling cash flow—if you don’t take timely action, you’ll lose your room to maneuver. Suppliers face financial difficulties, investments are put on hold, and key employees leave. Through our restructuring consulting services, KBC stabilizes your supply chain, develops operational restructuring plans, and implements them in collaboration with your team. This is how we restore your company’s competitiveness and future-proof it.

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Jost von Trott zu Solz

Partner at KBC and management consultant specializing in restructuring, with over 10 years of experience in operational consulting

Challenges in Restructuring

Restructuring can only succeed if companies start where value is created. That is why, in our restructuring consulting services, KBC works across the entire value chain: from development and procurement through production to after-sales. Our focus is not on purely financial considerations, but on operational restructuring that stabilizes your company in the long term and ensures it remains capable of acting effectively.

Since our founding in 2007, our team of consultants has visited over 1,000 production facilities and provided support with production expertise—from analysis and optimization to turnaround.

Poor maneuverability

Liquidity is drying up, loans are maturing, and investments are on hold—the pressure is mounting as options dwindle.

More challenging external conditions

New competition, rising raw material prices, and shifting customer demand are changing your economic landscape.

Backlog of internal investments

Outdated equipment and structural inefficiencies consistently drive your production costs higher than those of your competitors.

Supplier in financial trouble

Quality issues, supply chain bottlenecks, and even supplier bankruptcies threaten your supply chain and ability to deliver.

Loss of key personnel

Shifts are being cut, productivity is falling—and it’s precisely your best employees who are leaving your company.

Approaches to Strategic and Operational Restructuring

In addition to helping stabilize your business, KBC provides restructuring consulting services, including operational restructuring plans, turnaround consulting, and interim management, as well as cost optimization and production consulting.

Business Stabilization

If a supplier runs into trouble, the entire supply chain suffers. Often, it is not the affected companies themselves but their customers who initiate restructuring consultations. Our team of consultants will then be on-site to assist you directly: We analyze the operational situation, identify the critical levers, and stabilize your supplier. The goal is to restore supply security and quality—before insolvency becomes the only option.

Operational Restructuring Plan

Anyone restructuring a business first needs clarity: What options are available? And what savings do they yield? With an operational restructuring plan, KBC delivers exactly that: a package of measures that outlines the next steps—including costs and results. From selling unprofitable assets and retooling production lines to launching a quality initiative to address high return rates: We provide you with measurable new room to maneuver.

Turnaround Consulting

Once the restructuring plan is in place, the crucial phase begins: implementation. Turnaround and restructuring are interlinked not only during and after insolvency but also in the run-up to it. Working closely with you, KBC optimizes your production flows and quality processes—and also unlocks revenue growth potential. After all, sustainable turnaround means not only cutting costs but also regaining growth and profitability.

Interim Management

Companies undergoing transformation often have vacant leadership positions—a factor that makes restructuring even more challenging. As part of our restructuring advisory services , KBC takes on interim operational roles in the very areas where we provide consulting: from COO to CEO. Drawing on two decades of expertise, we initiate restructuring measures and ensure that implementation does not stall—until the position is filled.

Cost Optimization

High costs are often concentrated in just a few areas, and there are frequently noticeable spikes over time. In restructuring consulting, KBC systematically examines your entire cost structure and cost drivers through detailed root cause analyses and both external and internal benchmarking. From this , we derive targeted cost optimization measures—ranging from incremental adjustments to radical cost reduction (Disruptive Cost Down).

Production Consulting

Production optimization isn’t always a response to a crisis—it’s often worth exploring opportunities for improvement even in the absence of one. KBC analyzes your production processes, identifies weaknesses, and develops concrete measures for optimization. Whether as a standalone project or as part of a broader management consulting initiative for restructuring, we make your production more competitive—and reduce costs in the long term.

Restructuring Consulting by the Numbers

Optimization measures identified

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Potential annual savings

This is how we view restructuring as management consultants

We are not the ones who develop financial structures and optimize tax burdens. We are the ones who restructure a company’s operational divisions so that value creation works again—and competitiveness is secured for the long term.

Jost von Trott, Partner at KBC

Industries we advise on sustainability

Automotive

Industrials

Technology

Topics that strengthen your business

Operational Excellence

Process Optimization

Cost Optimization

Answers that advance restructuring goals

Can we also hire KBC to provide restructuring consulting services for a supplier?

Yes, this is actually a common scenario in our restructuring consulting practice: Engagements often come not from the affected company itself, but from its customers, who, for example, need a reliable supply of parts and high-quality products. In the area of turnaround and restructuring consulting, KBC is currently working on several supplier projects.

Is the company even worth keeping in business—or is it no longer worth the effort?

Our team of KBC consultants will quickly provide you with a reliable assessment: As part of our restructuring consultation, we develop an initial set of measures and estimate the annual savings potential. This will determine whether a turnaround is realistic.

How long does a restructuring take?

That depends on the scope and complexity of the project. An initial assessment is followed by the validation and refinement of the measures—before the actual implementation begins. Depending on the measure—such as the procurement of new equipment—this process may proceed in stages over an extended period of time.

Does KBC really work on-site or remotely?

As a boutique consulting firm, KBC provides restructuring consulting services not only from our headquarters in Munich—but wherever the situation calls for it: on-site at your company or at a supplier’s location. Rather than simply presenting you with a plan, we support you through the implementation process until measurable results are achieved in your day-to-day operations.

Jost von Trott zu Solz

Partner

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Whether it’s corporate stabilization, an operational restructuring plan, or interim management: In a brief discussion, we’ll determine which steps make sense and how KBC—an international boutique management consulting firm based in Munich—can help you move forward. We’ll get back to you shortly.

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