This document discusses assessing the health of a business and identifying common reasons why businesses fail. It then outlines strategies and solutions for improving business performance by cutting costs, expanding markets, improving productivity and satisfying customers. Finally, it introduces Mark Kuchinic as an experienced business professional who provides business consulting services to help turn businesses around.

1. How is Your Business? An introspection by Mark Kuchinic

2. What will your business look like in 3 to 5 years? Do you know how your business is performing before the monthly results are in? Do your customers rave about your quality and service? Do your employees brag about working in your company? Assessment Questions 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic

4. Failure to meet forecasts

5. Lack of a workable plan

6. Communication breakdown

7. Inadequate cash flow

8. Inability to convert AR and inventory to ready cash

9. Cash tied up in non-productive assets

10. Payables aging is 45 or more days

11. Low moraleWhy Businesses Fail! 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic

13. Profits above your typical industry experience

14. Banks wanting to lend you money

15. Having adequate cash to make the weekly payroll and pay your suppliers

16. Having all your employees understand the mission of your business as you do and working as hard as youImagine: 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic

18. Cut costs

19. Expand markets

20. Improve productivity

21. Satisfy customers

22. Improve moralSolutions 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic

23. Mark Kuchinic Business Solutions 20 years Executive Leadership experience Proven track record of success Background in senior management, strategic planning, business development and process improvement with an engineering degree Always meeting or exceeding expectations Mark Kuchinic MK Business Solutions MKBizSolutions@gmail.com How? 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic Accredited by the Institute for Independent Business

24. Advice from an experienced business professional Proven results Unlimited resources through the business professional’s network No improvement no charge guarantee No cost confidential business survey Advantages 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic

25. Turned around a $30M metals component operation moving EBIT from a 10% loss to an 8% profit in 4 months. Created business development and operational management models to generate 30%/yr growth and EBIT of 24% an additional $7.5M in profits. Reduced direct labor costs $1M per year by consolidating operations. Built an advanced engineering group reducing lead time by 30%. List of Some Notable Successes 1/30/2010 Created by L. Mark Kuchinic