General Consulting Services
Small & Medium Sized Companies Other Industries and Markets

Delta Associates, Ltd. and its principal has 30+ years experience in working with companies in various business types and sectors. This experience includes:
• Industrial electronics systems manufacturing and marketing
• Printing and advertising materials distribution
• Construction and job order manufacturing
• Consumer goods manufacturing and marketing
• Business application software
• Wholesale Distribution

This experience includes one or several of the following functions and projects. Many of these resulted in integrated solutions for the markets and company sizes that we serve:

Organization restructuring and Human Resources
• Operations and marketing – getting the right pegs in the right places
• Recruiting and Executive Search
• Position descriptions and performance measurement
• Compensation alternatives for rewarding profit
Financial management
• Profitability Enhancement
• Debt Restructuring & Financing alternatives
• Negotiations with the SBA and Venture Capital companies
• Break-Even Analysis and Budget development
• Business Valuations for Estate, Divorce and Acquisition opportunities
Pricing, costing and related strategies for marketing and profit increases
Management Information Systems
• Reporting for management control & profit
• Business software & systems evaluation for vertical markets
• Implementation & conversion assistance
Mergers and acquisitions – either side
• Due diligence and negotiations
• Candidate search & evaluation
• Making it work after the deal
Strategic, Marketing and Business Planning
• Market and competitive analysis
• Positioning and diversification strategies
• Pricing and product segmentation
• Prospecting and selling tactics
• Long and short term business plans

RESULTS COUNT A small sample

• Reorganizing a nearly bankrupt electronics company. Results a strategic position with 2 alternatives, the successful one was a sale to a NYSE company
• Growing a company from $500K in sales to $5,000,000 with international distribution
• Moving a break-even company with <$1,000,000 in sales to $15,000,000 and 10% pretax
• Changing product and marketing distribution for a small process controls company. Results a change from unprofitable custom built systems to standard products with broad distribution and 200% profitable growth in 1 year
• Restructuring an application software company’s marketing strategy from geographic distribution to vertical market focus. Results: Revenue increases of 100% over 3 years and Gross Margin increases of 30%.

"Dave Diederich possesses and exceptionally broad experiential and intellectual base. He has the unique ability to blend business practicality with theory to develop both accurate and insightful assessments followed by solutions that work."