Škoda Machine Tool: A Story of Transformation and Expansion into Global Markets

by BM4U | Feb 2, 2025 | (Non)Interim management, DEVELOPMENT, Interim management, Restart, Strategic transactions

Škoda Machine Tool, a traditional Czech manufacturer of horizontal boring machines and lathes, was faced with the need for a major transformation. Long delivery times, declining sales and negative earnings were threatening its continued existence. Under the...

Interim manager – is better, less risky and cheaper than an employee. How so?

by BM4U | Feb 2, 2025 | ANNUITY, DEVELOPMENT, Interim management, Restart

Manage your company in the most efficient way possible – without unnecessary risks and high costs and constraints from the Labour Code. How do you do that? Take advantage of the benefits of interim management from BM4U, which brings long-term ‘hiring’ of top...

The legendary WALMARK: How a quiet family business was transformed into a dynamically managed ‘private equity’ firm

by BM4U | Feb 2, 2025 | DEVELOPMENT, Interim management, Other

In 2015, the traditional family business WALMARK was transformed into a modernly managed organisation aiming for efficient management. At the time, Kateřina Tomášková, current interim manager at BM4U, had just managed the purchase. What obstacles did she face at...

Stabilising the planning and purchasing department in the turbulent times of covid or effective strategies from a supply chain management expert

by BM4U | Nov 11, 2024 | DEVELOPMENT, Interim management

COVID has taught the management of more than one company. Silvia Švejcarová, an expert in supply chain management and currently interim manager of BM4U, was given a difficult task during the transition to a new ERP system – to stabilise the planning and...

How an earthquake shook the supply chain: how arrow international cr dealt with the supply chain crisis

by BM4U | Nov 10, 2024 | DEVELOPMENT, Interim management

In May 2012, when a devastating earthquake struck northern Italy, ARROW International CR, a manufacturer of medical supplies, faced a serious supply chain crisis. Overnight, the company lost its primary Italian supplier of components for the Hradec...

Transformation of Hamé: From a local player to a regional leader

by BM4U | Apr 17, 2024 | (Non)Interim management, Business expansion, DEVELOPMENT, Interim management, Strategic purchasing and supply chain management, Strategic transactions

Under the leadership of the then CEO Ing. Martin Štrupel, MBA, working with BM4U, Hamé underwent a transformation that moved the company from a local player to a regional leader in food production. Strategic expansion into new markets, new acquisitions...