Management Consulting

Bringing powerful systems and resources to bear in support of you and your business. We help you to attack your problems, enhance your profits and achieve your financial goals.

About Us

SOGID Management Consultants is a Chicago-based management consulting firm that specializes in management advisory, restructuring, debt and equity placement and due diligence services with a proud history of serving both financially troubled and profitable companies nationwide.

With historical experience within the middle-market commercial banking industry, we have a unique perspective gained from years of experience on “Both sides of the desk. “ We can be a highly effective resource for both creditors and debtors as the result. SOGID is often able to bridge the communication gap between the business owner and institutional lenders and investors in a way that makes everyone more effective in attaining their goals.

Our Services

Financial Advisory Services

Financial Modeling, Interim Management, Management Coaching, Refinancing, and Strategic Planning

Macro and Micro Data Gathering and Analysis

Market intelligence, analytics and data science initiatives. Data discovery, acquisition, prep, consolidation and storage

Human Resource Development and Coaching

Creating systems, structure, and training that align people, work activities and overall business systems for a better corporate culture.

Restructuring

Cash Flow Forecasting, Chief Restructuring Officer, Creditor Management, Liquidity Management, Operational Improvement, and Profitability Improvement

Debt and Equity Sourcing

Years of experience in middle market finance have yielded abundant contacts for both equity and different forms of debt financing.

Creditor/Landlord Negotiations/Insolvency

Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Orderly Liquidation, Receivership, Chapter 128 (Wisconsin) and UCC Sale

Management

Our Strategic Planning Consultants in Chicago are Committed to Serving You

Andy has many years of experience in management consulting in Chicago. He has operated his own businesses including SOGID Management Consultants, a private consulting practice catering to the middle market facilitating operational improvement, sales management consulting, financial management, debt and equity sourcing, M&A advisory services as well as turnaround and distressed asset management work.

Andrew Cameron Founder

Roman Forowycz is a management consultant focusing on the packaging industry. Forowycz works with private equity firms and manufacturers of flexible and rigid packaging materials. He has spent the last decade working closely with new sustainable technologies that minimize environmental impact. Key areas of focus are food, pharma and most recently cannabis.

Roman Forowycz Packaging/Plastics/Sustainability

David contributes over 25 years of accounting and finance experience to the team. David has worked in multiple industries including Oil and Gas, Construction, Manufacturing, Energy and Healthcare. He has led finance and accounting teams for multiple companies including an international healthcare company and an international steel trade association.

David Reed CPA,MBA

Frequently Asked Questions

My business essentially shut down due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. I need to make sure that I can get material and ramp up carefully so that I can survive and deliver goods to our customers.

We can help you to plan your cash flow, staffing levels and material requirements to do just that.

Our business has been decimated by the extended lockdown. There is no way for us to reopen. We want to wind down our operations and deal with our creditors, many of whom we can’t pay. What do we do?

These decisions are never easy, often heart wrenching. We can help you to evaluate your options and, if necessary, facilitate an orderly wind down, sale, bankruptcy or other insolvency protocol designed to bring closure to your loss and stop the pain.

We think that we should be making more money from the business that we are doing but don’t have time or the knowledge of how to go about improving results.

We have helped many clients to improve their margins, efficiency and cash flow. We review market pricing, product sourcing, labor standards and staffing levels in order to determine the best levers to push to improve your business.

I have sales but cash is tight, can you help?

Our management consulting firm in Chicago can help you to manage cash (Receivables, Inventory, Sourcing, Payables) if that is determined to be the issue or help you to source and secure additional debt or equity funding to help you support growth.

My bank is unhappy with my “Financials” but I don’t know how to improve. Can you help?

We have been bankers in the past and understand what they are looking for. We can translate effectively between you and help to improve your performance to meet their requirements or find you a new bank with whom you feel comfortable working.

We had to stretch our vendors during the Pandemic since we essentially shut down. We are not sure that they will sell to us when we ramp back up. How do we fulfill orders and generate sales and profits?

We can help negotiate with your vendors so that you can both take care of them and get the material that you need to generate sales. We can also help you to manage staffing levels, smooth material receipts and find additional financing to support your resumption of business.

We have had a major financial problem and our bank wants us OUT. What do we do?

We may be able to work with you and your bank to arrive at a plan to repair the situation. We can also help you to source alternative interim financing, secure outside capital or sell your business. If necessary, our strategic planning consultants in Chicago can help you to navigate bankruptcy protection or sell your business through similar processes (ABC, UCC-Sale).

I want to leave my business to my children, but my health will not allow me to give them the guidance that I would like. Can you help?

We help businesses improve their operations by advising the management group. We can help in this type of circumstance be functioning as your children’s “Active Advisory” board member and give them the support and guidance that you would like them to have.

We purchased a company but are having a hard time getting it “Under Control.”

We can help put systems and processes in place to help you gain control of and realize the originally contemplated value of your investment.