John Krupar to lead LM+Co’s performance Improvement practice

March 15, 2010 - “We are seeing tremendous demand from our corporate clients and their owners for advice on improving companies’ profitability and cash flow,” said James J. Loughlin, Jr., founding principal of LM+Co. “In today’s difficult economy, there is no room for inefficiency. Management must focus the entire organization on the most profitable activities and eliminate those which are not. John brings outstanding credentials to LM for delivering the kind of result-oriented solutions our clients are seeking to improve performance.”

“Performance improvement has long been a core competency of LM+Co, though we have primarily served the needs of distressed companies. As the credit markets recover and M&A activity increases, our clients will benefit not only from our proven ability to create value, but also from the enhanced skills that John brings us,” said Mohsin Y. Meghji, founding principal of LM+Co. “With John leading our Practice, we offer managements a powerful array of performance improvement services designed to get tangible, measureable results.”

LM+Co’s Performance Improvement Practice provides end-to-end advisory services, from strategy development and business consulting to program implementation, for clients seeking to enhance financial performance and competitiveness. Engagements typically focus on customer and product profitability, competitive and market assessments, supply chain and sourcing initiatives, process review and reengineering, LEAN and Six Sigma deployments, large-scale cost-reduction programs, and working capital improvement.

Mr. Krupar has 25 years of business transformation and turnaround experience, most recently as a partner with the Oliver Wyman consultancy, where he co-led the operational excellence practice and collaborated with that firm’s corporate finance unit. He led reengineering teams in health and life sciences, financial services, insurance, heavy equipment manufacturing, and commercial real estate.