References / Use cases

Representative work — anonymized by design.

To preserve confidentiality, the engagements below are intentionally anonymized. They illustrate the types of high-stakes decision moments and transformations SPC supports across industries. The common thread is decision clarity: aligning strategy, operations and impact to unlock measurable performance gains.

Energy & Utilities

Capital allocation under transition pressure

Context. A large European energy player accelerating transition while protecting profitability.

Decision challenge. How to re-balance investment priorities without destabilizing the core.

Our role. Executive alignment, decision framing, and business model implications.

Outcome. A decision-ready investment roadmap and governance cadence endorsed at top level.

Discuss a similar decision
Consumer Goods

Circular model without margin erosion

Context. A global brand exploring circular offers across multiple categories.

Decision challenge. Integrate circularity into pricing and portfolio while protecting unit economics.

Our role. Decision architecture, pricing and portfolio choices, operating model alignment.

Outcome. A scaled pilot model with clear metrics, governance, and rollout sequencing.

Explore circular model decisions
Mobility & Transport

Strategic prioritization across competing investments

Context. A transport operator balancing decarbonization, digitalization, and reliability.

Decision challenge. Decide what to accelerate, what to pause, and what to stop.

Our role. Executive workshops, trade-off arbitration, board-ready decision narrative.

Outcome. A coherent roadmap with ownership, cadence, and measurable outcomes.

Work through trade-offs
Financial Services

Responsible AI scale

Context. A financial institution scaling AI initiatives across business units.

Decision challenge. Define governance, controls, and operating model before scaling.

Our role. AI decision framework, governance design, risk controls, adoption pathways.

Outcome. An enterprise AI operating model implemented with clear decision rights.

Discuss AI governance
Retail

Program rescue & delivery assurance

Context. A transformation program losing momentum and accumulating execution risk.

Decision challenge. Reset critical decisions: scope, sequencing, ownership, governance.

Our role. Rapid diagnostic, governance reset, recovery plan, “no surprises” cadence.

Outcome. Stabilized program, regained alignment, controlled path to outcomes.

Stabilize delivery
Healthcare

Innovation portfolio refocus

Context. A health organization redefining innovation priorities under constraints.

Decision challenge. Decide what to scale vs. stop, and how to measure impact.

Our role. Portfolio prioritization, decision facilitation, metrics and accountability design.

Outcome. A focused roadmap and funding logic aligned to measurable outcomes.

Prioritize the portfolio
Technology

Scaling growth with operational maturity

Context. A fast-growing organization expanding across new markets.

Decision challenge. Balance speed of expansion with operating discipline and risk.

Our role. Decision partnership with leadership team: framing, scenarios, commitment path.

Outcome. Sequenced expansion plan with clear guardrails and decision cadence.

Scale with clarity
Food & Agriculture

Sustainable sourcing without cost explosion

Context. A food company redesigning sourcing strategy across multiple supply chains.

Decision challenge. Embed sustainability into sourcing decisions while controlling cost and risk.

Our role. Business model implications, governance, KPIs, and decision rights.

Outcome. Validated sourcing strategy with measurable targets and accountability.

Discuss sourcing strategy
Public Sector

Stakeholder convergence in complex systems

Context. A large public organization modernizing critical services.

Decision challenge. Align stakeholders and define an execution path under scrutiny.

Our role. Alignment sessions, decision narrative, roadmap and governance setup.

Outcome. Program launch with clear commitments, cadence, and accountability.

Align stakeholders
Industrial Manufacturing

Operating model & decision rights reset

Context. A group reshaping global operations across regions and business lines.

Decision challenge. Define decision rights, governance, and operating rhythms that work at scale.

Our role. Operating model design, decision architecture, governance cadence, accountability.

Outcome. New governance implemented with clearer decision pathways and faster execution.

Reset decision rights
Global Logistics & Supply Chain

Executive innovation roadmap and investment prioritization

Context. A global logistics leader accelerating innovation while managing large-scale investment decisions across business units.

Decision challenge. Align the CEO and executive leadership team on innovation priorities and integrate impact-driven initiatives into the investment roadmap.

Our role. Executive workshops, innovation portfolio design and a decision framework for prioritization and capital allocation.

Outcome. A structured innovation roadmap adopted at executive level and a decision methodology implemented for investment and budget allocation.

Discuss a similar decision
Multi-sector Group / Emerging Markets

Designing a company-wide impact roadmap

Context. A diversified group seeking to embed impact and sustainability across its businesses and leadership teams.

Decision challenge. Align multiple CEOs on a shared impact ambition and translate it into concrete initiatives.

Our role. Design and facilitation of executive workshops to identify and prioritize high-impact innovation initiatives.

Outcome. A portfolio of impact initiatives identified, with a subset selected by leadership for integration into the strategic roadmap.

Discuss an impact roadmap
Mobility & Services

Rebuilding customer trust through experience redesign

Context. A mobility services company facing customer dissatisfaction and negative publicity during peak seasons.

Decision challenge. Restore trust and significantly improve the end-to-end customer experience.

Our role. Customer experience review, friction audit and redesign of the end-to-end service journey.

Outcome. A redesigned customer journey and a strong uplift in customer satisfaction the following season.

Improve customer experience
Agriculture & AgTech

Optimizing large-scale agricultural production with satellite data

Context. A major agricultural producer managing large-scale plantations across extensive farmland.

Decision challenge. How to improve productivity and reduce operational costs while managing vast agricultural areas efficiently.

Our role. Strategic advisory and innovation support to explore and integrate satellite imagery and data-driven decision tools into operations.

Outcome. Implementation of data-driven monitoring enabling targeted daily interventions, improving efficiency and reducing production costs.

Discuss data-driven operations
Environmental Services & Waste Management

Optimizing waste collection and treatment flows through predictive routing

Context. A major environmental services operator managing large-scale waste collection and treatment infrastructure facing capacity saturation and rising operational costs.

Decision challenge. How to reduce treatment bottlenecks, optimize routing decisions in real time, and improve overall processing efficiency across collection and recycling sites.

Our role. Strategic advisory and solution design support to conceptualize and structure a predictive application leveraging data to forecast waste volumes and dynamically guide drivers toward the most available and efficient treatment facilities.

Outcome. Improved routing efficiency, reduction of treatment congestion, and a measurable increase in operational effectiveness — including approximately 15% gains in processing efficiency and driver time optimization.

Optimize operational flows

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