Big ideas.
Brilliant execution.
Now is not a time to shrink from action.
The combined velocity of innovation and economic and supply-chain uncertainty require industrial distributors and manufacturers to move decisively with vision – all while paying painfully minute attention to tactical detail.
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40% of global CEOs think their businesses will not be viable within the decade if they stay on their current paths, according to PwC’s 2023 CEO survey. This is especially the case with old-school industrial distributors and manufacturers. LaPlante Partners will make sure you’re not one of them. As savvy and seasoned business strategists, we know that a static industrial company is a dying one. We keep you growing and evolving, especially during volatile times.
Interested in hearing what we can do for you?
Proven Results
“Having worked with Frank as a critical channel partner for our business, my first observation is that Frank deeply cares about a successful outcome for both parties. Frank's sense of urgency and collaboration builds trust. Add to that one of the finest minds when it comes to identifying opportunities to improve current strategy in markets and you have the partner you need to navigate growth.”
— Jim Curran
Vice President, North American Sales C&D Trojan, Former Vice President Sales, North America, CommScope
“Frank has that rare combination of strategic vision and tactical execution expertise. He sees the big picture quickly, then distills things down to their most fundamental elements needed to quickly attain results. Everything is done with desired outcomes and ROI in mind.”
— Paul Trunk
President, Global Industrial Manufacturer (Retired)
Strengthen, don’t cut muscle during uncertain times.
Don’t be the copycat company that succumbs to what Stanford business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer calls “social contagion,” and automatically slashes your most valuable assets – including your workforce – during downturns.
LaPlante Partners advises strengthening your business muscle in economically uncertain times.
We can:
Create strategy and roadmaps for industrial startups looking to launch or scale
Help Fortune 2000 industrial organizations develop and execute new business models to drive incremental revenue
Assist federal agencies with identifying and rapidly onboarding the small-to-midsized tech and supply-chain innovators essential to our nation’s defense
LaPlante Partners identifies opportunities for connecting more intimately with your highest-value customers, meeting their needs at lower cost. This allows you to manage your investments more intelligently, and avoid rushing into costly emergency IT and supply-chain deployments
We simplify everything from finding and implementing innovative solutions to improving operational and supply-chain productivity.
By engaging with LaPlante Partners you can achieve internal savings, increase productivity, and drive new commercial revenue strategies. Put us to work unlocking new opportunities for your business today, starting with a complimentary needs assessment.
Experience
Over the course of our careers, we’ve worked with a broad range of world-class manufacturers, distributors, and clients, including:
“Frank is a super connector – not just with people, but in solving pressing global challenges. Ask him a question, and if he doesn’t know the answer, he’ll say so upfront - then promptly buzz the one person in the industry who does. An excellent and transparent liaison, he can pull an A-team together across all industrial and supply chain experts in the blink of an eye.”
— Joy Shanaberger, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Defense
You need vision, not penny-pinching. LaPlante Partners has more than 30 years of executive experience in the industrial and supply-chain space to know precisely where to go to create real value for you.
Our insight and instinct both were honed razor-sharp over numerous economic cycles of boom and bust. We have an unerring talent for spotting where waste is making you sluggish and untapped potential of rich opportunities are hidden in plain sight.
Our goal is that your investment in our services will more than pay for itself through the money you save or the new revenues you capture.
“I don’t seek,” Picasso said,
“I find.”
The “partners” in LaPlante Partners is not a buzzword.
It has heft and breadth.
Through our decades in the industrial space, we have access to and relationships with literally every top player. We can bring the most respected senior individuals among them - whether architects, integrators, cloud technologists, platform providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), or global logistics professionals - to the table.
Think of us as an orchestra of world-class talent. Nowhere else will you get an entire ensemble of deeply experienced industrial professionals on call to dedicate themselves to whatever your needs happen to be.
Give us a buzz, if only to chat about possibilities.