Bangladesh’s top conglomerate strategizes with MTI advisory

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The  Rahimafrooz Group, one Bangladesh’s top business groups, have retained MTI’s Advisory services to work along and outline strategic initiatives to ensure overall organizational operational excellence.

The purpose of this consulting initiative was to interact with RDL’s top management and senior management going to the level of doers and executionist to understand and appreciate the modus operandi in greater detail. This in turn enabled MTI to review and analyze critically the current processes, structure and systems of RDL with respect to the current and future strategic direction for RDL and accordingly design and recommend efficiencies and improvements to transform RDL into a Vibrant Organization with Performance and Operational Excellence at all levels. A cross-border MTI team of consultants and analysts has worked for this project to make it happen headed by MTIs Bahrain based CEO, Hilmy Cader, who was in Dhaka to launch MTIs recommendation to the top management of RDL and the Board of Directors.

According to Mr. Mohamed Ismail, Chairman of RDL, “We have greatly benefited from our engagement with MTI Consulting. Their recommendations have helped us in the organizational restructuring required to achieve operational excellence.”

“MTIs experience working with RDL team was a unique one and has been a great learning for MTI as well,” as quoted by MTI’s CEO, Mr. Hilmy Cader.

Rahimafrooz Distribution Limited (RDL) is a leading automotive aftermarket product marketing company involved mainly in the sales and distribution of Tyre, Battery, Lubricant, Inverters, and Electronics Product dealing with some top global and local  brands like; Dunlop, Apollo, Lucas, Castrol, Hager (Electrical and Accessories – E&A), and  Rahimafrooz Instant Power Supply (IPS). RDL has ten own retail outlets to ensure a direct contact and reach with its end consumers and also the distribution company has a total employee base of 500+ (management and non-management) who are the power house for the overall functioning of RDL.

MTI Consulting is a fast growing international consultancy which over a span of 20 years has utilized its well acclaimed solutions to meet client challenges across diverse industries and has completed over 630 projects in 43 countries spanning 5 continents. MTI Consulting has started its operation in Bangladesh since 2005 and over a span of 12 years has successfully worked and developed bottom-line driven solutions for clients such as Gemcon Group, Renata,  Beximco, Kazi Farms Group, Coopers, Concord, Meena Bazaar, North South University, Ejab Group, Save the Children to name a few. Among global companies that have used MTI’s consulting solutions are Limoneira, Tata, DuPont, Fonterra, Standard Chartered, American Express, Triumph, ICI Paints, Vodafone and the Inter-Continental along with numerous others in an increasingly growing list.

Photo 1: From left, 2th to 5th are Feroz Rahim, BOD, Rahimafrooz Group; Hilmy Cader, CEO, MTI; Mr.  Mohamed Ismail, Chairman, RDL and BOD Rahimafrooz Group and Saima Mazhar, MTI Bangladesh Country Director along with other senior management team members of Rahimafrooz, RDL

Photo 2: MTI CEO Hilmy Cader leading a Strategy Clinic with the Rahimafrooz Board & Senior Management and the MTI Bangladesh Team

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