International Services
Lake Pointe leverages a broad and deep network of global partners, industry specialists, local country representatives and other professionals to assist in providing clients with integrated solutions for international initiatives.
Interim management
- Executive leadership to establish and coordinate initial foreign activities
- Educating clients on local business practices and cultural protocols
- Recruiting staff at all levels for building organizational infrastructure
- Making introductions with local support professionals including accounting, legal, banking, regulatory, cultural and human resources
- Coordination of client communications between local and foreign constituencies
Strategic sourcing
- Developing a broad-based strategy for evaluating foreign sourcing opportunities
- Transitioning manufacturing organizations to become a complex distributors (US-based sales and marketing, design and engineering, logistics and distribution, but with foreign sourced contract manufacturing)
- Identification and qualification of potential foreignpartners and suppliers
- Establishing global quality-control processes, performance metrics and management reporting
Business development
- Identifying revenue opportunities in foreign markets
- Developing market-entry strategies and phased implementation
- Due diligence qualification of prospective partner/joint venture candidates
Logistics and supply chain management
- Negotiating for office space, manufacturing facilities and tax-free zone warehousing
- 3PL partner identification and negotiating outsourcing agreements
- Financial modeling for development of distributor business case
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