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Increasing Intangible Asset Value

Being a conscientous executive, you begin each day thinking about how to increase enterprise value. Download our Q&A to learn how we can help you, or read further.

Today, credit is precious; sustained cash flow is a matter of survival, and enterprise-level risk & reputation management is indispensable. You know this first hand. You might be thinking:

We have an immediate need to increase sales, reduce costs, and raise our market capitalization. We are rationalizing our supply chain to cut administrative costs. Can we do this without raising risk? How would spending on risk management help us with cash flow? And is there a way to make risk management an investment with an attractive short-term ROI?"

Good news. We understand your immediate needs and are here to help. The bottom line is that stakeholders will appreciate and appropriately value the benefits of Steel City Re's comprehensive solutions because they transparently improve operational control and minimize risks across your entire enterprise network. Reputation enhancement links immediately to value enhancement because both reputation and stock price are forward looking. So with reputation-linked assets currently accounting for more than 50% of the average corporate value, investments in reputation management may deliver the highest yields possible.

Or, as McKinsey described it in June 2009, “…reputations are built on a foundation not only of communications but also of deeds: stakeholders can see through PR that is not supported by real and consistent business activity.” Value arises from the superior management of reputation-linked business processes. These are the business processes that create an ethical work environment, drive innovation, assure quality, uphold safety, promote sustainability, and provide security. This is how:

It is a fact that Steel City Re's Risk and Reputation Management Solutions were designed from the ground up to help you:

  • Increase enterprise-wide visibility and managerial control
  • Save operational costs
  • Reduce risks and surprises
  • Indemnify against covered losses
  • Create substantive solutions valued by all stakeholders

Here is how we do it:

  • We measure and assess the reputational drivers of, and threats to, value. Our quantitative tools provide the first available reliable measurements of the reputation value drivers for customers, employees, vendors, and investors and the impact of those drivers on market value. These tools help project ROI.
  • We help you adopt industry-developed best practices. Our software provides a low-cost, easily-implemented means to communicate best practices throughout your entire working business environment, including your supply chain, licensees, and franchise network. Exemplary best practices include ISO 9002, ISO 14000, ISO 28000, and SAI 8000.
  • We analyze gaps. Our software system compares "what is" to "what should be" and provides recommendations for remediation and compliance. And we measure the financial impact of remediation effort.
  • We train and stress test. Our software-based training programs provide the knowledge and practice that sustain high performance on key business processes. Our programs include process simulations that test the effectiveness of tactical, operational, and strategic plans.
  • We foster conformance. Our insurance-based solutions foster conformance and compliance through a proven process that reduces system-wide reputation risk and precludes culpability for problems that may arise. Our insurance-linked incentives put muscle behind reputation management.
  • We monitor and forecast. Our services include a technology-driven 360° look around your world; including geo-political events, financial events, security events and environmental factors that might impact the business or raise flags about bad things to come. We inform you so you can plan, eliminate surprises, and respond and manage events before they occur or get out of control.
  • We communicate value. We synchronize with your marketing, risk management, operations and compliance teams to create a substantive reputation resilience solution that will be recognized and valued by stakeholders. Our cash-sparing services leverage your corporate and operational resources; and can augment them as needed with world-class third-party professionals.

You owe it to yourself and your company to learn more.