Best Business Consulting Firms Of 2020

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Avista Pharma Solutions — an investor-backed CDMO — came to BAERING with three key needs:

• A strong brand message to unify three legacy businesses


• A significant increase in brand awareness that would match increased capacity resulting from capital investment


• A need to meet and surpass aggressive business-growth targets

 
With more than 200,000 square feet of space and several hundred employees, company-wide employee engagement and a cohesive external brand were imperative to business success.
 
Working alongside the CEO and the executive leadership teams, we guided the company through its realignment — providing them with a brand position and go-to-market strategy that supported the company’s overall vision for growth.
 
Key Services:

• Strategic Brand Positioning


• Advertising


• Content Creation


• Public Relations

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We have been working with Prism Media Group since mid-2017, assisting with their website development needs for their content marketing clients. In October we had the pleasure of working with them on a full-scale custom website redesign. Check out the before & after pictures.
This was our first Content Marketing Agency client, and it was such a perfect fit because we work with the importance of good content every day – it was like we were on the same page all the time, and the product of the redesign is something both we and the client are ecstatic about. It’s unique, modern, simple, elegant, communicative, and engaging.
The focus of the visual aesthetics of the site was to represent the idea of a prism in having various colors of the rainbow, while not sticking with the same old ‘ROY G BIV’ colors we grew up seeing in a color wheel (shoutout to Jerry at Andocia did an incredible job with the logo redesign and branding update for Prism). Without getting too literal, you’ll see ‘the rainbow’ represented throughout the site in color blocks that give you angles reminiscent of triangles or prisms.
An important concern we had to keep in mind during the design of the website was to avoid having the branding of Prism be too strong on the website, because there was a concern a potential client might not see a fit between that branding and their own. Prism’s job (which they are very good at) is to create content that fits and expresses their clients’ brands and then help broadcast to their target audience. So, having too overwhelming of a brand themselves might pigeonhole them into only winning clients with similar branding, which would be a disservice to both their company and to all the potential clients who would miss out on their great services.
This was a challenge, for sure. But oh man, are we in love with the result.

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Since 2015 LaviniaNext is the full-services communication agency for Almond Breeze in Spain.
Almond Breeze, brand of almond milk that belongs to the American cooperative Blue Diamond, contacted LaviniaNext with the idea of generating a long-term relationship in its introduction of the brand in the Spanish market. The first step was the realization of a blind tasting where the product was chosen as the best almond milk in terms of taste. From that moment on, a strategy was carried out with a positioning based on taste.
LaviniaNext conceptualizes and develops the entire communication of the brand in all its channels, including the creation and management of its website, social networks and annual campaigns.
The result is that the demand for the product currently far exceeds the supply.
The SoMe monitoring demonstrates a great eagerness to find product and the creation of a lot of content related to the brand by consumers.

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Overview
G&L Trophies & Gifts is a store founded by a retired firefighter and a retired police officer. With over 30 years in existence, they have been serving the community by providing quality fire and police gifts at affordable through their physical store in Chicago, and their ecommerce website for fire and cop fans all over the world.
Problem
Even though the Chicago Fire & Cop Shop built a solid reputation and are well known in the Chicago area, their online store and online reputation was a completely different story. Their leadership grew tired of an outdated website which became difficult to manage and it affected their revenue directly. After getting to know the client’s challenges and goals on a deeper level we identified the culprits:

• Online store was powered by an outdated software


• Online store didn't run on SSL which was a reputation issue


• Website had an outdated design and was confusing


• Backend administration wasn't user friendly

Solution
After rigorous discovery meetings, we immersed ourselves with the client’s situation and provided a detailed plan that will take major weight of the client’s shoulder and prove a solid foundation for growth. After 3 months of development and testing, Xtreme produced a unique eCommerce website that:

• Allows clients to quickly find what they're looking for and purchase easily


• Showcases the client’s rich history in the community in an interactive way


• User friendly design and interactive tools allow clients to connect with the brand


• Merges the client’s large social media following for cross-platform promos


• Automates client order, client support and follow-up process


• Increases positive online reputation and search engine rankings

Their new online store is the company’s foundation in today’s demanding digital world. Xtreme Websites will continue to help their long-term growth via hand-held consulting and strategic digital marketing campaigns.
View The Website
www.chicagofireandcopshop.com

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Challenges
Scale Development utilizes multiple technologies to advance their offering. Hosting the ava-touch app in the Heroku cloud, the company had to pay high prices for the services without getting enough benefits of it. At the same time, it would be less expensive and easier to manage the assets in AWS. AWS offers a wide variety of services that allow Scale Development to get desired elasticity, scalability and easy management of its cloud infrastructure. 
Solution
Being a certified AWS consulting partner, Romexsoft did professional expertise of ava-touch software and environment and quickly conducted a plan of migration to AWS with its infrastructure design. Implemented cloud system utilizes the following services:

• Domain Name System (Route53);


• Elastic Beanstalk Service (EBS);


• Elastic Container Service (ECS) with Autoscaling Configuration; 


• Elastic Load Balancer (ELB);


• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), 


• Identity Access Management (IAM);


• Elastic Container Registry (ECR);


• RDS (PostgreSQL);


• Simple Storage Service (S3);


• Monitoring and Logging (Cloud Watch).

DevOps Automation reflecting CI/CD processes was implemented by CodePipeline:

• CodeCommit;


• CodeBuild


• CodeDeploy

More read: https://www.romexsoft.com/success-stories/migration-from-heroku-to-aws/

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Cantina partnered with Elm, an innovative air monitoring service for smart cities and sustainable communities, to deliver a new brand as well as a visual direction and responsive web interface to promote a groundbreaking IoT solution.
Cantina provided strategic enterprise-grade technical design architecture to support the sensor data at a global scale.
We helped PerkinElmer, an enterprise manufacturing company, pivot into the IoT space.

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We had the task of building a modern and visually appealing website that would effectively portray our customer’s legal expertise. The goal of the site was to capture the attention of people interested in getting their case reviewed and to convert those visitors to leads.

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Context








Toy museum is the first Toys’ museum in Lithuania. It was opened at the very end of 2012 by one young family. Museum represents the history of Lithuanian toys. It’s the place where all the known information about historical toys of Lithuania are kept. Along with that, there you can play with the toys that your great-grandfather used to play with. The museum seeks to be innovative and constantly upgrading one. Because of that, they thought it would be a great idea to propose some interactive games to be played with for a museum visitors.








Project goal








The main goal of the project was to create 10 interactive games which would be fun to play with. Games must be simple, support multi-language and be smoothly playable on tablets. One of the biggest requests was – the games must serve an educational purpose and each of them should represent different historical eras.
















Solution




We cooperated with UAB Elektronynės Leidybos Namai in this project. They were responsible for all the game ideas and designs while the toughlex team had to make their ideas come true. All the graphic designs and proposals were static and before the implementation phase, we didn’t know how the final product will really look like. Some of the ideas were changing various times until we with the client came up with a consensus in every area.

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Watch store — adaptive website design (desktop, tablet, mobile versions).

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Great Tone. Long Life. Bright Sound. Smooth Feel. 
Our charge was to infuse these attributes into new packaging that immediately projects Elixir's leadership position. Our goal was to do so while improving both Stop-Ability and Shop-Ability, both at retail and online.
The results and impact exceeded our clients expectations and sales projections - while also saving costs and time in manufacturing - and elevating the brand to its rightful category leadership position. 

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Origin Eight developed a completely new website for HelpSystems, a corporation trusted by some of the world's most respected companies. The project included a redesign of information architecture that centralized all the company's brands and services together seamlessly into one site. Another primary goal was to structure the site for ease of use for content admins.

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Murder in the Hotel Lisbon is a videogame inspired by the classic point and click adventures from the 80’s and 90’s. It adopts these eras distinctive design and it is built using only the pixel art technique. The game itself runs at a native resolution of 256x192, the same resolution used by the old ZX Spectrum 48k and most recently by the Nintendo DS.A strange murder has occurred in the Hotel Lisbon, a man committed suicide with 14 stabs to the back while at the same time he peacefully drank his coffee.This case with contradictory facts was too complex for Policeman Garcia to solve, so he decided to hire the only detective duo in town capable of solving it: the mythical Detective Case and the unmistakable Clown Bot.Together, they will solve a network of love relations so complex and so intricate, that it would take at least 14 clairvoyants, 5 apocalyptic sect prophets who can predict the end of the world and 3 of those gypsies that can read the palm of your hand just to guess the final outcome.
Buy it on:
Steam – http://store.steampowered.com/app/297290Humble Store – https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/murderinthehotellisbon_storefront

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Peninsula Shanghai is the top luxury hotel in the bund area, this tea suit design with China tea product was special for the unique program in the hotel. The concept is the box made by the classic paper which wrapped by a wood badge with laser engraving words, that makes the feeling of traditional culture.The Peninsula Hotels group has a unique identity among the world’s leading hotels. Established in 1928, now operate prestigious luxury properties in ten major cities. These include the flagship in Hong Kong, plus Shanghai, Tokyo, Beijing, New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, Bangkok, Manila, and Paris with Istanbul, London and Yangon under development. Peninsula is a living legend, the name synonymous with luxurious comfort and impeccable service.The Peninsula Academy is a unique concept to The Peninsula Hotels. It provides guests with a carefully curated selection of personalised classes, tours and activities designed from a local perspective to highlight key aspects of each location’s culture, heritage, lifestyle, cuisine and arts. Following its launch at The Peninsula Hong Kong in 1997, The Peninsula Academy has expanded to all of the Peninsula hotels worldwide, and is recognised as one of the world’s most innovative and experiential guest-activity programmes

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"Touching Lives" Brand Awareness CampaignWe developed this campaign for use in print, on the web, and throughout New York City's public transit system. It leverages the scale of VNSNY's impact in the New York area with a simple but powerful message.

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HOW DAVID FOUGHT GOLIATH: DISRUPTING THE DIABETES MARKETChallenge: For people with diabetes, the OmniPod Insulin Management System is a life-changing product—if only they knew. At the time of its initial launch, Insulet Corporation was small and unknown, with a new product and disruptive technology: the OmniPod. The target market was resistant to change. The competition was established, with robust marketing and advertising budgets and comprehensive support for HCP offices. Furthermore, one competitor owned the lion’s share of the market. How does a start-up break through the clutter and successfully compete with industry giants?











Solution: We created a highly provocative launch campaign that captured the attention and interest of HCPs and patient audiences. Bold, unexpected visuals paired with targeted messaging sparked curiosity and inspired action to learn more about the OmniPod—the world’s first tubeless insulin pump. Within one year of launch, sales increased dramatically, and brand awareness among our target audience rose 475%. In addition, we continued to nurture existing OmniPod customers with ongoing patient education and engagement materials to help support the OmniPod patient experience and foster brand loyalty.ClientInsulet Corporation
Disease / TherapyDiabetes / OmniPod
ServicesBrand StrategyBrand IdentityProduct LaunchPatient Marketing CommunicationsHCP Marketing CommunicationsPackagingAdvertisingUX/UIEmail CampaignsSales PresentationsVideosEvent Branding and EngagementPromotionsCorporate CommunicationsCase Study: https://www.fosterandcreate.com/portfolio/insulet-omnipod/

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Nanit is a baby monitor who provides parents with unparalleled insight into their child’s sleep patterns and habits. We designed Nanit to be an elegant addition to a nursery. It’s smooth, seamless and flowing form floats quietly above the crib. Nanit incorporates a soft, functional light that glows through it’s top surface so that it won’t disturb a sleeping baby. In addition, Nanit’s stand was designed for incredibly easy set up and to the highest safety standards.

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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is known as the service innovator within its peer group of leading airports worldwide. But its channel-driven approach led to a fragmented offering – a situation they asked Edenspiekermann to overhaul within a multi-year digital unification project. Working in a collaborative agile framework with relevant internal stakeholders, we guided teams on how to focus on the true needs of passengers. Informed by extensive user research, persona development and customer journey mapping, we were able to create a platform that proactively tailors the travel experiences to each passenger.

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The world's most advanced Integrated SAAS Solution for full cycle Event Management for enterprise-level Event Organizers!!!
Organizing and managing events is a huge task, that if not automated, can lead to huge risks and costs. Ticket Fairy is an Event Ticketing, marketing, analytics, and management platform providing event promoters and venue managers with the tools necessary for increasing the attendance level, consumer engagement, social reach to right people, automating the whole management process, decreasing marketing costs, ticket resale possibility, and as a result, increasing the revenue and saving time….
It allows to create an event, and edit data related to the event, invite guests, publish FAQs, etc… It has a sophisticated dashboard that graphically shows the results of advanced statistics on key performances, influencers, orders, Check-in, Demographics, Geographic, Music, Streaming, Likes, Psychographics, Devices, Gaming, etc…
The key performances that are being analyzed are:
-Ticket Sales
-Sales by Ticket Type
-Add ons
-Pre-Registration
-Waiting List
-Ticket Resale
-Sales by Discount Code
-Sales by promoter
-Box Office Sales
-Additional Charges
-Sales by Password
-More to come...

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BRIEF
Agrii is a leading provider of agronomy services and under the Master Seeds brand it supplies seed to farm business customers.  Seeds supplied by the Master Seeds brand are quality checked to market-leading standards. The client was looking to promote the Master Seeds brand and the recently improved standards to its customers.


SOLUTION
One important improvement to the standards was the fact that Master Seeds allow 0 Blackgrass seed per 2kg sample checked. We devised the bold ‘Zero Blackgrass’ identity to run across the campaign, supported by confirmation of the additional new standards to their already comprehensive range.


RESULTS
The campaign was launched across an advert in the Agrii Master Seeds Yearbook, four-page flyer, roller banners and outdoor banners.

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Hydro Flask: your go-to companion container for all beverage types and temperatures. Known for its vibrant colors and sleek designs, Hydro Flask came to Capsule seeking updated packaging design and a new naming system. Our process began with in-store research and thoughtful brand strategy and ended with an improved package design, updated language and icons and a playful naming system to match the vision for Hydro Flask’s product development cycle.Capsule conducted an in-depth qualitative study to discover current brand and packaging perceptions and to inform a strategy for future packaging development. After studying the market, conducting a competitive analysis and talking with customers in-aisle, we were armed with the insights needed to determine an effective strategy to more powerfully communicate Hydro Flask’s product technology, personality and brand positioning.With these research findings informing the rest of the project, Capsule developed a packaging update designed to more clearly communicate product benefits and the brand position to enable Hydro Flask to stand out among competition on the shelf. The design had to consider, and be consistent with, packaging across multiple products (i.e. soft goods, water bottles, and accessories) and package structures (i.e. belly bands and hangtags). The final package design had to play a key role in facilitating the consumer buying decision.The brand and product research also guided names in three different categories: color, product and series. The subsequent names born out of our unique naming process were chosen to further establish brand resonance, match Hydro Flask’s personality and align with the particular use of each product."Capsule was a great partner for our packaging refresh. Their work was thorough, timely and exactly what we needed. Considerable thought was put into strategy and execution, resulting in an excellent finished product."
- Eric Molletta Senior Creative Services Manager

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The oldest Kyiv retailer Karavan mall with Brain Tank agency “released” aggressive shoes all over the city, drawing attention to a large-scale re-branding into the outlet.
Autumn flight tames "biting" prices, personified by "evil" shoes, accessories and clothes, showing them much more "affectionate", announcing the upcoming opening of the Mall. While the teaser flyer relied on the horror of a frightening grin on the teeth of a sneaker, the autumn disclosure filled the info-ecosystem of shoppers with positively bright colors and good-natured facial expressions.
And while “Outlet Karavan” is carrying out construction work inside the mall at an accelerated pace, Brain Tank is preparing to place two more platform flights to bring all the benefits of the re-conceptual Mall.

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One view at project management CHALLENGE
Inefficient, cumbersome, costly, and restrictive PPM tools together with lack of governance are the reasons for repeated project failures, poor results, and cost/time overruns.
SOLUTION
Zeno.PM is supposed to integrate all the tools that may a manager need when working on a project:1.Gantt Chart
Problem. There is no convenient and visible way to plan tasks and resources, check the progress, and estimate deadlines.
Solution. A user can create a classical Gantt chart, add items, edit them, and schedule according to the calendar, check the information.2. Program Risk Quadrant 
Problem. It's impossible to visualize the overall risk factors for a given project, so a user could not identify and classify the risks to recognize their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
Solution. The customized plugin has been developed in the form of a quadrant, which data is plotted onto a canvas with the ability to move risks (dots) across different areas.3. Budget Editor
Problem. In the absence of the right visualization model, managers face the challenge of planning the project's budgets according to the calendar.
Solution. The functionality similar to excel has been developed that allows showing the table with the possibility to add, edit, and delete amounts of money, create reports.4. Messenger
Problem. As team members are communicating through the third-party messengers, it takes extra time to switch between tabs and becomes an additional distractive factor.
Solution. The main functionality is sending real-time messages. Like in any standard messenger, a user can have chat, create groups, share files, etc. to stay connected inside the projects.5.Timesheets
Problem. There is no functionality to choose projects and/or tasks to work with on timesheets in a quick access mode.
Solution. A user can easily add quick tasks, their description, set “due date”, assign the tasks effortlessly and set up notifications to track the progress. 

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This is the worlds first treadmill designed for the office and not for the gym.It's fetures include a motor tht is Library Quiet so you don’t disturb your co-workers. It's optimized for Slow Speeds so you can stroll and still effectively focus on work. The overall footprint is compact so it can fit in the same space as your current desk.

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Speedy Apollo Auto Service Centres has been working with LOUD for years to keep people informed of their services through organic & paid social media management, and using remarketing/retargeting tools & strategies.

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Promonaut is a private advertising network™ that allows people and companies to engage and pay people for one-to-one promotions.




In a world where attention is the most valued currency, Promonaut is trying to get you the most bang for your buck.
The service itself consists of two parts: a mobile app (iOS, and Android) as its main utility, and the Rocket web application used by promoters to create new campaigns and monitor existing and past ones.Since Promonaut is a product that has evolved and branched out of another product it already came with some design assets, so our first job was to work on the new branding and its visual identity.
Considering the deadlines we were faced with — and the client's attachment to their logo at the time — we stopped exploring new directions, and simply updated the logo they already had.
At the time we didn't know if this is going to be a permanent thing, so in the process we came up with the idea to create a gradient and use it as their main differentiator, a carrier of their identity if you will. We could then apply it to anything and “Promonautize” it.
Additionally, we created a temporary infosite, and various marketing materials they needed for their own promotion, and other uses.

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The official app of the Transilvania International Film Festival for attendees keeping track of the complex event.
 
Services:

• Product Consultancy


• UX/UI Design


• iOS Development


• Android Development

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Elysium Marketing Group created logo-shaped handouts using the brand’s minimalistic style to create both a red and white wine card that would stand out and encourage tasters to keep the piece and continue using the information.

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Find more about our portfolio at: https://www.tigren.com/our-work/

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Galatta News, a handy app that is setting new trends, has been designed to provide you with breaking news in Indian cinema. It gives you quick and easy access to the latest updates on your favorite movies and celebrities, press releases and much more.

• Latest cine news at your fingertips


• Behind-the-scenes breaking news with stunning images


• News updates from Hollywood and the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi cine industries


• News items can be saved and read at leisure


• Option to search for your favorite news


• News stories can be shared via email, Facebook and Twitter


• Alluring photo galleries of latest cine events


• Photo album to save favorite photos


• Enthralling videos of movie trailers, events and more

Be the first to get updated on the go, with the latest happenings in the world of cinema. Get to know the most recent news in Hollywood and the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movie industries and share it with your friends via email, Facebook and Twitter. A single tap is all that is required to search for news and save your favorite news items.


Galatta News has a stylish glossy interface which provides a great reading experience. The dashing photographs that accompany every news story will definitely be a visual treat for your eyes. The clear-cut navigational controls ensure convenient and easy reading.
Enjoy the best shots of your favorite stars via numerous photo galleries. Save the photos you cherish in your photo album. Share photos with your friends through Facebook, email and Twitter. Get access to the trailers of upcoming movies, cine events and much more.
So, what are you waiting for? Download Galatta News now and stay updated with the latest cine news and celebrity stories!

Delivery Model: Fixed Fee
Technology: Silverlight, C#, Linq, WP SDK