Who does that? 

Some projects aren't easy to pigeonhole.  Along with our own finance, management, and accounting professionals, we can provide and/or manage the engineers, attorneys, market researchers, IT professionals and other experts needed to complete just about any project.  Past projects include:

Large projects:

• Planning for a new food processing plant in northern California, including an assessment of commodity availability, a review of potential markets, preliminary site selection, preliminary engineering design and equipment lists, and financial projections under multiple scenarios.

• Morrison was brought in to organize the business infrastructure and serve as Interim CFO when a client made a $250 million purchase of disparate units of a large national company.  When the purchase was final we had established basic accounting, human resources, and purchasing functions and helped implement a contract agreement for IT services. 

• Assessment of the marketing, technical, and financial feasibility of a facility to convert food processing waste to fuel-grade ethanol, including appraisals of feedstock and costs, assessment of available technologies and needed innovations, a review of markets, site reviews, preliminary engineering, and financial projections.

Mid-sized and small projects:

• Created a cash forecasting model for a garment industry company that deals with offshore manufacturers and major US retail chains.

• Several accounting "clean-up" projects to resolve systematic and functional issues in accounting records and departments.

• Conducted an extensive Supply Chain Management survey of food processing firms for a maker of SCM software.

• Cash forecasting model for an agribusiness marketing organization.

• Analyzed commodity prices offered by a major packer for a grower-owned organization.

• Made a quick evaluation of an offer to purchase an out-of-state processing plant for consideration by our client’s Board of Directors; the offer came shortly before a Board meeting, with no time for a full, formal appraisal of value.

• Developed an offer price range for a group considering the purchase of a California processing plant. 

• Estimated the value of a California orchard operation as part of litigation.

• Conducted a preliminary industry assessment to identify potential acquisitions for a foreign company.  

• Completed several projects to develop accounting control procedures.

• Assessed a long-established processing company’s departmental organization and management structure.

• Reviewed a manufacturer’s finance and accounting department, including personnel assessments.