Market Reform offers a broad suite of management and economic consulting services targeted towards markets undergoing structural change.
Bridging the Strategic and the Tactical
Market Reform offers a broad suite of management and economic consulting services targeted towards markets undergoing structural change.
We have a proven ability to bridge between the strategic and the tactical – including pragmatic trade-offs between design purity, and implementation practicality. The solutions we provide are tailored to the specific needs of each client and business problem.
We do not claim to be all things to all people, and provide services only in those areas where we believe we can offer deep expertise. In situations where our clients desire a ‘one stop shop’, we draw upon an extensive network of organizations and individuals with skills complementary to our own.
Investigation and advice concerning potential expansion into new markets, products or services. Specific activities include:
Corporate and market strategy definition
Business plan formulation
Market and competitive assessment
Financial modelling
Programme & Project Management
Planning and management of individual projects and comprehensive programmes of change in complex, rapidly evolving environments, often involving multiple stakeholders and multi-disciplinary teams.
Organisation & Capability Improvement
Advice on improving business capabilities and organisation, including:
Definition of organisational capabilities and business architecture
Organisation design
Staffing analysis
Market Design
Development and review of market designs from inception to finalisation. Specific activities include:
High-level and detailed market design
Drafting of market rules and procedures
Review and assessment of existing or proposed market designs
Managing and supporting stakeholder consultation processes
Testing and modelling potential designs
Commodity & Infrastructure Pricing
Many delivered products, such as electricity, require differentiation between the pricing of access to infrastructure, such as transmission and distribution networks, and pricing of the commodity, such as electricity. We can provide advice on the options and benefits of different pricing models in a wide variety of contexts.
Business Process & Systems Analysis
Definition of business processes and procedures
Analysis of systems requirements
Development of systems functional designs
Vendor Selection & Management
Guiding and coordinating the selection and contracting of software vendors and other service providers
Management of vendors during the delivery phase to achieve required quality, schedule and commercial outcomes
Market Software Validation & Certification
Design and implementation of test strategies to verify complex central market systems, including optimisation-based software, against market requirements. “Certification” often also serves as an important process in generating stakeholder confidence in the effective operation of the market.
Market Readiness & Operational Cutover
Coordinating the transition from the status quo to a new market, new service, or new way of doing things, including:
Training planning, preparation and delivery
Planning and coordination of market readiness
Planning and coordination of operational cutover activities