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Carlson Consulting Enterprise The Carlson Consulting Enterprise is a unique management consultancy and academic program that brings the brightest student minds to bear on significant business challenges for our clients. CCE consultants use a structured approach to address each client’s strategy or operational challenge. Our consultants excel at gathering insights needed to clarify issues and analyzing the data at the heart of a business question. They rigorously evaluate the alternatives and develop fact-based recommendations for our clients. The result: professional-grade work that addresses your business challenges. Case Study Client Benefits Situation • Clear insights and data- Medtronic, Inc. engaged the CCE to driven recommendations perform a detailed market analysis of the interventional pain management market. • Unbiased perspective on The student team was tasked with your firm’s challenges analyzing overall market dynamics and evaluating an array of opportunities to • Opportunities to connect determine which had the biggest potential with high-caliber Carlson for growth and fit for Medtronic. School MBA and undergraduate students Approach The CCE team identified the issues and sensitivities inherent to the project, then devised a highly structured research plan Project Timing that included interviews with key Fall: 14-week projects, Sept 7-Dec 11 stakeholders as well as extensive primary Spring: 14-week projects, Jan 25-May 6 market research. They examined patient Spring B: 7-week projects, Mar 28-May 13 needs, decision-making processes, system gaps, emerging technologies, and more. Consulting fees range from $5,000- $50,000 depending on project scope and Result complexity Following an in-depth analysis, the students developed detailed recommendations on segments and technologies for the For More Information company to consider. According to Sarah Gisser Kate Reigel Medtronic Marketing Director Hijaz Haris, Managing Director Associate Director their work was “on par with leading [email protected] [email protected] management consulting companies.” 612-626-7751 612-624-0226 carlsonschool.umn.edu/consulting Our Consultants Carlson Consulting Enterprise consultants include both MBA and undergraduate students. Our MBA students have an average of 5 years of work experience in diverse industries and functional positions, and boast an impressive average GMAT of th 720 (94 percentile). Our Recent Employers undergraduate students are 3M Accenture Bain&Company Boston Consulting Group juniors in the Carlson Capital One Cargill Chartis Cognizant Cummins Deloitte School’s highly-selective Consulting Dish Eaton Ecolab EY FedEx Gallup General Mills Groupon Honeywell IBM Kohl's Land O'Lakes program and have an Lands End LinkedIn McKinsey&Company Medtronic average GPA of 3.85. Optum Target Thomson Reuters Thrivent Valspar Our Clients 3M General Mills Polaris Industries Admission Possible Goodwill/Easter Seals ReelWorks Animation Allianz Life Groves Academy Restaurant Technologies, Inc. American Institute of Imation Select Comfort Architects Ingenix Consulting Smead Manufacturing Best Buy Interfacial Solutions St. Paul Foundation and Bush Foundation Itasca Project Minneapolis Community Cargill Joyce Pre-School Foundation Carlson Companies Koozala State of Minnesota Carlson School of Lifetime Fitness Supervalu Management Marvin Windows and Doors Talenti Cedar Riverside Partnership Mayo Clinic Target CBRE McKesson Taylor Corporation Cemstone McKnight Foundation Thomson Reuters Colder Products Medtronic Thrivent Financial Coloplast Minneapolis Public Schools Toro College Readiness Minnesota Children’s Museum United Healthcare Consortium MN Dept of Employment and United Way Covidien Economic Development University of Minnesota Cummins Power Generation National Religious Partnership Athletic Department Deloitte Consulting for the Environment Northside University of Minnesota Deluxe Job Creation Team College of Pharmacy Corporation Optum Health Valspar Donaldson Company Outward Bound Walker Art Center Ecolab Ovative Wells Fargo Carlson Consulting Enterprise: Real world. Real results. .