Organizational Design and Restructuring Modeling

A digital commerce consulting firm with approximately 100 employees used organizational network analysis to guide a full structural redesign as rapid headcount growth outpaced existing processes. According to a case study published by Teamspective, the firm conducted an initial ONA in March 2023 to validate hypotheses about its target organizational model, then implemented changes including the creation of multidisciplinary business units and new leadership roles. A follow-up network analysis eight months later confirmed that decision-making had been distributed more evenly across the organization, with people in new roles assuming increased responsibility and the management load balanced more effectively. The firm's CEO noted that the analysis helped business unit directors maintain an overall picture of their units and identify bottlenecks at the individual level.

In a larger-scale engagement, a management consulting partnership used an organizational design platform to support a client navigating a $600 million enterprise platform migration. According to Orgvue, the consulting team established a baseline of employee and contingent labor data, then modeled future-state organizational structures over eight months. The engagement produced a redesigned organization that reduced annual people spend by nearly 30%, yielding an estimated $90 million in annual savings through structural and operational changes. The project also included development of a strategic workforce planning process to sustain ongoing alignment between organizational structure and business strategy.

A separate case involved a leading produce distributor that engaged a consulting firm to conduct an ONA diagnostic survey across the entire organization. According to Clarkston Consulting, the analysis identified bottlenecks across three departments tied to decision-making, leading to the addition of resources to priority teams and the identification of candidates for leadership development and high-performance team training.