Manufacturing
Connect the plant floor
to the P&L.
Throughput, yield, and cost-per-unit decide whether a manufacturer makes money, but they rarely show up cleanly in the financials. We build the bridge, so pricing, mix, and investment decisions are made on real numbers.
The operating reality
Margin is made on the floor,
but managed in the numbers.
For a manufacturer, the difference between a good month and a bad one is usually throughput, yield, and product mix, not headline revenue. Two months with similar sales can have very different profitability depending on what ran, how cleanly it ran, and what it cost to make.
We connect the plant floor to the P&L: standard versus actual cost, capacity utilization, scrap and rework, and contribution margin by product and customer. That visibility changes the conversation from "how do we grow?" to "which work should we keep, reprice, or walk away from?"
On top of that sits the full fractional-CFO function, cash forecasting, lender relationships, and board-ready reporting, plus the operational discipline to hold any margin we find after we hand it back.
Cost/unit
Standard vs. actual cost, made visible by product
Throughput
Capacity utilization and constraint identified
Margin
Contribution margin by product and customer
Yield
Scrap, rework, and quality cost tied to the P&L
What we deliver
From the floor to the forecast.
- Product- and customer-level contribution margin analysis
- Standard costing, variance analysis, and cost-per-unit visibility
- Capacity utilization and throughput KPIs
- Pricing and product-mix decision support
- 13-week cash flow forecasting and working-capital management
- Capital-investment and automation business cases
- Board, lender, and sponsor reporting
- OEE tracking (availability, performance, quality) tied to the P&L
- Post-acquisition integration and exit readiness
Free 2-minute assessment
Would your business survive a buyer's diligence?
Ten questions show where EBITDA and value are leaking, and how deal-ready your numbers really are. Your answers stay private.
Questions
Frequently asked.
Our revenue is up but margin is flat, what's going on?
Often it's mix and cost drift hiding under the top line: lower-margin products or customers growing fastest, standard costs that no longer reflect reality, or rising scrap and rework. We rebuild contribution margin by product and customer so you can see which growth is actually worth having.
Do you help with pricing decisions?
Yes. Once cost-per-unit and contribution margin are accurate, pricing and product-mix decisions get much sharper. We help you identify which products and customers to keep, reprice, renegotiate, or exit, and quantify the P&L impact of each.
Can you build the case for new equipment or automation?
Yes, grounded in real throughput, downtime, and labor data. We make sure capital targets the genuine constraint and that the projected return is measurable, so the investment improves the operation rather than just adding fixed cost.
Do you work with PE-backed manufacturers?
Yes. We deliver the institutional-grade reporting sponsors expect, standardize operating metrics across plants, and manage the operational side of post-acquisition integration so the deal thesis plays out.
Let's find the margin on your floor.
No retainer lock-ins. No junior consultants. Just senior-level work.