In manufacturing and distribution, the difference between a good year and a bad one often lives inside your COGS, your labor efficiency, and your job costing accuracy. I help you find that margin and build the systems to protect it.
These are the financial and operational challenges I hear most from manufacturing and distribution business owners.
Revenue looks fine but you can't tell which jobs, products, or customers are actually profitable — and which ones are eating your margin.
Direct labor, contract labor, overtime — it adds up fast and you're not sure what the right staffing model looks like for your volume.
Different people quote differently. Turnaround is slow. And sometimes you win the job only to find out the margin wasn't there.
From COGS analysis to estimating tools, here's how I help manufacturing businesses improve financial performance.
Build job-level profitability tracking so you understand margin performance, cost drivers, and project-level financial outcomes in real time.
Identify excess labor, contract costs, and inefficiencies driving up your cost of goods — and implement the changes that stick.
Build streamlined estimating tools and standardized quoting processes that reduce turnaround time and improve pricing consistency.
Forward-looking cash flow models and financial forecasting to support capital decisions, staffing changes, and growth planning.
These outcomes come from direct work with manufacturing and millwork operations.
Direct labor COGS cut by 12% in under two months by identifying and eliminating excess contract labor — meaningful margin improvement delivered fast.
Quote turnaround reduced from 3–4 days to on-the-spot to under 24 hours with a streamlined estimating tool — creating a real competitive advantage in speed to market.
Profitability tracking implemented from scratch — management gained visibility into margin performance, cost drivers, and project-level financial outcomes.
Estimating practices standardized across a multi-estimator operation — aligning pricing methodology, improving consistency, and improving the customer experience.
A free 30-minute call to understand your business and whether I'm the right fit to help improve your margins and financial visibility.