'corePHP' Margin & Systems Diagnostic
01Our approach
Fixed-fee diagnostic  ·  Platform-agnostic  ·  A build you own

Diagnosis before
prescription.

Every operation leaks differently, so we don't sell packages. The diagnostic ends with one thing: a hard number on the margin you are losing in the gaps, and a conservative case for what to do about it. If a build is warranted, it is scoped to how you actually work, and you own it.

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02How we work

Three commitments.

Custom, not templatedNo tiers, no seat licenses, no reused platform we resell. What we design follows your evidence, your systems map and your number come first.
Evidence before opinionsWe measure against your own payroll, inventory, and system data. Nobody believes the numbers until they see their own, so we start there.
You own what we buildIf a build is warranted, it becomes a software asset on your books, not a subscription on ours. No lock-in, and it inherits clean at exit.
03Deliverables

Real artifacts, not a deck.

Severity-rated risk logEvery finding, ranked, with its root cause named, not symptoms, causes.
Labor & cost-capture analysisWhat your system actually captures versus what you actually pay, reconciled to payroll.
Current-state process mapsHow estimating, operations, field or floor data, and accounting really connect, including the spreadsheets.
Variance-review SOPsThe repeatable review that keeps a closed leak closed.
Quantified options caseIntegrate, phase, or rebuild, each sized conservatively in P&L terms.
04The process

Four steps, weeks not quarters.

1

Discovery

Targeted interviews with the people who live in the numbers, and a review of how estimating, operations, field or floor data, and accounting actually connect.

2

Analysis

Map the current systems, trace re-keyed and stale data, and size the margin impact in P&L terms.

3

Findings

A leadership-ready report: where margin is leaking and how much, a current-state systems map, the exceptions a software demo never shows you, and a conservative options case.

4

Build, only if warranted

If the findings justify it, we build a platform scoped to your operation, which you own. If they don't, we say so and hand you the report.

05The math

The math, for the CFO.

The same 50-user operation, run two ways. These are industry ranges, your number is what a diagnostic makes specific.

Subscription stack  ·  50 users
$384K–$648K

all-in run rate / year

  • CRM, financials, marketing, portal, HR, tools
  • Maintaining the glue between them$60–120K/yr
  • Accounting treatmentOpex, every year
  • At exitNothing owned
A built platform
A fraction of
the run rate

materially less each year, and it becomes an asset, not another bill

  • Typical payback12–18 months
  • Accounting treatmentOften capitalizable
  • OwnershipA software asset
  • At exitInherited clean

At a 5× exit multiple, every $100,000 of eliminated recurring cost adds roughly $500,000 of enterprise value.

06Next move

Start with the number.

Tell us where you suspect margin is leaking. We will show you where to look first, and whether it is worth a deeper diagnostic.

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