True Gauge Advisory

Your costs are lying to you.

We find the margin leaks your ERP reports don't show — missed discounts, freight rate variances, material cost drift, and capacity gaps. Fixed-price diagnostics. Quantified findings. No retainers until we've proven the value.

Productized Diagnostics for Manufacturers

True Gauge Advisory delivers fixed-scope, fixed-price financial diagnostics for discrete and process manufacturers. We analyze your actual transaction data — AP aging, freight invoices, purchase history, production schedules — and deliver a quantified report identifying specific margin leaks with dollar-value findings.

No open-ended consulting engagements. No hourly billing. You get a clear deliverable with a defined scope and a hard deadline.

Margin Leak Diagnostic

$3,500–$5,000 • 2–3 weeks

We analyze 12 months of AP aging, vendor payment terms, and purchase history to identify missed early-pay discounts, duplicate payments, and payment timing inefficiencies. Typical finding: $150K–$400K in annual recoverable margin.

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Make-vs-Buy Analyzer

$2,500–$4,000 • 2 weeks

Full landed-cost comparison for in-house production vs. outsourcing, including BOM analysis, labor allocation, machine utilization, overhead absorption, and sensitivity analysis across volume scenarios.

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Capacity & Throughput Audit

$4,000–$6,000 • 3–4 weeks

We model your production operations to identify bottleneck equipment, calculate OEE by work center, and quantify the revenue impact of utilization improvements. Includes shift-pattern analysis and capital investment modeling.

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How It Works

1

Discovery Call

30 minutes, free. Discuss your operation, cost structure, and margin erosion suspicions.

2

Data Intake

Standardized data template populated from your ERP exports.

3

Analysis & Findings

Analyzed against industry benchmarks and proprietary cost models, dollar-quantified.

4

Deliverable & Walkthrough

Branded diagnostic report with findings, root causes, and recommended actions + 30-min call.

Built for Mid-Size Manufacturers

We work with discrete and process manufacturers in the $30M–$500M revenue range — companies large enough to have real cost complexity but without a dedicated FP&A team to chase it.

Our clients include:

  • Metal fabricators
  • Building products manufacturers
  • Plastics and extrusion companies
  • Food and beverage producers
  • Industrial equipment OEMs
  • Contract manufacturers

Stop guessing where margin is going.

Get a diagnostic.

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