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Manufacturing
Cost, pricing and capital clarity for manufacturers
We help manufacturers understand true product costs, price with confidence and invest in capacity with clear returns.
Talk to us about product costing, capacity or a transaction.
Who we work with
From job shop to multi-plant operation
Manufacturing margins depend on throughput, input costs and the capital tied up in equipment and inventory. The questions change as operations grow, so we start with where you are.
Owner-operated manufacturers
Product costing, pricing, cash planning, and the systems and reporting a growing plant needs.
Multi-site and growing manufacturers
Plant and product-line profitability, capacity investments, and ERP and reporting that scale.
Investors and acquirers
An independent view of a manufacturer’s economics, valuation, and diligence ahead of an investment or acquisition.
Decisions we support
The decisions manufacturers bring to us
Each one links to the practice that handles it, so you can go from the question in front of you to how we answer it.
Knowing what each product really costs
Costing that captures materials, labour, overhead and throughput, so pricing and product decisions rest on real numbers.
Investing in equipment or a new line
Return, payback and capacity analysis before capital is committed.
Reporting and systems that scale
Finance processes, ERP implementation and dashboards that give management a clear view of performance.
Responding to tariffs and input costs
Scenario models for tariffs, materials and currency, and the pricing and sourcing responses available.
Restructuring an underperforming operation
Diagnosing what is driving losses and building a plan to recover.
Buying or selling a manufacturer
Valuation, diligence and negotiation support through to close.
Our perspective
Pricing and product decisions are only as good as the costing behind them.
We build costing that captures materials, labour, overhead and throughput, then test capacity investments on return and payback before capital is committed.
Selected work
See how our engagements come together
From costing and pricing to ERP, capital planning and transactions, our selected work shows the range of companies we serve and the decisions we help them make.
The firm
An independent firm, built around the work
Engagements are principal-led and staffed to the work, drawing on our network of legal, tax and audit partners where a scope requires it.
Many of our relationships continue well beyond the first mandate, as fractional controller or CFO, as research partner, or as adviser on the next raise or transaction.
Principal-ledSenior attention from scoping through delivery.
Hands-onInvolved from the first model through to execution.
For the long termOngoing roles as controller, CFO and research partner.
Questions
Questions manufacturers ask us
Can you help us implement an ERP system?
Yes. We help manufacturers scope, implement and integrate ERP systems from the finance side, so costing, inventory and reporting work the way the business needs.
How do you approach product costing?
We start from how the plant actually runs, tracing materials, labour, machine time and overhead to each product, then test the results against the margins you see in practice.
Do you only work with companies in British Columbia?
No. We are based in Vancouver and work with companies across Canada and internationally.
What does an engagement cost?
It depends on the scope. After a first conversation we send a written proposal with deliverables, timing and fees, so you know the cost before any work begins.
Capabilities
Related capabilities
Pricing and costing
Capital allocation
Fractional CFO
Hedging and risk management
Restructuring and turnaround
Mergers and acquisitionsAlso for manufacturers: ERP and finance implementation in Vancouver
