Problem

Why is cost-to-serve increasing?

Customers who look similar in revenue can consume very different amounts of time, support and delivery effort.

The financial result is only the starting point.

If the difference is not visible at qualification or pricing, the business discovers it only after the commitment is made.

The work is to locate the movement, compare the parts of the business that changed with those that did not, and trace the difference back to the decision or process that produced it.

Related

Follow the cost back to the commercial cause.

Sales to delivery

A commercial promise can create delivery effort that is invisible at the point of sale.

Read the handover problem →

Revenue growing, profit not

More revenue can make the cost-to-serve problem larger rather than better.

Trace revenue to profit →

Start with the problem

If Finance has already identified the outcome, use the Discovery Call to establish whether the useful next question sits in commercial flow, delivery or management visibility.

Book a discovery call →

Start here

Something changed between the action and the result. Find out what.

The first step is a free 30-minute discovery call. I research the business before the call, then use the conversation to test that outside view with you and narrow down where the problem may sit.

No presentation to prepare. I do the homework first.