Insights
Field-level writing
on asset operations.
Short pieces on the disciplines, decisions, and quiet costs we see across asset-heavy operations. Written for the boardroom and the floor that has to make the boardroom right.
- Mergers & acquisitions 6 min read
The cost of fixed-asset reconciliation in M&A
By day 30 you find the second register. By day 60, the third. By day 90, the spreadsheet on the operations director's laptop with the assets nobody's logged in two years.
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- Operations & finance 7 min read
The quietest line on the balance sheet
The inventory line on a typical mid-market manufacturer's balance sheet is 60–90 days of working capital. Half of it could be released without disrupting operations. Most of it isn't, because nobody can see it clearly enough to act.
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