Implementation Effort: Managerial
Supports recurring review, oversight, or coordination across a finance area. Usually requires defined ownership, regular cadence, and some cross-person input.
Reshapes how a function runs. Weeks to embed; needs team’s input; recurring.
Equipment Lease-versus-Buy Decision Gate
Helps companies determine whether to lease equipment or finance its purchase using a Net Advantage to Leasing (NAL) comparison.
Helps companies determine whether to lease equipment or finance its purchase using a Net Advantage to Leasing (NAL) comparison.
Capex Investment Post-Implementation Review Gate
For companies that approve capital projects but do not verify whether the promised savings, revenue, capacity, or efficiency benefits actually materialized. This framework creates a structured 12-, 24-, and 36...
For companies that approve capital projects but do not verify whether the promised savings, revenue, capacity, or efficiency benefits actually materialized. This framework creates a structured 12-, 24-, and 36-month lookback for material capex projects and evaluates performance using residual income, not ROI alone, because ROI can hide whether the project actually exceeded the cost of capital.
Intercompany Margin Distortion Control
Prevents transfer-pricing cost signals from distorting commercial decisions when intercompany products are sold cross-border and foreign sales teams are measured on contribution margin. It decomposes the interc...
Prevents transfer-pricing cost signals from distorting commercial decisions when intercompany products are sold cross-border and foreign sales teams are measured on contribution margin. It decomposes the intercompany cost stack, discloses the enterprise-view margin alongside the local view, and routes high-impact decisions through a named owner.
Accounts Payable Timing Governance
Accounts Payable often pays invoices according to check-run timing rather than actual due dates. When that happens, cash leaves the business earlier than necessary for no real benefit. This framework documents ...
Accounts Payable often pays invoices according to check-run timing rather than actual due dates. When that happens, cash leaves the business earlier than necessary for no real benefit. This framework documents a basic control logic: release only what is due within the next 3 business days unless a documented exception justifies early payment. The objective is to preserve working capital, reduce avoidable borrowing, and impose payables timing discipline without adding software, headcount, or unnecessary process.