Operations systems for owner-run industrial businesses · Middle Tennessee
Run the operation. Don't let it run you.
We find the one constraint holding your margin back, put a dollar figure on it, and install a daily system your team runs on the tools you already own.
The problem
Many owners see what a job really cost a month after it shipped.
Cost truth arrives late
You see a job's real cost at month-end.
Systems don't talk
Quotes, schedule, time clock and books each hold one piece.
Work lives in heads
Whiteboards, spreadsheets and a few key people hold the plan.
The trap
Hiring another manager rarely fixes it, because the problem is information, not talent.
A new manager inherits the same blind spots. Firefighting eats every hour, so nobody has time to fix the system.
- Firefight
- No time to fix
- Same fires return
And the loop starts again.
The plan
Three steps: walk the floor, build it on your tools, run the cadence.
Step 1: Walk the floor
We find the one constraint on your margin and estimate what it costs.
You get: Its cost, estimated.
Step 2: Build it on your tools
We connect demand, plan, people, hours and cost on the spreadsheets and systems you already have.
You get: A system you own.
Step 3: Run the cadence
Your team runs a short daily huddle. We check in monthly to keep the data honest.
You get: Data that stays honest.
What changes for you
You see the week before it is over.
True cost by job and shift
Every week, not a month later.
A daily huddle
Short, and run by your team.
Fewer surprises
Problems show up in the huddle, not at month-end.
Evenings back
The operation stops running you.
How we know we are done: your team runs the huddle without us.
Why it matters
On a thin margin, one point matters.
If your net margin is 4 to 6 percent, one recovered point can lift profit by about a sixth to a quarter. Industry math, not a promise.
Source: IBISWorld US industry reports, 2026 editions (Jul to Oct). Net margins 3.4% to 6.5% in target industries. Margins verified, lift estimated.
Built by an operator
Connor Braaten, Founder
- Operations leader at a Tier 1 Toyota supplier.
- Amazon operations. U.S. Marine Corps logistics officer.
- No software to buy. We build on what you already own.
- Local. Based in Middle Tennessee, on your floor in person.
Who we serve
Built for owner-run shops and warehouses.
Owner-run firms with 20 to 499 employees in 12 Middle Tennessee counties.
Machine shops
Job costing, a pacing machine or cell, and quotes that drift from actual hours.
Learn moreFabricated metal
Fab and weld costing, a weld or fit-up bottleneck, and bids that drift from the floor.
Learn moreIndependent warehousing
Labor as the cost you can control, customer data requests, and plans in spreadsheets.
Learn more3PL and freight arrangement
Systems that do not talk, customer reporting demands, and planning done by hand.
Learn more
Running a shop or warehouse in Middle Tennessee? I'd like to learn how your week really runs.
I'm talking with owners and operations managers about where cost and schedule information breaks down. 30 minutes, no pitch, no slides.
Book a floor walk.
We walk your floor together and find the one constraint holding your margin back.