A&C Growth

Fix-First Planner · for industrial business leaders

What if you’re fixing
the wrong thing?

Before approving another hire, system, or automation project, ask: will it help us deliver more—or just move the backlog?

Use my own numbers ↓

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Compare the alternativesSee whole-flow impact and the next modeled limit.

Challenge the assumptionsUnknown numbers become a specific evidence request.

Leave with a decision briefA comparison, a test, an owner, and guardrails.

01 / Bound the question

One flow. One month. Comparable units.

Use one branch or family of similar orders/jobs. Enter sustainable good-output capacity, not how busy a department is. Leave an unknown blank; the brief will tell you what to measure.

Add contribution assumptions (optional)

Incremental selling price less truly variable costs per extra good unit: purchased goods/materials, variable freight, commissions, etc. Do not use sales revenue, or count salaried time saved as cash. Ask finance if unsure.

Enter a low and high estimate for your scenario. Use zero for a known zero contribution; leave unknown values blank.

02 / Compare changes

Where could the limit move?

Rename these three stages to fit your flow. Each proposed change is tested alone, then all entered changes together. Use the same unit at every stage: raw quotes and shipped orders are not comparable.

Not sure what these numbers are? Start here.

Ask the people doing the work where ordinary and stalled orders wait, why they wait, and what the next stage can actually absorb. Use observed sustainable rates for the same mix—not nameplate maxima, raw queue sizes, or a few unusually good days. If three stages cannot represent the relevant limits, use the worksheet instead of forcing your business into this model.

Get the evidence-gathering worksheet →
03 / Add an owner and a small test (optional)

Start with a preparation, scheduling, or interruption-reduction test using existing resources. Give it an owner and a review date so the team can check the result together.

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Put the comparison to work

Take the brief to your next operations meeting.

Use it with your team, ERP partner, or another adviser. If the evidence points to a quote, order, pricing, or information-flow problem, we can help scope a focused pilot.

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How the calculation works and where your data stays

Inspired by the Theory of Constraints’ Five Focusing Steps: investigate the limit, make better use of current resources, coordinate the flow, then consider added capacity and reassess.

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