The Spend & Supplier Diagnostic
In two weeks, find out where your purchased-part spend is leaking and which suppliers are putting your schedule at risk.
- Should-cost models for your five highest-spend parts
- Savings and supply-risk map, ranked by dollars and effort
- A 90-day action plan your team can run without me
- Credited in full toward any retainer started within 60 days
- Guarantee: If the Diagnostic doesn’t identify at least $15,000 in annualized savings, the full fee is refunded.
Shops with $1M+ in purchased spend and suppliers they can’t pin down
Precision machine shops and regulated manufacturers — AS9100 or ISO 9001 — with at least $1M a year in purchased parts, raw material and outside processing.
It fits shops where supplier prices keep rising, quotes for the same part vary widely, or late and nonconforming material keeps stopping jobs.
Working tools, not a slide deck
Savings & supply-risk map
Your top opportunities ranked by dollars and effort, with the math behind each line.
Should-cost models
For your five highest-spend part numbers, showing exactly where each quote departs from what the part should cost.
Supplier baseline
On-time delivery, quality escapes and lead time for up to 10 suppliers.
90-day action plan
What to renegotiate, re-source or put under corrective action first.
60-minute readout
A walkthrough with your team. You keep every model and file.
NDA first
Signed before any data changes hands. Export-controlled data handled on your terms.
Ten business days, three steps
- Day 1
Kickoff
We sign an NDA, hold a 45-minute call, and I send a short data request.
- Days 2–8
Analysis
I review up to 25 part numbers by spend and up to 10 suppliers, and build the should-cost models.
- Days 9–10
Readout
I walk your team through the findings, the savings estimate and the action plan.
About 3 hours of your team’s time
- 12 months of purchase-order history (an ERP or MRP export is fine)
- Current quotes and drawings for the parts in scope
- Supplier delivery and nonconformance records, if you track them
Act on it yourselves — or have James run it
You keep everything. If you’d like help executing, the fee is credited to a Procurement Watchdog ($2,500/month), Fractional Supply Chain Manager ($5,000/month) or Full Operational Integration ($9,500/month) retainer.
Questions
How do you calculate the $15,000?
Annualized savings = the gap between the current unit price and the should-cost-supported target price, times annual volume, across the parts in scope. The readout shows the math for every line.
What if you don’t find it?
You get the full fee back. The guarantee requires the data listed on this page and at least $1M in annual purchased spend.
Is my data safe?
An NDA is signed before anything is shared. Tell me in writing before sending any ITAR- or EAR-controlled data; I may ask to review it on your systems instead.
How is it billed?
Invoiced at kickoff, due Net 15, under the Terms and Conditions.
Can you come on-site?
Yes, by arrangement, with travel billed at cost. Most diagnostics are done remotely.
What happens on the 20-minute call?
You tell me what’s hurting. I tell you whether the Diagnostic fits — and if it doesn’t, I’ll say so.
Find out what your parts should cost.
Tell James what’s hurting most. You’ll get a direct answer within 1 business day — including whether the Diagnostic is a fit.