Find the bottleneck. Know what it costs.
Most teams know something is slowing them down. Fewer know which thing, or what it costs them a year. The operations audit answers both — and if you want the fix built, the team that wrote the blueprint can own that too.
How the audit works
Four stages over two weeks. You get a written blueprint at the end whether or not you continue with us.
1. Understand the headache
We start with what is actually hurting — the deadline that keeps slipping, the team that keeps growing to keep up, the report nobody trusts. Your assumptions about the cause are the starting hypothesis, not the conclusion.
2. Map what really happens
We interview the people doing the work and trace every process from intake to delivery, including the handoffs, rework loops, and spreadsheet workarounds that never appear in the documented version.
3. Validate or refute
We quantify each bottleneck so the cost is a number, not an impression. Often the expensive problem is not the one that prompted the call — and saying so is the most valuable thing an audit can do.
4. Recommend — and be ready to build
You get a prioritised roadmap with a recommended fix for each bottleneck. If you want it built, the team that wrote the blueprint owns the execution. If you don't, the blueprint still stands on its own.
What you walk away with
Concrete deliverables, not a slide deck of observations.
- A current-state process map covering every handoff and decision point
- A prioritised bottleneck list with the annual cost of each quantified
- A recommended resolution per bottleneck, with implementation effort
- A sequenced roadmap showing what to fix first and why
- Systems and integration assessment across your existing stack
- A written report your team owns, with no obligation to proceed
Where most engagements end, and ours doesn't
A recommendation is only worth what gets built from it. Nutron is a software company that audits, not an advisory firm that subcontracts. If you decide to move forward, the same team implements — with the context from the audit already in hand.
Manufacturing & supply chain
Workforce and operations systems for a semiconductor manufacturer with 120,000+ employees.
Insurance & claims
Patented computer vision for the leading US glass claims processor — 75% faster processing.
HR & workforce operations
Retention analytics and case management across global workforces.
Operations Audit FAQs
What the audit covers, what it costs, and what happens afterwards.
What is an operations audit?
An operations audit is a structured review of how work actually moves through your business — not how the process documentation says it does. Nutron interviews the people doing the work, maps every handoff from intake to delivery, and quantifies where time, money, and accuracy are being lost. The output is a written blueprint you own.
What do I actually receive at the end?
A process map of your current state, a prioritised list of bottlenecks with the cost of each one quantified, a recommended fix for each, and an implementation roadmap with sequencing and effort estimates. It is written to be actionable by any competent team — Nutron's, yours, or a third party's.
How long does it take and what does it cost?
Two weeks, starting at $1,500. That covers interviews with your team, workflow analysis, and the written blueprint. Larger or multi-department engagements are scoped individually.
Am I obligated to have Nutron build the solution?
No. The blueprint is yours regardless of what you do next. Most consultancies stop at this point because building is not their business — for Nutron it is, so you have the option to move straight into execution with the team that already understands your operation. Taking the blueprint elsewhere is a legitimate outcome.
How is this different from a management consulting engagement?
Two ways. It is bounded — two weeks and a fixed fee, not an open-ended retainer. And it is written by the people who would build the fix, so recommendations are constrained by what is actually implementable against your existing systems rather than what looks good in a slide deck.
What kind of business gets the most out of this?
Mid-market and enterprise operations where work crosses several systems and departments — manufacturing and supply chain, workforce and HR operations, and claims processing are where Nutron has the deepest pattern library. The common signal is staff moving data between systems by hand.
What happens if the audit finds nothing worth fixing?
That is a legitimate finding and we will say so. Validating that a process is already running well is worth knowing — it redirects investment somewhere it will actually return. We would rather refute an assumption than manufacture a project.
Start with the diagnosis
Two weeks to know exactly where your operation is losing time and money — and what it would take to stop it.