Unlock Growth Potential: Effective Ops Audits for Service FirmsUnlock Growth Potential: Effective Ops Audits for Service Firms
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Amine Madani
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The most useful ops audit I ever ran took 14 hours. The least useful took 6 weeks.
The difference wasn't depth. It was timing.
Most ops audits happen AFTER the bottleneck has already burned cash. By then the recovery options are renegotiation or write-off. The high-leverage window is BEFORE — when you can fix it with deliberation, not under pressure.
I just published a redacted sample of a 4-week audit I ran for a Netherlands data services boutique scaling from 8 to 22+ active engagements. The deck cover s
→ The 5 bottlenecks I test for first (2 structural, 3 operational)
→ A 90-day sequenced roadmap with effort/impact scoring
→ The 6 artefacts I deliver — none of them slide-ware
→ Before/after metrics measured at day 90 (margin 52%→61%, forecast variance 22%→6%)
If you're running a services firm, agency, or consultancy and the next phase of growth is coming up — DM me, I'll send the full 10-page PDF.
Not a sales pitch. Just sharing how I structure these.
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