Recovery Calculator

How much margin
are you leaking?

Built from buy-side benchmarks across 40+ engagements. Pick your industry, fill in your specifics, tell us when you last looked under the hood. We'll show you what's recoverable — and the audit risk you're sitting on.

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Industry
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Specifics
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Diagnostic

What industry are you in?

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We'll tailor the questions and benchmarks to your category.

Tell us your numbers

Step 2 of 3

Estimates are fine. We'll refine on the call.

$2M$50M$200M
102501,000
11020
SKU count
Production model
Number of locations
Primary channel
Multi-state operator?

When was your last operations diagnostic?

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Across HR vendors, IT stack, and supply chain — the full picture, not just one function. The longer it's been, the more leakage compounds.

Estimated Annual Recovery First 12 months
$340K
Range: $220K$510K
Moderate Risk

Stale diagnostic + multi-state footprint

Without recent benchmarking across HR, IT, and supply chain, leakage compounds quietly. Multi-state operations elevate classification and audit exposure.

HR

PEO, classification, workers' comp, benefits.

$110K~1.8% of payroll
IT

SaaS consolidation, ERP fit, license rationalization.

$70K~22% of IT spend
Supply Chain

Packaging factory-direct, promo, freight, MOQ.

$160K~13% of indirect spend
How we calculate this

HR recovery assumes payroll runs ~30% of revenue (or per-employee average if higher). Levers: PEO admin benchmarking, multi-state classification corrections (scaling with state count), workers' comp mod adjustments, benefits benchmarking.

IT recovery assumes IT/SaaS spend at ~2.5% of revenue (Gartner mid-market). Recovery: license rationalization (15–30% typical), redundant tooling, integration debt.

Supply chain recovery assumes COGS is ~40% of revenue with indirect/packaging/promo/apparel at ~10% of COGS. Recovery: factory-direct sourcing, agency markup elimination, MOQ negotiation, freight benchmarking.

Vertical multipliers reflect category intensity. Hospitality: HR weighted higher (labor-heavy). Beverage & lifestyle: SC weighted higher (packaging/apparel intensive). Cannabis: HR + IT weighted higher (multi-state classification, license tracking). Hosting + co-pack questions adjust further.

Diagnostic recency is a recovery multiplier. Stack reviewed in the last 6 months: 0.85×. 1–2 years: 1.00×. 2+ years or never: 1.30× (compounding leakage assumption).

Compliance risk blends state count, vertical, and recency. Multi-state operators in regulated verticals (cannabis, hospitality) with stale diagnostics carry meaningful audit exposure: WC misclassification, sales tax nexus, license-tracking errors.

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