
This guide is structured differently. For each of the three major leak categories (inventory, pricing, and order flow) you’ll find three things: the specific mechanisms behind the leak, a practical audit you can run inside your own operation, and a clear signal for when the problem is something you can manage internally versus when a second set of eyes will save you real money.
You don’t need to be considering a system change to get value here. The audits work regardless of what technology you’re running. The benchmarks come from real mid-market businesses.