Optimise.
Performance optimisation. Continuous improvement in price, cost, cash and flow.
Small improvements, large effects
Once the foundation is sound, disciplined improvement in price, cost, cash and flow compounds into earnings. Pricing is the clearest example.
For a typical large company, a 1% price improvement at stable volume lifts operating profit by around 8%.
McKinsey, The power of pricingIncrease in return on sales typically delivered by pricing-excellence programmes.
McKinsey, Turning pricing power into profitOf workforce-management tasks can be automated with AI forecasting, cutting costs 10% to 15%.
McKinsey, AI-driven operations forecastingWhat we deliver
Performance optimisation: the services within this step.
Pricing and commercial excellence
The fastest route to earnings improvement, with lower execution risk.
Procurement
Improved terms, a rationalised supplier base and reduced leakage.
Working capital and cash
Release cash tied up in stock, debtors and payment terms.
Flow, OEE and throughput
Higher output from existing assets.
Route and network optimisation
Lower cost to serve through smarter logistics.
Finance transformation
Automating accounting, reconciliation, reporting, controls and management information.
Who this is for
Evidence from the market
Published results from other organisations. Not North Axiom results.
saved by UPS’s ORION routing system by December 2015, with $300 to $400 million a year expected at full deployment.
INFORMS, UPS ORION projectproduct defects at Tongwei Solar, with conversion cost down 37%.
World Economic Forum, Global Lighthouse Network 2025Pricing goes straight to the bottom line, materialises quickly and carries lower execution risk.
Simon-Kucher, Private Equity Value Creation Study 2025Fill in: check each figure against its source before launch
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Case studies are illustrative and context-specific. Outcomes depend on operating conditions, implementation and other factors, and similar results should not be assumed.