E&SEsch & Smith SystemsOPERATIONS & AUTOMATION
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Three packages. Each one ends with a system that holds.

Start where the evidence is. The assessment finds the leak, the fix removes it, and the support keeps it removed while the business grows.

01

Operational Loss Assessment

$1,250
One day · flat fee
Cheaper than one lost crew day

One focused day inside the operation. Scheduling, job costing, quality issues and system gaps, reviewed together instead of one at a time.

WHO IT IS FOR

Owners who can feel that something is off but cannot point to where it goes.

WHAT YOU GET
  • Pre-review intake: current tools, crew size, job types, the problems you already know about.
  • One day on site or on video, walking the actual flow of work from lead to invoice.
  • Scheduling, job costing, quality and system-gap review, in one pass.
  • A ranked list of losses, with the evidence behind each ranking.
  • The first three actions, in order, written for the people who will run them.
  • A $500 credit toward a Process + System Fix if you decide to continue.
WHAT IT IS NOT
  • —Not a software demo. Tools come last.
  • —Not a recommendation deck that gets filed and forgotten.
  • —Not a retainer. One day, one price, no obligation after it.

You leave with a prioritized list of where time, labor or material is being lost, and the first three actions that produce the biggest return.

02

Process + System Fix

From $4,500
Scoped per problem
Less the $500 assessment credit

Root-cause work on the specific problem that keeps coming back: rework, scheduling, estimating, or nobody being able to see what is happening.

WHO IT IS FOR

Owners who have already tried the obvious fix and watched the problem return.

WHAT YOU GET
  • Cause analysis against the evidence, not against the loudest complaint.
  • Process standards and corrective actions the crew can actually follow.
  • A custom dashboard, form, or automation when it is what keeps the fix in place.
  • Handover training on the tool and the standard, with the reasoning behind both.
  • A short measurement plan so you can tell whether it held.
WHAT IT IS NOT
  • —Not a platform migration for its own sake.
  • —Not a document you have to implement yourself.
  • —Not an open-ended scope. Price and deliverables are agreed before work starts.

The problem stops recurring because a standard, a workflow, or a system now enforces the fix.

03

Ongoing Operations & Automation Support

$2,000/mo
Month to month
No term — cancel any month

Regular reviews, KPI tracking, and incremental automation as the business changes — so the gains made in the first two packages do not quietly erode.

WHO IT IS FOR

Owners running a system that works today and needs to keep working at twice the volume.

WHAT YOU GET
  • Scheduled operations reviews on a cadence that fits your season.
  • A small KPI set that is actually maintained, not a wall of numbers.
  • Incremental automation and workflow changes as the operation changes.
  • Direct access for the problems that cannot wait for a scheduled review.
WHAT IT IS NOT
  • —Not full-time staff, and not a fractional COO title.
  • —Not emergency IT support or hardware repair.
  • —Not required. The first two packages stand on their own.

The operation keeps its improvements while it grows, and new problems get caught before they cost a quarter.

02 / HOW THE PRICE WORKS

The price is the small number.

Every number here is set from the work it takes and what the problem costs you to keep. The arithmetic is below, before you talk to anyone.

PRICE YOUR OWN LEAK

Crew size × loaded hourly cost × idle hours a week × 50 weeks. Most owners have never run this number, which is usually why the problem survives.

4 people × $50/hr × 8 idle hours × 50 weeks
$80,000 a year

That is one lost day a week — the low end of what contractors describe to us. Your crew cost and your idle hours are the two numbers worth knowing.

WHAT IT COSTS TO LOOK
$1,250
One day · flat fee · no obligation after it

Less than a single lost crew day, and it tells you which days you are losing. If you continue into a fix, $500 of it comes back off the next invoice.

You do not have to believe the $80,000 figure. You only have to check the $1,250 one.

REQUEST THE REVIEW
IN THE FEE
  • The preparation before the visit — your tools, crew size, job types, known problems.
  • A full senior day walking the work from first call to final invoice.
  • The written ranking of losses, with the evidence behind each one.
  • The first three actions, written for the people who will run them.
  • $500 of credit toward a Process + System Fix if you decide to continue.
NEVER IN THE FEE
  • A commission on software you buy, or a reseller agreement.
  • A percentage of what you save.
  • An hourly meter running behind the fixed price.
  • A retainer requirement attached to the assessment.
  • A license on any tool built for you.
WHAT MOVES THE FIX PRICE
  • —How many steps of the process actually change.
  • —How many people have to follow the new standard.
  • —Whether a system has to be built to hold it in place.

From $4,500 is a floor, not a range we hide behind. The fixed number is agreed in writing before work starts.

WHERE THE LEAK USUALLY IS
  • Scheduling lives in three placesIdle labor, overtime, and promises the crew can't keep.
  • Job costing written after the factMargin discovered too late to change anything about the job.
  • Rework and callbacksUnpaid hours, plus the referral you never hear about.
  • Every number in one person's headThe operation stops the week that person is off.
03 / STRAIGHT ANSWERS

What owners actually ask.

The questions that decide whether this is worth a day of your time. Answered plainly, including the ones that are really about price.

Still deciding? Send the problem in plain language. The reply includes what it would take, what it would cost, and whether we are the right people for it.

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SHARED TERMS

What every engagement includes.

These apply to all three packages.

Measurement is included

Every package ends with a way to tell whether the change held. No package ends with a document and a handshake.

Scope and price fixed up front

Deliverables, price, and what is out of scope are agreed in writing before work begins.

No platform dependency

Nothing here requires a specific software vendor. If a tool is built, you own it and can take it elsewhere.

If a package is the wrong fit for the problem, that gets said on the first call — before anything is invoiced.

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