Find where your business leaks money, then fix it for good.
For engineering, manufacturing and product businesses with 10 to 50 staff. I’m Sohaib Basir, a chemical engineer turned commercial director with 18 years across energy, industrial and software companies. I find the leaks in pricing, quoting, cash and admin, then fix the process and automate it, on fixed fees.
Based in Staines-upon-Thames. On site across West London, Surrey and the Thames Valley, by video anywhere in the UK.
What small leaks cost a year
For a business with £2m sales:
| Prices 2% below where they should be | £40,000 |
| 6 hours a week re-typing orders, at £20 an hour | £5,760 |
| Invoices sent 5 days after the job: cash held by customers | £27,400 |
Illustrative figures. The first two are lost every year; the last is cash tied up at any one time. Insight works out the real numbers for your business.
What gets fixed
The problems that cost 10 to 50 person firms the most. Every fix is measured before and after.
Win more, at the right price
- Slow quotes that never get chased
- Prices that lag material and labour costs
- Past customers who quietly stopped ordering
- Tenders you don’t bid for, or don’t win
Get paid faster, spend less
- Invoices sent days after the job
- Customers who pay late
- Supplier spend nobody checks
- Cash tied up in slow stock
Stop re-keying and firefighting
- Orders typed in two or three times
- Sales promising dates the workshop can’t hit
- Everything waiting for the owner
- Reports built by hand in Excel, and paper forms
How working together goes
1
Free 30-minute call
You tell me where it hurts. Together we put a rough £ figure on the biggest problem, and I tell you honestly whether I can help.
2
Insight, £1,950
In about two weeks I map how work and money flow through the business, and give you every leak ranked by £ value.
3
Fix and automate
Foresight puts the top three fixes in place, with at least one working automation in tools you own. Oversight keeps it going monthly.
Track record
Results from 18 years of finding waste and fixing it, in charities, start-ups and global engineering firms.
£47k → £89k
Charity income in one year, from crowdfunding, unclaimed Gift Aid and grant funding
Small UK charity, 2020 to 2021
85% lower
Engineering costs, by bringing outsourced work in-house
FluidOil, London
41% lower
Annual operating costs, by fixing how the team worked together
Geodetic Surveys and Engineering, Canada
$8M, +65%
Annual sales across 14 countries, 65% over target
Honeywell UOP, Europe, Africa and FSU
What people I’ve worked with say
“He is very keen on developing processes and challenges the team when current processes are not in line with a proactive business model.”
Janice Webb, Strategic Planning Manager, Honeywell
“Sohaib regularly demonstrated his ability to tackle multiple critical path, and often conflicting, priorities with utmost calm and poise.”
Kamran Chaudhry, managed Sohaib at Wood Group Mustang
“When interacting with customers, Sohaib has shown excellent listening skills to identify the needs of the customer and develop a feasible solution.”
Alexandre Chambard, worked with Sohaib on Northern Europe projects
From recommendations on my LinkedIn profile. Client reviews will be added here as engagements finish.
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The Late Payment Kit
A business turning over £4m whose customers pay 20 days late has £219,000 of its cash sitting with them. Get the payment terms wording and four chase emails that bring it back sooner.
Tell me where the business leaks money.
A free 30-minute call, with no obligation. If I’m not the right person to help, I’ll say so.
