The reporting agent reads the costed model and surfaces what changes the number.
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4 findings worth $6.2M in recoverable margin.
The agent scanned 312 customers across 4 plants and 6 product families, ranked findings by profit impact, and drafted the action for each. Confirm before you act.
Findings
4
Recoverable margin
$6.2M
Loss-making accounts
84
Confidence
High
1
The tail gives back 18% of peak profit
High impact
Ranked best to worst, your top 70 customers build cumulative profit to 118% of total. The bottom 84 accounts then hand $6.1M back. Most are small rush-order accounts served from the Porto plant at full cost-to-serve.
ActionMove sub-$40k rush accounts to a 48-hour consolidated lane, or apply a small-order surcharge. Modelled recovery $3.4M.
2
Energy is now 11.7% of COGS at Setúbal
Watch
Setúbal runs the energy-intensive lines. A +3.5% energy move alone shifts its gross margin by 1.9pp. The capacity cost rate hides it because idle furnace time is spread across every batch.
ActionCost Setúbal at practical capacity and isolate idle furnace cost. See Capacity & Cost Pools.
3
Key accounts subsidise wholesale
Opportunity
Key accounts carry a 21.4% net margin; wholesale sits at 4.2% once logistics is counted. A 2pp wholesale re-price recovers $1.8M without touching key accounts.
ActionStage a wholesale list-price review for Q1. Run it in the scenario simulator first.
Capacity & cost pools
Practical capacity per cost pool, and the cost of capacity supplied but not used.
Practical capacity
Cost pools
14
across 4 plants
Idle capacity cost
$7.9M
4.4% of total cost
Avg utilisation
81%
of practical capacity
Practical basis
83%
of theoretical
Utilisation by cost pool supplied vs used
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