Signature engagement
Six partners. Ten working days. One binder. Done.
The signature Brass & Bench engagement. The full team flies in, walks your floor, builds the recommended operational state, ships custom software, and leaves behind a bound implementation plan.
- Investment
- $140,000 all-inclusive
- Duration
- 10 working days onsite + pre-engagement + 30-day post-engagement support
The full team flies in, walks your floor for two weeks, builds the recommended operational state, ships working custom software tuned to your business, and leaves behind a bound implementation plan ownership can take to the bank — literally, if the next conversation you are having is with a buyer.
Quick answer
The Two-Week Onsite is the signature Brass & Bench engagement: six founding partners onsite for ten working days, a bound implementation plan delivered in person on day ten, and working custom software shipped during the engagement. Total cost is $140,000 all-inclusive, covering travel, lodging, equipment, software builds, binder production, and 30 days of post-engagement support. Typical engagements identify between $750,000 and $5 million in annual operational value, recovered insurance premium, and enterprise value uplift.
By Mike Fox · Founding Partner — Business Development & Operations · Updated May 14, 2026Deliverables
What ownership has in their hand at the end.
1. The Binder. A bound implementation plan, custom-printed and hand-delivered. Executive summary written for ownership. Current-state documentation with photos and timestamps. Every finding categorized by criticality. The recommended future state. The thirty, sixty, ninety, and one-hundred-eighty day roadmap. The full dollar math. Appendices with photo evidence, regulatory citations, equipment specs, and anything ownership might need to defend the changes to a board, a lender, an auditor, or a buyer.
2. The Custom Tools. Working software and automation built during the engagement, deployed, documented, and trained. No chatbots for the sake of chatbots. No AI for the sake of AI. Only tools that actually help the business — built on your existing stack where possible, transferable, maintainable, owned by you.
3. The Quantified Opportunity. Every recommendation tied to a dollar figure. Conservative, base case, and aggressive scenarios. Ownership leaves the engagement knowing what the changes are worth — in throughput, in margin, in recovered insurance premium, in enterprise value, in compliance risk avoided.
4. The Direct Line. A direct line to the partner who owns each recommendation. No account managers. No associates. If you have a question about the IE math, you call Ben. If you have a question about the insurance audit, you call Pam. Real names, real numbers, real responsibility.
Ideal client
Mid-market US manufacturers, typically $5M–$200M annual revenue, owner-operated or PE-backed. Strongest fit when ownership is feeling operational pain (margin slip, throughput bottleneck), compliance pressure (ISO/AS9100/IATF/CMMC surveillance), acquisition prep (12-36 months from sale), or post-surge inventory hangover. Willing to give the team full floor access for two weeks.
The first call is a thirty-minute conversation with Mike. No deck, no pitch. Just a clear understanding of whether the engagement is the right fit for what your business is trying to do.
Ready to put the team on your floor?
The first call is a thirty-minute conversation with Mike. No deck, no pitch. Just a clear understanding of whether the engagement is the right fit for what your business is trying to do.