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For Privately and PE-owned Companies · €50–250M Revenue

Where is the value trapped in your business?

+ €3–5m in Profit
+ €5–10m in Cash

On paper, the numbers look fine and respectable. But the cash doesn't show up. We find where value is trapped and turn it into Financial Gain within 180 days.

Customers, Operations and Finance flow into a trapped knot that resolves into Financial Gain: more Profit, more Cash and Greater Enterprise Value

Recognise your business?

1Decision Logic

Manager Motivation Is Built on KPIs — Not on the Business

Manager Motivation Is Built on KPIs — Not on the Business

Everyone has convincing arguments — and the company still struggles to grow quickly and sustainably.

2Manufacturing

Lean Improvement without a financial result

Lean Improvement without a financial result

The improvement made operational sense but stopped for financial reasons.

3Retail / Supply Chain

Full shelves, missing products, cash trapped everywhere

Full shelves, missing products, cash trapped everywhere

You don’t have an inventory shortage. You have a working capital Flow problem.

4Banking & Telecom

Every project is a priority. So nothing is.

Every project is a priority. So nothing is.

Projects expected to create millions in value wait behind.

Does any of this sound familiar? You are our client.

The Cause

The Problem Is Rarely a Lack of Good Managers.

Good managers are making rational decisions — but in different directions.

Purchasing

→ Lower Unit Price

Focus: cost per unit and supplier performance.

Sales

→ Increase Revenue

Focus: volume, growth and market share.

Operations

→ Maximise Efficiency

Focus: utilisation, cycle time and productivity.

Finance

→ Reduce Unit Cost / Protect Margin

Focus: budgets, targets and cost control.

Tangled blue and orange rope
And that is how the knot is created.
Why the Knot Tightens

Your Company Is Managing Two Businesses

Two different logics. Two different goals. One company.

The Flow

Customers and orders compete for resources.

Customers
→
Orders
→
Products
→
Money Created

Purpose: create value through fast, reliable Flow.

The Knot

↓
Tangled blue and orange rope representing the Flow and the Spreadsheet in conflict

Different measures.
Different priorities.
Same business.

The Spreadsheet

Budgets and KPIs decide what supposedly makes sense.

Allocated Costs
→
Departmental Budgets
→
Local KPIs
→
Financial Sense

Purpose: stay within budget and hit local targets.

And when the Flow and the Spreadsheet disagree, the Spreadsheet usually wins.

The Solution

Operations and Finance don’t need to see the business in the same way — but they do need the same decision logic.

Tangled blue and orange rope
Gordian Knot

Complexity and conflict trap value.

Two separate ropes
Solve

Separate the ropes. Question the logic.

Flow Logic

A new decision logic based on the Flow.

Ropes reconnected into a knot
Coagula

Reconnect around the same Flow.

Euro symbol representing Financial Gain
Financial Gain

Convert the reconnected Flow into measurable value.

We don’t cut the Knot. We change the logic that created it.

Where We Apply It

One Logic. Four Very Different Environments.

Different things Flow. Different constraints. The same logic turns them into Financial Gain.

1 Manufacturing

Orders → Throughput, Margin

Increase Throughput (+30%) and Margin (+10%) with existing resources while reducing inventory (-20%).

2 Retail & Distribution

Products → Availability

Increase availability while reducing excess inventory (-20%), write-offs (-50%) and working capital (-20%).

3 Banking & Telecom

Projects → Financial Value

Prioritise scarce IT and specialist resources around the projects that create the greatest value (+40% outcome).

4 M&A / Value Creation

Capital → Enterprise Value

Expose operational risk and hidden upside, then convert the investment thesis into measurable Financial Value (+30%).

The environment changes. The decision logic doesn’t.

The Partners

Two Perspectives. One Business.

Darius Radkevičius — FLOWKNOT

Darius
Radkevičius

Flow & Negotiation
  • •Sales
  • • Constraints & Throughput
  • • Business Psychology
  • • Supply Chain & Inventory
  • • Multi-Project Environments
FLOWKNOT One Decision Logic

Igor
Kozhevin

Finance & Value
  • Banking & Financing•
  • Cash Flow•
  • M&A•
  • Pricing & Profitability•
  • Enterprise Value•
Igor Kozhevin — FLOWKNOT
One Flow. One Decision Logic. Measurable Financial Gain.

Where is the value trapped in your business?

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