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The firm runs on utilisation.

For professional services firms, people are the product and margin is thin. We help consulting providers build the systems and data that turn billable hours into a healthy business.

Where we start

We start with how the firm actually makes money. That means agreeing one definition of billable utilisation and finding where the current systems disagree with each other. A firm that cannot see its margin until month-end is making decisions a month too late.

What we do here

Professional services is a business we understand from the inside. People are the product, utilisation is the engine, and margin is thin enough that a few points either way changes everything. We connect the systems that run delivery, so CRM, resourcing, time and billing tell one consistent story, and we surface the levers in the model above while there is still time to act on them.

As independent advisers we care about your operating model, not about selling you a particular PSA platform. The right answer is whatever lets you scale delivery without scaling overhead at the same rate.

The pressures

What this sector
is up against.

01

Utilisation is everything

A few points of billable utilisation decide whether a firm thrives or merely survives. Yet most firms measure it late, and inconsistently.

02

Systems that do not talk

CRM, resourcing, time and billing often sit in separate tools. The seams between them are where revenue leaks and reporting breaks.

03

Growth strains the model

What worked at twenty people breaks at a hundred. Scaling delivery without scaling overhead needs deliberate technology choices.

Live tool

Utilisation & margin model

A consulting firm's economics come down to a few levers. Adjust utilisation, rates and cost to see gross margin and revenue per consultant respond. Small moves in utilisation swing the whole business.

Gross margin = (revenue โˆ’ delivery cost) รท revenue, driven by billable utilisation and the gap between bill and cost rates. Real professional-services maths, live on your inputs.

What we bring

The disciplines
that matter most here.

Technology Management

Technology IQ that will assist you in spending less to make more.

Data Management

We can help you derive better value from your data.

Program & Project Services

Successful projects are the cornerstone of achieving your digital strategy.

Representative engagement

How an engagement
takes shape.

Professional services

A growing consulting provider was flying blind on utilisation. Time, resourcing and billing lived in different systems, so the true margin on a project was only clear well after it closed.

What we do

  1. Connected the core systems so utilisation and margin could be seen while work was still in flight.
  2. Agreed a single definition of billable, so every team measured the same way.
  3. Gave leaders a live view of the levers in the model above rather than a month-end surprise.

What sets it apart

Utilisation visible in real time, not in hindsightOne connected view across CRM, resourcing and billingOverhead that scales slower than revenue

Representative of the shape of our work in this sector. Not a specific client, and no figures are implied.

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