We partner with privately held U.S. businesses in six industries — Construction, Manufacturing, Wholesale & Distribution, Architecture & Engineering, Transportation & Logistics, and Technology — to improve profitability, increase cash flow, and give owners a better quality of life.
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We are not startup advisors. We work with businesses that already exist, already have revenue, and already have employees.
Measured in dollars and in hours of your life returned to you.
We work exclusively with established companies in six core industries. Each card shows the pain we keep meeting — and the fix we install.
General construction, construction management, specialty contractors
The pain: Jobs look profitable on paper, but the bank account is empty. Weak job costing, inaccurate WIP, over/under-billing, and labor scheduling pain compress margins fast.
What we install: Rebuilt job costing, real-time WIP reporting, change-order discipline, and a fixed billing-to-collection cycle so cash arrives when the P&L promises it.
Precision parts, fabrication, food & beverage
The pain: Margins shrink as material and labor costs climb. Pricing runs on 12–24-month-old cost models, overhead is absorbed incorrectly, and production schedules hide bottlenecks.
What we install: Rebuilt standard costing, true contribution margin by SKU and customer, throughput optimization on constrained equipment, and pricing discipline that protects margin.
Industrial, consumer goods, auto parts
The pain: Inventory keeps growing while fill rates drop. Dead and slow-moving SKUs tie up working capital while A-items stock out and unprofitable accounts get subsidized.
What we install: SKU rationalization, demand-driven reorder points, supplier lead-time discipline, and customer/product profitability analysis that frees up cash.
Commercial and residential design, infrastructure
The pain: Strong technical work, weak business operations. Utilization, project realization, and PM accountability are tracked loosely — so senior staff become the bottleneck.
What we install: Utilization targets by role, earned-value reporting on every project, fee-burn discipline, and a PM scorecard that surfaces problem jobs early.
Freight, logistics, courier services
The pain: Fuel volatility, driver retention, insurance creep, and a cost-per-mile nobody can clearly calculate. Lanes and customers are quietly turning unprofitable.
What we install: Lane- and customer-level profitability, attack on deadhead and detention, driver-pay realignment, and the three numbers that move the business: revenue per truck per week, cost per loaded mile, DSO.
Software, managed services, cloud computing
The pain: Growing revenue, losing money. Undisciplined pricing, scope creep, weak time tracking, and CAC that's never measured against lifetime value.
What we install: Gross margin by client and by service line, billable-vs-non-billable mix fixed, pricing and packaging rebuilt, sales comp tied to profitable revenue — not just bookings.
Manufacturing has different cash flow patterns than construction. Distribution faces supply chain challenges architecture firms never see. Technology companies scale differently than transportation operators. Generic consultants give generic advice. We deliver industry-specific strategies that work because we understand your world.
We speak your language and understand your unique pressures — from WIP schedules to standard costing to lane-level P&Ls.
Thousands of successful business improvements in each industry we serve, not theoretical playbooks.
Connected to the associations, suppliers, lenders, and resources your business actually relies on.
Based on analysis of 500+ client engagements, 2019–2024.
“What sets Cogent Analytics apart is their commitment to truly understanding the unique aspects of our company.
“The Cogent team impressed us with their deep understanding of general business strategy and extensive knowledge of the manufacturing and precision machining industry.
“We can now truly see where our greatest profit centers are and concentrate more on those sales opportunities.
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Six: Construction, Manufacturing, Wholesale & Distribution, Architecture & Engineering, Transportation & Logistics, and Technology. We work exclusively with privately held U.S. businesses with $1M+ in annual revenue and 6–500 employees.
Generic consultants give generic advice. Manufacturing has different cash flow patterns than construction. Distribution faces supply chain challenges that architecture firms never see. Our consultants speak your language and bring a deeply proven track record — thousands of successful business improvements in every industry we serve.
No. We do not write business plans, build pitch decks, or assist with seed or venture funding. We help existing businesses run better.
Privately held American businesses with 6 to 500 employees and $1M–$100M in annual revenue. We do not serve publicly traded companies, solopreneurs, or sub-$1M operations.
Weak job costing, inaccurate WIP schedules, and over/under-billing mask true gross margin until it's too late. We rebuild job costing, install real-time WIP reporting, tighten change-order discipline, and fix the billing-to-collection cycle.
Most manufacturers price off cost models that are 12–24 months stale. We rebuild standard costing, expose true contribution margin by SKU and customer, optimize throughput on constrained equipment, and install pricing discipline.
You're carrying the wrong inventory. We implement SKU rationalization, demand-driven reorder points, supplier-lead-time discipline, and customer/product profitability analysis.
We install utilization targets by role, earned-value reporting on every project, fee-burn discipline, and a PM scorecard. The firm scales on systems instead of heroics.
We rebuild lane-level and customer-level profitability, attack deadhead and detention, fix driver-pay structures, and focus on revenue per truck per week, cost per loaded mile, and DSO.
Gross margin by client and service line, billable vs. non-billable mix, rebuilt pricing and packaging, and sales comp tied to profitable revenue — not just bookings.
Confidential, no-obligation conversations with senior consultants who only work with established American businesses in our six core industries.