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See exactly where your business leaks time and money.

I ran CNC machines at IBM and GE Aviation, then sales and operations inside a $20M company. Today I audit the whole business, and our team builds the system that fixes the leaks.

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Nelson DavignonSystems audits

  1. 01

    IBM

    CNC machinist, microchip production

  2. 02

    GE Aviation

    CNC machinist, aerospace production

  3. 03

    Construction

    Carpentry, on site

  4. 04

    A $20M sales floor

    Sales, then sales manager, tech and operations

  5. Now

    Your business

    One audit of the whole operation, then the system

Three numbers I can stand behind

$147K → $1M+

a month

I was on the team that took a company from $147K to over $1M a month. I started in sales, then ran the sales team, the tech and the operations.

$100K

a year

In one recent audit, we found about $100K a year in salaried hours going to work software can do. Those hours go back to the jobs only people can do.

40 → 15

hours a week

My first client was me. I was spending 40 hours a week on work that should have taken 15. I built the system for my own week first.

Signs your business has outgrown its systems

  1. The real numbers live in a spreadsheet only one person understands.
  2. The same information gets typed twice, in two different tools.
  3. Schedules, orders or inventory still run on paper, texts and memory.
  4. A simple question about last month takes days to answer.
  5. When one key person is away, part of the business stops.
  6. You pay people mostly to move information from one place to another.
  7. You know automation and AI should help. You don't know where to start.
  8. You want to grow, and right now more clients would mostly mean more chaos.

Your people are working inside a system that stopped fitting the business a while ago. That's what the audit looks at.

One audit. The whole business.

I look at everything that makes the business run, in any industry. If you don't need a full rebuild, the plan will say so.

  • 01

    Operations

    Orders, jobs, inventory, scheduling, delivery.

  • 02

    Data and files

    Spreadsheets, paper, shared drives, and what only lives in someone's head.

  • 03

    Tools

    CRM, accounting, industry software, project tracking. What gets used and what gets ignored.

  • 04

    Communication

    Email, texts, group chats, and every handoff between teams.

  • 05

    Sales and service

    From the first contact to the follow-up after the sale.

  • 06

    People and roles

    Who does what, what gets done twice, and what always comes back to you.

What you get

  • A map of your systems and workflows as they run today
  • A written report: what's leaking, ranked by what it costs you
  • Recommendations: what to fix first, what can wait, what to drop

When

48 to 72 hours after the audit call.

Price

Set on the discovery call, based on scope. You'll know it before you commit to anything. If we go on to build a custom system for you, the full audit fee is credited toward the build.

How it works

  1. Discovery call

    30 min · free

    We talk about what's breaking and whether an audit makes sense. If it doesn't, I'll tell you.

  2. Audit call

    60 to 90 min

    We go through your systems together, tool by tool. You pay at the end of the call.

  3. Your report

    48 to 72 h later

    The map, the report and the plan. They're yours to keep, whoever ends up building it.

Who's doing the audit

Portrait of Nelson Davignon

I'm Nelson Davignon. I started as a CNC machinist at IBM, then at GE Aviation. In a factory, a bad process costs you the same day. You learn to see where the work gets stuck.

When the pandemic hit, I was laid off with everyone else and went into construction. Then into sales. I started on the phones, ended up running the sales team, then the tech and the operations of a company that grew from $147K to over $1M a month while I was there.

Somewhere in there, my first client was me. I was spending 40 hours a week on work that should have taken 15, so I built the system for my own week first.

Today I do the same thing for other owners. I find where the time and the margin go, and our team builds the system that fixes it.

“I know what it takes to finish a job.”

After the audit

A report only matters if something gets built from it.

If you need help with that, our team can build it: the tools, the automations, the AI, and the processes that hold them together.

Questions

Is the discovery call really free?

Yes. 30 minutes. If an audit isn't the right move for you, I'll say so on the call.

How much does the audit cost?

It depends on how much of the business there is to map. I give you the exact price on the discovery call, before you commit to anything. If we go on to build a custom system for you, the full audit fee is credited toward the build.

What kind of business is this for?

Any business with a team, usually 5 to 50 people, where the owner has lost sight of where the hours go. Trades, services, retail, online: the tools change from one to the next, and the problems look a lot alike.

Do I have to hire you after the audit?

No. The plan is yours. If you want our team to build it, we'll talk about it then.

I don't know much about AI. Is that a problem?

That's usually why people book. You don't need to know the tools. You need to know where your week goes, and I'll ask about that.

How much of my time does it take?

30 minutes for the discovery call, 60 to 90 minutes for the audit call, then the time it takes to read the report.

Do you work in French?

Yes. English or French, your call.

Find out where your team's hours are going.

30 minutes, free. You'll leave the call knowing whether an audit makes sense for you.

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