The plan-to-cash health check
Which plant should make what, and where the cash is stuck.
See the need clearly. Own the fix.
- Allocation & network
- Plan cadence
- Inventory & cash
- Promises & costing
- Adoption & ownership
- Systems & tools
This is more useful if the COO and CFO (or plant leader and finance partner) answer together. You can also do it alone and share the map.
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01The pattern
Plan to produce to ship to invoice to cash.
The work is usually at the pinch before cash, or in the inventory buffer built to hide it.
- 01Plan
- 02ProduceInventory buffer
- 03Ship
- 04Invoice
- 05CashWhere cash gets stuck
02What you get back
Your result shows on the page when you finish.
Each of the six areas comes back as a plain band: running smoothly, some friction, significant friction, or not sure. Each comes with a short read on why. The top one or two issues are called out first, and there is one next step.
This is a friction map from your answers, not a grade and not an estimate of savings. No score out of 100, and no benchmark we can’t back up.
| Area | 0123 | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory & cash | 2.5 | Significant friction |
| Allocation & network | 2.0 | Significant friction |
| Plan cadence | 1.0 | Some friction |
| Adoption & ownership | 1.0 | Some friction |
| Promises & costing | 0.7 | Some friction |
| Systems & tools | 1.0 | Some friction |
Where the cash is stuck in this example: inventory held as a buffer, because allocation is settled week to week.
03The firm
One firm. Two practices. Work you own when it is done.
Plan-to-cash work
Allelon works first with manufacturers on plan-to-cash problems: production, allocation, logistics, inventory, working capital, and business planning. A bounded Decision Diagnostic is the first look at the hidden operating problem.
Decision Diagnostic / Plan-to-Cash Implementation / People Adoption Sprint / Client-Owned Decision System
Plan to cashSetup wizards
Beginner-first setup wizards for hard-to-set-up tech, for makers, retailers, and hardware teams. A paid Beginner Setup Audit of a real first run, then a wizard the client owns.
Beginner Setup Audit
Setup wizards04Ownership
You own the work once it’s paid for.
The client owns the deliverables once they are fully paid. Custom software is built so the client owns it.
Allelon keeps its reusable methods and accelerators. That makes the next job faster. It does not lock you in.
05From people who worked with him
“Brandon is one of the rare leaders who can walk into a room of schedulers, logistics managers, or plant operators and speak credibly to all of them.”
“An exceptional leader, innovator, and change agent… What distinguishes Brandon is his ability to combine strong people leadership with a passion for advancing technology.”
Read the proof“He is the type of leader who doesn’t simply meet expectations; he raises the standard for everyone around him.”
06How it starts
Three steps. You can stop after any of them.
- 1
Take the health check
Thirteen questions, about five to eight minutes. The map shows on the page. No email needed.
- 2
Have the diagnostic conversation
Book the Decision Diagnostic and leave with the written map of where plan-to-cash and allocation get stuck.
- 3
Own the fix
Implementation, adoption, and a decision system your team runs and owns when the work is done.