Finding where it’s going

Where the margin quietly went.

A line-by-line trace on pricing, cost, and mix over the last twelve months, sized in real dollars. MIV Partners brings CFO advisory to this work.

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What it is

The reason the numbers no longer work.

Margin does not usually collapse in a quarter. It leaks a point at a time across pricing that never caught up, costs that moved without being repriced, and a mix that drifted while everyone was busy. Margin Erosion Analysis is the forensic pass on those three lines, month by month, so you can see the shape of the drift and the dollar cost of leaving it.

  • Pricing movement traced line item by line item
  • Cost movement, including quiet input increases
  • Product or service mix shifts and their margin impact
What you get

Three outputs from the analysis.

Twelve-month margin heatmap

A single view of where margin moved by line item, with the deltas called out in dollars.

Named root causes

Every erosion line traced to pricing, cost, or mix. Never left as an aggregate mystery.

Priority repair list

The three or four lines to repair first, ranked by dollar impact and effort to fix.

Related capabilities

The related diagnostics.

CFO Financial Diagnostic

The complimentary introductory session.

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Cash Flow Gap Diagnosis

Why bank and P&L keep disagreeing.

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Profitability Baseline

The honest starting line.

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The next move

See where the margin went.

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