Business Consulting
Strategy grounded in operations.
Three decades of hands-on consulting across life sciences, CPG, and manufacturing — applied to your real SMB problems.
What this looks like
Business consulting at Forward Intellect isn't a stack of slides. It's a working relationship focused on decisions that matter — where to invest, what to automate, which systems to consolidate, when to hire, when to outsource, when to leave things alone.
Where we typically help
- Growth-stage transitions. The systems and processes that got you to $2M won't get you to $8M. We help redesign what needs redesigning.
- Operational assessments. Where's the friction? What's costing you money you don't see? Fresh eyes on the whole picture.
- Technology decisions. Cloud, on-prem, buy vs. build, AI vs. human — the tradeoffs that most vendors won't help you think through honestly.
- Fractional CIO / vCIO. Ongoing technology strategy for businesses that don't need a full-time executive.
- Vendor and platform selection. Independent evaluation of tools you're being pitched, without the referral fees clouding the recommendation.
The engagement
Most consulting relationships begin with a scoped discovery designed to give you a clear picture of where the leverage is and what a productive engagement would look like. From there we move into project work, ongoing advisory, or both.
All engagements are fixed-fee where scope allows, retainer where ongoing work makes more sense. No billable hours.