Fractional COO Advisory
We find the bottleneck and fix how the work moves.
R1 Advisory steps into field and home service operations: scheduling, estimating, margins, collections, and owner dependence. Then we build the operating systems that hold without you in every decision.
What we fix
Six places the operation usually breaks.
We work where the constraint actually sits. Most engagements start with one or two of these and widen from there.
Lead flow, close rate, pricing, and offer mix. Win more of the right jobs at the right price.
Scheduling, dispatch, crew capacity, and labor productivity. Move more work through the same headcount.
Gross margin by job type, job mix, and overhead. See exactly where the money is made and where it leaks.
Invoicing speed, collections, and working capital. Close the gap between work completed and cash in the account.
Scorecards, role clarity, and meeting cadence. Everyone knows their number and owns the result.
Take the founder off the critical path. Decisions, standards, and throughput that no longer route through you.
Who it's for
Service business owners and leadership teams under operational strain. Usually past a few million in revenue, scaling faster than the operation can keep up, or stuck at a ceiling the founder can't get above.
If the demand is there but the machine behind it is straining, that's the work.
- Field operations stretched thin and reactive
- Scheduling and dispatch breaking down under volume
- Estimating and project management running inconsistent
- Margins slipping job to job with no clear cause
- Invoicing and collections running slow on cash
- Too much riding on the owner to keep it moving
How it works
Three moves. No 100-page deck.
Diagnose the bottleneck
Map how work, money, and decisions actually move. You get a clear read on the one or two constraints capping the business.
Build the operating fix
Design and install the systems, tools, and cadence that remove the constraint, built around your team and the way the work actually runs.
Install accountability
Scorecards, clear owners, and a meeting rhythm that keep the fix in place after we step back. The result holds without us in the room.
Start here
Tell us where it's stuck.
A short discovery call to find the bottleneck and decide if it's worth fixing together. No pitch deck, no pressure.
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