OPERATING MODEL DUE DILIGENCE

Your 100-day plan is ready.
Is the operating model?

Every transformation initiative has requirements the operating model must meet.

The platform checks them. At close.

Built for mid-market PE transformation.

100-DAY PLAN READINESS
Portco B · Manufacturing
Salesforce CRMDeploy ✓
5 of 6 prerequisites met · 1 blocking · $20K · 3 weeks
BI ReportingPrep ~
3 of 6 prerequisites met · 3 blocking · $65K · 8 weeks
Procurement Consol.Defer ✗
1 of 6 prerequisites met · 5 blocking · $95K · 12 weeks
AI DeploymentDefer ✗
0 of 6 prerequisites met · 6 blocking · $180K · 6 months
Total readiness: $360K · First initiative deploys month 1 · Full plan month 6

Every tool needs your operating model in a specific form. Nobody checks whether it is.

Salesforce needs the sales process documented. BI needs the data structured. AI needs everything machine-readable. The consultant discovers the form gap inside the engagement. $75–140K per function. Six to eight weeks. At implementation rates for specification work. Across a portfolio, that is $1.4–2.9M per year in form conversion nobody budgeted.

Your initiatives in. Your readiness out.

Step 1

Name your initiatives

Select initiatives
Implement Salesforce CRM
Procurement consolidation
Pricing optimisation
AI deployment

Salesforce. Procurement consolidation. AI deployment. The platform knows the full specification requirement for each. What the process must look like. What the data must look like. What the systems must support.

Step 2

Feed the operating model

Artifact
Procurement_SOP.pdf
Conversation
The SOP references a delegation matrix. Is it current?
Updated Jan 2026 ✓
Approval processresolved

Drop artifacts. Point to people. The AI reads documents and conducts conversations — whichever speaks, the AI listens and checks what it still needs. Every input narrows the gap. Every gap directs the next question. The AI stops when it has enough. The AI already knows what Salesforce needs, what BI needs, what AI deployment needs. It checks whether your portco provides it.

Step 3

See exactly where the gaps are

Procurement consolidationDefer
Approval process:not specified
Vendor data:unstructured
PO entry:system exists
Finance integration:manual
Review cycle:stale (2023)

Not “your portco is not ready.” Exactly which requirements are met, which are not, and what specific work closes each gap. Every finding traces to an artifact the AI read or an answer it qualified.

Where your transformation dollar goes

Most portcos at close spend 80% of every transformation dollar on readiness nobody budgeted. After operating model specification, 85% goes to actual transformation.

20%
80%Readiness overhead
Typical portco at closeAfter operating model specification
Specification is the highest-leverage readiness investment. It produces 65% of the efficiency gain.

The consultant adapts. AI stops.

The consultant arrives, finds the operating model is not in form, and quietly spends two months fixing it. The timeline slips. The budget overruns. But progress is visible.

AI does not adapt. AI arrives, tries to read the operating model, and stops. Day one. The form gap that the consultant absorbed over two months is a day-one blocker with AI. The more your 100-day plan depends on AI, the more the form gap matters — and the more expensive it is to discover late.

The AI already knows what your initiative needs

Salesforce needs the sales process in documented form. BI needs the data in structured form. AI needs everything in machine-readable form. Every tool has a form requirement. The platform holds them all. You name the initiative. The AI checks the portco against it.

Form requirements by initiative
Salesforce CRM
Procurement
BI Reporting
AI Deploy
Process documented
Data structured
Inputs captured
Access queryable
Systems integrated
Documentation current

Artifacts talk. People talk. The AI listens.

Drop process documents, data exports, system configs. The AI reads everything and maps it against what your initiatives require. Where artifacts leave gaps, the AI conducts targeted conversations grounded in what it already read. Not a survey. Not a questionnaire. Specific follow-ups that reference the documents it analysed. The AI stops when it has enough.

Artifact
Procurement_SOP_v3.docx
3 requirements checked
Conversation
The SOP sets the approval threshold at $5K. The PO data shows approvals at $8-15K. Has the threshold changed?
Yes, Thomas raised it to $15K last year. The SOP was never updated.
Approval threshold:confirmed $15K, SOP stale

Specify once. Unblock multiple initiatives.

Salesforce needs structured customer data. BI needs structured customer data. AI forecasting needs structured customer data. Three initiatives. One form gap. The platform shows where initiative requirements overlap. Close one gap, unblock three deployments. No consultant surfaces this because each one operates inside their own engagement.

Requirement overlap across initiatives
Salesforce
Procurement
BI
Process documented
Data structured
Customer data queryable
Approval logic codified
Systems integrated
Documentation current
Close one gap unblocks 3 initiatives

Every finding traces to what the AI read

Thomas confirmed no approval process exists. Sandra confirmed thresholds are carried in memory. The data export shows POs approved outside the delegation matrix. Click any finding. See the artifact it came from or the conversation that confirmed it. Full traceability to named sources.

Approval process: NOT IN FORM
Procurement_SOP_v3.docx
Approval routing documented but thresholds outdated (2023)
Sandra Müller
Threshold changed to $15K. European vendors handled differently. Not documented.
po_export_2026.csv
12 POs approved at $8-15K without escalation flag
Contradiction
SOP says $5K. Data shows $8-15K. Sandra confirms $15K.

Your 100-day plan, annotated

The output mirrors your plan. Each initiative shows deploy, prep, or defer. Each gap traces to specific evidence. The readiness cost per initiative is quantified. The IC gets the budget adjustment. The operating partner gets the evidence. The implementation partner gets the work order. Generated automatically from what the AI collected.

100-DAY PLAN READINESS
Portco B · Manufacturing
Implement Salesforce CRMDeploy
Procurement consolidationDefer
5 requirements not in form · $70–130K
Approval process:not in documented form
Vendor data:not in structured form
PO entry:in system form
Finance integration:not in integrated form
Review cycle:not in maintained form
Improve FP&A and reportingPrep ~

Use cases

Mid-market European Fund · Manufacturing

Pre-LOI readiness screen for industrial target

Scan corpus analysis of 47 classified roles across 5 functions. 89% compensating. Preliminary triage identified procurement and quality reporting as likely deployment blockers for the planned automation play. Deal team adjusted the transformation budget thesis before LOI submission.

Compensating ratio by function
likely blocker
Procurement
89%
Quality reporting
82%
Financial close
68%
Sales
41%
IT operations
28%
Scan-only estimate. Refines with direct evidence.
ProcurementQuality reportingProcess automation

Representative scenario based on typical engagement patterns.

Who is it for

Deal teams

Operating model DD at close. Know the readiness cost before it enters the deal model. Scope the 100-day plan from confirmed state, not assumptions.

Operating partners

Pre-deployment readiness across every function your playbook targets. Source readiness work at operational rates before the consultant arrives.

Implementation partners

Receive a defined scope from day one. No discovery phase. The process specification exists. The data structure is documented. Start transforming, not discovering.

Enterprise-grade data handling

Assessment data is isolated per engagement. No cross-client data sharing.

Documents and responses encrypted in transit and at rest.

See what your 100-day plan is missing

15-minute call. We walk through your portfolio’s readiness signals. No commitment.