Where the cost is hiding
We map how work moves through your business — handoffs, approvals, rework, waiting time — and put a number against the places it stalls. Most operations lose more to sequencing than to headcount.
Consulting for small & medium-sized business
We measure how your business actually runs, then tell you what to change.
White Stone Management works on operational efficiency and strategic planning. Every engagement starts with an assessment of your operation as it stands today and ends with a ranked set of recommendations your team can act on.
AWhat we do
Three areas of work, usually taken together.
A plan with the tradeoffs written down
Priorities for the next twelve to thirty-six months, built on your own figures rather than a template. We say plainly what each choice costs you elsewhere, so the plan survives contact with a normal quarter.
Measured against your sector
A margin, a cycle time, or a staffing ratio only means something next to the norms of your industry. Recommendations are graded against how businesses like yours actually operate, including the regulation you work under.
BHow an engagement runs
Four stages, in order, with a deliverable at each one.
01
Assessment
Weeks 1–3Time on site and time in your data. We talk to the people doing the work, not only the people managing it, and we look at the numbers you already keep rather than asking you to build new ones.
02
Findings
Week 4A written account of what we found, ranked by what it costs you. No recommendations yet — first we agree on the picture, including the parts that are working and should be left alone.
03
Recommendations
Weeks 5–6A sequenced plan. Each item carries an owner, an effort estimate, and what it depends on, so your team can start on Monday without a second round of interpretation.
04
Follow-through
30 / 60 / 90 daysWe check back on the schedule you choose, adjust where reality has moved, and hand over cleanly. The goal is that you stop needing us.
CWho we work with
You're likely a fit if one of these sounds familiar.
- The business grew faster than the processes holding it together.
- Margins slipped and the cause isn't obvious from the reports you have.
- Two departments each believe the other is the bottleneck.
- You have a plan for next year but no way to sequence it against day-to-day demand.
- A key person carries knowledge that exists nowhere else.
Typical client. Owner-led or family-held businesses, roughly 10 to 250 employees, in operating industries — manufacturing, distribution, construction, professional services, healthcare groups, and skilled trades.
How we charge. Fixed fee for the assessment, quoted before we start. You see the scope and the number in writing, and nothing changes without your sign-off.
DMembership
Keep us on hand after the engagement ends.
$400per month
For businesses that have their plan and want a steady hand on the quarterly review.
- Quarterly review call, 90 minutes
- Full access to the member library — assessment templates, operating checklists, planning worksheets
- Email questions answered within three business days
- Annual benchmark update for your sector
$1,450per month
For businesses in the middle of implementing changes, where questions come up weekly rather than quarterly.
- Monthly working session with your leadership team
- Everything in Baseline
- Same-day response on operating questions
- Review of one major decision per quarter — a hire, a system, a contract, a location
- Progress tracked against your recommendation plan
Customquoted per engagement
For businesses going through something structural — a succession, an acquisition, a new facility.
- Named consultant with scheduled days on site
- Everything in Standing
- Board or ownership meeting attendance
- Direct work alongside your managers, not only with them
Membership starts after an assessment, so we're advising on an operation we've actually seen. Month to month, cancel with thirty days' notice.
EStart here
Tell us what's going on. We'll tell you whether we can help.
A first conversation is about thirty minutes and costs nothing. If an assessment isn't the right move, we'll say so.