Pre-Close
Pre-Close Operating Read
Field-level assessment of whether the business can transfer cleanly, scale reliably, and operate without hidden dependence on a few people.
For M&A and Operating Partners
Operational risk shows up before it reaches the financials.
OpsAlign helps buyers, advisors, and owner-led manufacturers read the operating reality behind the numbers: key-person dependency, fragile handoffs, weak daily cadence, and improvement that still depends too heavily on the owner.
Where We Help
Three moments this shows up.
Post-Acquisition
Post-Acquisition Stabilization
Hands-on operating support when the plant needs clearer cadence, faster issue escalation, and practical transfer of judgment into the team.
Succession
Owner Succession Readiness
Support for family and founder-led manufacturers preparing the business to run with less owner intervention and more strength inside the team.
Best evidence for this audience
What operations diligence actually finds.
The clearest picture of the gap between clean financials and a transferable operation — with the SMED math, the OTD numbers, and the day-91 risk that quietly unwinds a deal.
M&A & Succession · 6 min read
EBITDA was clean. The deal still didn't close.
Five things the buyer's ops team saw on the floor that the owner couldn't — and why this gap is compressing Ontario manufacturing valuations right now.
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A specific, forwardable reason to send us a client.
Brokers, CPAs, commercial bankers, M&A lawyers, and insurance advisors all sit at the exact moments this shows up — a sale, a succession, a client whose performance has stalled. "Let's connect" doesn't travel through a referral network. A named, fixed-scope product does.
Brokers · CPAs · Bankers · M&A Lawyers · Insurance
The Key-Person Risk Snapshot
A fixed-fee, two-week operational diligence add-on your clients can bring in at the LOI stage. Deals get killed by key-person risk that surfaces too late — this makes you the person who de-risks it early, with a concrete thing to offer instead of just a name to pass along. Fixed scope — contact us for pricing details.
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The Portco Diagnostic
Your portfolio companies carry the same risk your deals do. We diagnose it directly, one portco at a time — a fixed-scope operating read, not a standing relationship. Fixed scope — contact us for pricing details.
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Start with a practical operating conversation.
No pitch deck. No abstract framework. Just a direct discussion about the plant, the ownership context, and where operational risk may be hiding. Fixed-scope engagement — contact us for pricing details.
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