Manufacturing & Industrial.Operated by AB7.
Manufacturing operators fight on three fronts: shop-floor data hygiene, multi-location finance complexity, and quality-compliance reporting. AB7 staffs all three from a single accountable contract.
The argument, in one page.
- 32%of manufacturing labor cost is admin overhead
- 5+ERP / MES / quality systems most mid-market manufacturers run
- 12 daystypical multi-location month-end close (vs 3 with right team)
Manufacturing isn't a tech problem. It's a back-office problem disguised as a tech problem.
Manufacturing operators fight on three fronts: shop-floor data hygiene, multi-location finance complexity, and quality-compliance reporting. AB7 staffs all three from a single accountable contract.
We'll map your specific manufacturing & industrial ops gaps to the bench AB7 can deploy in 7–14 days.
Book the briefingFive fires inside Manufacturing & Industrial ops.
What we hear from manufacturing & industrialoperators isn't a strategy gap — it's an execution gap. The roadmap is fine. The spreadsheet is fine. What's missing is the bench required to actually run it. That's what we built AB7 for.
Below: the five fires we keep finding inside this category. Each one maps cleanly to one of AB7's six service pillars — which is the point of the rest of this brief.
“Most manufacturing & industrialbuyers don't need more advice — they need staffed seats.”
- .01
Multi-plant financial close drags 12+ days
Inter-company eliminations, BOM cost rollups, multi-currency, multi-location P&L — under-resourced finance teams take 12+ days to close. Senior accountants with manufacturing experience cut this to 3-5 days.
- .02
Quality + compliance documentation backlog
ISO 9001, FDA, EPA documentation behind by months. Compliance specialists own audit-ready records continuously, not just before audits.
- .03
ERP data hygiene broken
SAP / NetSuite / Microsoft Dynamics ERPs fall out of date. BOMs wrong, vendor master polluted, item-master duplicated. ERP admins keep data clean as a daily ops layer.
- .04
Production reporting + KPI dashboards manual
Production managers building Excel reports every week instead of running operations. Power BI / Tableau analysts automate the reporting.
- .05
Vendor + supplier ops eating procurement time
Vendor onboarding, PO management, AP matching consumes procurement bandwidth. AR/AP specialists + procurement coordinators offload it.
The six pillars, mapped to your fires.
One MSA covers all six. Add or drop pillars without re-papering the engagement.
- 01Pillar
Finance & Accounting
Senior Accountant (multi-location), AR/APSolvesClose in 5 days, multi-location P&L visibility
- 02Pillar
BPO / KPO
Quality docs, ERP data entry, vendor onboardingSolvesContinuous data hygiene + audit-ready records
- 03Pillar
IT, Software & Tech
ERP admin (NetSuite/SAP/Dynamics), Data EngineerSolvesClean ERP data + automated production dashboards
- 04Pillar
Sales · Marketing · HR-Ops
B2B SDR, channel partner ops, HR coordinatorSolvesPipeline coverage + dealer enablement + people ops
- 05Pillar
Cybersecurity
OT/IT compliance + ISO 27001SolvesOT cybersecurity + audit readiness
- 06Pillar
Recruitment
Manufacturing-specific recruiterSolvesHire engineers, ops, finance with industry context
Roles you can deploy this quarter.
A typical Manufacturing & Industrial engagement opens with 2–3 seats and expands. All seats sit under a single MSA.
- Part-time (20 hrs/wk)
- Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
- Fractional (executive)
- Project-based / RPO
- No.Role · PillarFrom
- 01Senior Accountant (multi-location)FinanceFrom$1,200 / mo
- 02AR/AP SpecialistFinanceFrom$900 / mo
- 03ERP Admin (NetSuite / SAP)TechFrom$1,800 / mo
- 04Power BI / Tableau AnalystTechFrom$1,400 / mo
- 05Quality / Compliance SpecialistBPOFrom$1,000 / mo
- 06Procurement / Vendor CoordinatorBPOFrom$850 / mo
- 07B2B SDR (channel sales)GTMFrom$1,000 / mo
Indicative monthly rates. Final pricing varies by seniority, geography (India / Philippines) and shape. Add headcount any time without re-papering the MSA.
What changes, and when.
Outcomes tracked weekly inside your shared dashboard — not promised in a deck.
The first 14 days are setup and absorption. Real movement on metrics begins around Day 30. By Day 90, the bench is steady-state and you're measuring outcomes — not the engagement.
Most manufacturing & industrial operators recoup setup cost by Day 60 from a combination of savings + uplift on the metrics below.
- MilestoneDay 14
Month-end close cut from 12 days → 5 days via dedicated multi-location accountant
- MilestoneDay 30
ERP data integrity restored — BOM, item-master, vendor-master cleaned weekly
- MilestoneDay 60
Production KPI dashboards live (revenue, OEE, scrap, throughput) — auto-refresh
- MilestoneDay 75
ISO 9001 / FDA audit-ready continuously, not pre-audit scramble
- MilestoneDay 90
60-70% cost savings vs fully-loaded US local manufacturing-finance hires
Compliance and tools, the quiet way.
No surprises at audit time. We sign your DPA, follow your stack, document everything in your dashboard.
- ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 (quality, environment, safety)
- FDA 21 CFR Part 11 (regulated manufacturing)
- ISO 27001 (info security)
- Multi-state US sales tax (Avalara)
- NetSuite · SAP B1 · Microsoft Dynamics · Sage X3
- Power BI · Tableau · Looker · Excel (advanced)
- QuickBooks · Bill.com · Stripe
- Salesforce · HubSpot · Pipedrive
- Avalara · Vertex (sales tax)
We don't sell, resell, or distribute these platforms. Our remote staff operate on your existing accounts under your governance. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
An engagement, in case-file form.
A composite drawn from real Manufacturing & Industrial deployments. Names redacted, structure intact.
PE-backed AU manufacturer — board pack 9 days → 2 days
PE-backed Australian manufacturer's monthly board pack took 9 days. No real-time KPI dashboards. Multi-plant inter-company eliminations done manually in Excel.
AB7 placed FP&A analyst (Power BI + NetSuite expert) + multi-location senior accountant. Full AEDT overlap. NetSuite admin support added.
Board pack 9 → 2 days. 6 live dashboards (revenue, cash, AR, COGS, EBITDA, headcount). Audit-ready continuously.
What Manufacturing & Industrial buyers ask before signing.
Need a remote Senior Accountant (multi-location)
for manufacturing & industrial?
One MSA. Six pillars. A bench that already speaks manufacturing & industrial. Your first hire goes live in 7–14 days.