Operating strategy advisory

We fix the numbers that decide whether a good business becomes a durable one.

Northbridge works with owner-led manufacturers, distributors and service firms between ₹50 crore and ₹800 crore in revenue. We stay in the plant, the depot and the ledger until margin, pricing and cadence hold on their own.

Two Northbridge advisors reviewing printed margin analyses at a client's table
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Three problems, worked in order — never all at once.

01

Margin recovery

We rebuild cost-to-serve by product, customer and channel, then hand you the pricing floor you can actually defend in a negotiation.

02

Operating rhythm

A weekly and monthly cadence that surfaces problems early — one scorecard, six numbers, owners against each.

03

Growth sequencing

Which market, which product, in which order. We pressure-test the plan against the capital and the people you have.

The Northbridge office in Kolkata: leather chair, paper reports and a brass desk lamp

Eleven years, one method.

We were founded in 2014 by two former plant controllers who were tired of decks that ended at the recommendation. Every Northbridge engagement ends with a running system: a live scorecard, a named owner for each number and a quarterly review we sit in for a year after the work closes.

60
Engagements delivered
11 yrs
Average client tenure of 4.2 years
₹1,840 cr
Client revenue under advisory
“They spent three weeks on our shop floor before they said a single word about pricing. That order of operations is why the gains stuck.”

Ritwik Sen · Managing Director, Sen Metalcraft

Start with a two-week diagnostic. No retainer until it's read.

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