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Depth

Spot

ScopeWe price the raw-material floor on one high-spend part, often a big lever on its own, and flag the top ways to cut it.
$1,500
Parts in scope1–5
What you get
✓The raw-material floor (V0): often one of your biggest cost levers, one number
✓Material-change ideas to bring that floor down
✓The gap between it and the price you're quoted
✓3–5 prioritized levers, each tagged to its owner
Who this is for

Early-stage hardware founders who suspect a key part is overpriced and want proof before spending real money. Pre-revenue through first production runs.

Advisory We find it, you implement. No execution at this tier.
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Depth

Audit

ScopeWe tear one product line down to its make-cost: material, processing and scrap, before packaging and freight.
$6,000
Parts in scope10–15
Everything in Spot, plus
✓Your make-cost (V2): material, processing and scrap / yield
✓6–12 specific cost-down opportunities, each with a $ range
✓The total we think you can cut, as a dollar range
Not included Packaging, freight and tooling. Those layers come in Deep.
Who this is for

Founders or small (four or five person) teams on relatively simple hardware, usually pre- or early-revenue, who want a real make-cost teardown and quantified savings before a negotiation or a raise.

Advisory We find it, you implement. No execution at this tier.
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Depth

Deep

ScopeWe model your whole category or BOM, current versus optimized, with a roadmap.
$18,000
Parts in scope15–25
Everything in Audit, plus
✓The full landed should-cost (V3): material all the way through freight, the complete picture
✓All four discipline lenses applied at once
✓Prioritized savings roadmap: quick wins and structural
✓A written findings report you can take to your team or board
Who this is for

Teams on more complex hardware, or lean teams already in volume production doing real revenue (roughly $1M+ a year), who need the whole BOM worked and a roadmap, not just one part.

Advisory + intros We find it and introduce vetted suppliers. No execution at this tier.
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Depth
Our Standard Model

Capture

ScopeWe build the full line-by-line model and go capture the savings for you.
$20K+ / on results
Parts in scopeNo limit
Everything in Deep, plus
✓The line-by-line model: machine rates and process build-up
✓Implementation: RFQs, supplier moves, negotiation cover
✓Savings captured & verified, paid on results
Who this is for

Companies in volume production with serious spend on the line (think several million+ in annual hardware revenue), where the savings are big enough to hand us the execution and pay on realized results.

Done for you The only tier we execute — the pay-on-results model we run across the rest of the site.
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Each package unlocks one more layer of your should-cost. Fees credit forward, so the next step up is always the cheapest one.

Spot sizes it  ·  Audit details it  ·  Deep plans it  ·  Capture does it.
Bigger or more complex than that? A larger or heavier BOM is a custom scope. We size it on a call, as a fixed fee or on contingency. Talk to us →
02 / Method
The Method

How deep your should-cost goes.

Your should-cost comes in depths. V0 is the simplest cut, just the raw material, and on many parts that alone is one of your biggest levers, so we can recommend material changes straight off it. V2 adds processing and scrap; V3 builds up to the full landed cost. Deeper is more complete, but every level is actionable. Below is one real part, the same one you'll see further down.

Material Processing Scrap / yield Tooling Logistics Packaging Quoted $500
V0Raw-material floor
Often a big lever
$120
V2Make-cost
Ex-works · engineering
$290
V3Full landed should-cost
The full landed picture
$410
On this example part you're quoted $500. The raw material is $120, about 30% of the true cost and a real lever on its own. The full landed should-cost is $410 (V3), and the gap to that quote is what we negotiate. Capture goes one level deeper still, to the line-by-line build behind every layer.
03 / Compare
What's Included

The depth ladders as you climb.

Spot shows the raw-material floor (V0); Audit builds the make-cost (V2); Deep completes the full landed should-cost (V3), the complete picture. The line-by-line model, the part that wins negotiations, stays with us until Capture.

Deliverable
Spot$1.5K
Audit$6K
Deep$18K
Capture$20K+/%
Should-cost floor + ratio
✓
✓
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✓
Cost-model depth
material (V0)
+ processing (V2)
full category
line-by-line
Category breakdownmaterial · processing · scrap · tooling · logistics · packaging
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make-cost
✓
✓
Actionable cost-down ideas
3–5
6–12
roadmap
full
$ savings range per idea
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✓
✓
✓
Cross-discipline coverageeng · ops · packaging · sourcing · trade
top angle
pick focus
all four
all four
Current-vs-optimized + roadmap
–
–
✓
✓
Line-by-line should-cost modelmachine rates, process build-up · the leverage
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✓
Warm supplier introductions
–
–
✓
✓
Implementation & execution we make the moves
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–
–
✓
Fee credits toward the next step
✓
✓
✓
n/a
Turnaround
1 week
3 weeks
6–8 weeks
variable
04 / Sample
Example Deliverable

Same part. Watch it unlock.

One example hardware part across all four packages, lined up so you read left to right exactly what unlocks at each depth. The first three are advisory: they identify the savings and hand you the model. Capture is the only tier where OLV executes, so identified savings become realized savings, and you pay on results.

Example These are illustrative costs for one sample hardware part (dollars per part). They are not OLV's fees or rates. Our pricing is the four packages higher up the page.
SpotV0 · Raw floorExample
Quoted$500
Should-cost by category
Material$120
Processing🔒
Scrap🔒
Make-cost🔒
Tooling🔒
Logistics🔒
Packaging🔒
Total landed🔒
Outcome
Line-by-line model🔒
Who executesYou
SavingsIdentified
AuditV2 · Make-costExample
Quoted$500
Should-cost by category
Material$120
Processing$140
Scrap$30
Make-cost$290
Tooling🔒
Logistics🔒
Packaging🔒
Total landed🔒
Outcome
Line-by-line model🔒
Who executesYou
SavingsIdentified
DeepV3 · Full landedExample
Quoted$500
Full landed · optimized
Material$120 → 95
Processing$140 → 100
Scrap$30 → 20
Make-cost$290 → 215
Tooling$20 → 15
Logistics$60 → 42
Packaging$40 → 28
Total landed$410 → 300
Outcome
Line-by-line model🔒
Who executesYou
SavingsIdentified
CaptureLine-by-line + executionExample
Quoted$500
Full landed · captured
Material$120 → 95
Processing$140 → 100
Scrap$30 → 20
Make-cost$290 → 215
Tooling$20 → 15
Logistics$60 → 42
Packaging$40 → 28
Total landed$410 → 300
Outcome
Line-by-line model✓ unlocked
Who executesOLV
SavingsRealized
05 / Scope
Beyond Engineering

We audit four places cost hides.

A design shop stops at the drawing. The biggest savings live in the seams between your engineer, your CFO, your logistics lead, and your sourcing lead. On our model, one team works all of them at once.

Head of HW Eng
Engineering
Should-cost floor, over-spec, margin-stacking, design-for-cost, redesign.
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CFO / COO
Operational / Financial
Carrying cost, cash-conversion cycle, working capital, landed cost, tooling amortization.
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Head of Logistics
Packaging & Freight
Chargeable-weight (volume→mass), packaging redesign, Incoterms/DDP unbundling.
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Head of Procurement
Sourcing & Supplier
Benchmarking, rebidding leverage, negotiation targets, vetted supplier network.
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Head of HW Eng

Engineering

Where the drawing itself is quietly setting your cost floor: spec, geometry, and process choices that add cost without adding value.

What we dig into
  • Should-cost floor & Idiot Index, part by part
  • Over-spec & tolerance teardown (where the print is gold-plated)
  • Material & process substitution (e.g. 5-axis → casting)
  • Design-for-cost & redesign candidates
  • Margin-stacking across the assembly
You walk away with

A per-part should-cost and a ranked list of redesign levers, each with a savings range.

CFO / COO

Operational / Financial

The cost of money and time locked in the BOM, not just the unit price on the PO.

What we dig into
  • Carrying cost & inventory turns
  • Cash-conversion cycle (DPO / DIO / DSO)
  • Working capital tied up in parts
  • Landed vs ex-works true cost
  • Tooling amortization & NRE recovery
You walk away with

A cost-of-capital view of the BOM and the terms levers that free up cash.

Head of Logistics

Packaging & Freight

Usually the fastest, lowest-risk dollars: you're shipping air and paying to move it.

What we dig into
  • Chargeable-weight (volume → mass)
  • Packaging redesign & cube efficiency
  • Incoterms / DDP unbundling
  • Mode & lane consolidation
  • Landed-cost modeling
You walk away with

A freight-and-packaging savings map by lane, with the quick wins flagged.

Head of Procurement

Sourcing & Supplier

Your should-cost is the leverage, and this is where we spend it at the table.

What we dig into
  • Should-cost-backed benchmarking
  • Rebidding targets & negotiation scripts
  • Vetted alternate-supplier shortlist
  • Volume / consolidation & payment-term plays
  • Quote normalization across suppliers
You walk away with

Hard negotiation targets and a shortlist of qualified alternate suppliers.

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