Resources

Practical tools and frameworks, not lead-magnet ebooks.

A short list of things that genuinely help. Most are free; all are written from operational experience rather than for SEO.

Operational Readiness Scorecard

A 15-question diagnostic across the six operational areas (reporting, fulfilment, supply chain, marketplaces, team, strategy). Instant on-page score, personalised verdict, and the specific intervention areas. No email required to see the result.

Free · 5 minutes

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Operational Artefacts

Examples of the actual deliverables produced inside a Fractional COO engagement: contribution-margin dashboards, weekly ops scorecards, replenishment models, 3PL benchmark frameworks, S&OP cadence templates. Not theory, the real outputs.

Reference

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Operational Glossary

29 operational terms relevant to UK SMEs: Fractional COO, OTIF, replenishment, landed cost, Pan-EU FBA, IOSS, AWD, EFN, S&OP, contribution margin and more. Plain-English definitions.

Reference

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Monthly operator insights

One email a month with the operational pattern we have seen most often across recent engagements. No funnel sequences, no upsells.

Diagnostic call

The most useful free resource here. 30 minutes on the phone with James. You leave with two or three things you can action.

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