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Here’s the Brain Your Stone Shop Has Been Missing
The only management consulting firm built exclusively for stone fabrication shops. We bring data, AI, and shop-floor operators — not PowerPoints.
We find it. We fix it. We prove it in dollars.
Most Stone Shops Run on Instinct,
Not Data
We walk into shops every week and find the same six cash bleeds hiding in plain sight. The owners aren’t bad operators — they just can’t see what the numbers are screaming.
Scrap Above 25% on Engineered Stone
Material waste eating into every slab. Nesting problems, poor remnant matching, template errors.
Dead Remnants Piling Up for Years
Capital locked in stone that will never be used. No catalog, no pricing, no liquidation plan.
Quotes That Underprice by 8–15%
No pricing model. No margin committee. Margin bleeds job by job and nobody notices.
No OSHA Silica Compliance Program
Cal/OSHA §5204 citations up 340% since 2022. Engineered stone ban bill in committee. Not optional.
Debt Service Eating Profit
Over-leveraged equipment loans, missed refi windows, and interest rates nobody has renegotiated.
No Visibility on Which Jobs Make Money
Red jobs pass unnoticed. Profitable jobs subsidize losers. No job costing, no post-mortem.
From First Audit to Exit
Each service stands alone. No commitment required at any step. Every deliverable proves its value in dollars recovered, saved, or created.
Diagnostic — Entry Products
The entry point. We spend 3 days inside your shop and find the top 3 places where cash is leaking — with exact dollar amounts and a recovery roadmap. The audit pays for itself before the ink dries.
Your full X-ray. 42 indicators across 7 dimensions — Financial Discipline, Operational Throughput, Commercial Velocity, Workforce Capability, Compliance Posture, Technology Stack, Strategic Positioning — scored and benchmarked against 12+ SoCal peer shops. Delivered as a 52-page executive report with a 90-day transformation roadmap.
A 1-day Cal/OSHA §5204 compliance audit that maps every gap in your silica exposure program — written exposure control plan, air monitoring, medical surveillance, engineering controls, PPE, training, recordkeeping — with dollar-risk for each gap and a 60-day remediation roadmap.
Transformation Projects
Forensic cost recovery across 6 dimensions: slab waste & scrap, rework & callbacks, overtime & labor inefficiency, freight & logistics, consumables & shop supplies, comp & benefits drift. We find every dollar you’re losing.
Turns dead stone into cash. We catalog every remnant with AI-enhanced photography, build a vein-matching engine for book-match intelligence, create a tiered liquidation playbook, and run a 6-week recovery push. Your yard gets lighter, your bank account gets heavier.
Proprietary pricing model calibrated to your cost structure, material mix, and competitive position. Includes margin committee protocol, quote review workflow, and pricing guardrails that stop underpricing before it leaves the shop.
End-to-end cycle time rebuild — from template to CNC to install. We map bottlenecks, redesign workflows, implement scheduling discipline, and build the operating cadence that turns a reactive shop into a predictable production machine.
Embedded Advisory
A COO in your shop, not on a screen. Embedded advisory: on-site 2–3 days per week, live KPI dashboard, monthly ops cadence, quarterly strategy sessions. We carry the operational load so you can focus on building relationships and closing deals.
AI-Native Delivery
10 proprietary AI agents running 24/7 inside your Telegram. Your team already uses their phones all day — now every text, photo, and question becomes a data point that makes your shop smarter.
| Agent | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Quick Quote | Complete quote in <2 min via chat |
| Pricing Engineer | Reviews quotes pre-send, catches underpricing |
| Remnant Optimizer | Matches remnants to open jobs + vein book-match |
| Photo Inventory | Photo → AI-enhanced catalog with yard zone A–Z |
| Cash Flow Sentinel | Daily cash brief + at-risk AR alerts to owner |
| Market Intel | Global slab prices, FX, freight rates, import timing |
| Compliance Monitor | Silica regulation tracking + audit reminders |
| Talent Scout | Scrapes Instagram for fabricators/installers/templaters |
| Regional Awareness | Local industry signals, enforcement, market shifts |
| M&A Readiness | Valuation delta tracking as shop improves metrics |
Strategic Exits
Structured transition to sale or succession. We build the operational infrastructure, clean the books, optimize margins, and position the business so that when a buyer or the next generation takes over, the enterprise value reflects the real potential — not the current chaos.
No Commitment at Any Step
Each deliverable stands alone. You decide if and when to go deeper. Most clients start with coffee and a Cash Bleed Audit.
Coffee
You talk. We listen. No pitch, no pressure.
Cash Bleed Audit
We find the 3 biggest cash holes.
SMI Diagnostic
We score the full business. 42 indicators. Benchmarked.
Transformation
We fix what the data says needs fixing. Custom scope.
Not Another Generalist
Stone shops don’t need consultants who need to Google “what is a CNC bridge saw.” They need a firm that understands slab economics, remnant liquidity, CNC nesting math, and the specific pressures of family-owned fabrication businesses.
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Questions & Answers
How much does a typical first-year engagement cost?
+Typical first-year spend ranges from $45K to $120K, depending on scope: Cash Bleed Audit ($4.5K) + SMI Diagnostic ($12.5K) + monthly Fractional Operating Partner retainer ($6K–$18K/mo) + StoneAI agents ($800–$4K/mo) + one transformation project. Every dollar is tied to measurable recovery. Our pilot engagement returned 8.2× on a $47K investment.
My shop is small (under $5M revenue). Is this for me?
+Yes. Our ICP ranges from $3M to $15M in revenue, 10–30 employees. The Cash Bleed Audit ($4,500) and Silica Shield ($3,500) are designed as low-risk entry points for shops of any size. The findings typically cover 10–100× the fee in recoverable value.
Do you work with shops outside San Diego?
+Our primary market is San Diego County. We also serve Orange County, Riverside County, and South LA. For embedded advisory (Fractional Operating Partner), proximity matters — we’re on your shop floor 2–3 days/week. Diagnostic and transformation projects can be delivered across SoCal.
What makes StoneAI different from generic AI tools?
+StoneAI agents are purpose-built for stone fabrication operations. They understand slab pricing, remnant matching, vein book-matching, Cal/OSHA silica requirements, and stone shop workflows. They run inside Telegram — the app your team already uses — and are configured with your specific inventory, pricing, and operational data. No training, no software install, no learning curve.
Do you speak Spanish? Most of our crew does.
+Yes. We operate in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Our StoneAI Telegram agents also support multilingual interaction. We designed our delivery for the reality of SoCal stone shops — bilingual crew, family ownership, shop-floor culture.
What if the audit doesn’t find anything worth fixing?
+In every engagement to date, the Cash Bleed Audit has uncovered recoverable value exceeding 10× the fee. We back that confidence with a money-back guarantee: if the findings don’t cover 10× the audit fee in identified recoverable value, you don’t pay.
Let’s Find Your Cash Bleeds
72 hours. $4,500. The top 3 places your shop is leaking cash — with exact dollar amounts and a recovery roadmap.
Money-back if the findings don’t cover 10× the fee.
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