Operations Advisory • Value Creation

Operations advisory that delivers results.

Hands-on operating support for private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and middle-market businesses. From rapid assessment through execution, Carpe Advisory helps leaders stabilize performance, unlock value and build momentum.

How Carpe Advisory Helps

From diagnosis through execution.

Senior operations capacity is deployed around the business need, not a predetermined consulting model. Engagements can be short diagnostic assignments, project-based transformation work, or embedded interim and fractional leadership.

01 • ASSESS

Operational Assessments

Rapidly identify performance gaps, root causes, risks, priorities and a practical action plan with measurable value opportunities. The result is a clear view of what needs attention, what can wait, and where management should focus first.

02 • IMPROVE

Transformation & Performance Improvement

Turn identified opportunities into measurable improvement. We work alongside your team to improve throughput, service, inventory, cost and working capital while strengthening the operating disciplines needed to sustain the gains.

03 • LEAD

Interim & Fractional Operations Leadership

Experienced operating leadership when you need additional capacity, focused execution, or a bridge to your next permanent leader. We can step into an interim role or provide fractional leadership tailored to the level of support your business actually needs.

04 • EXECUTE

Client-Requested Operations Support

Important operational work your team recognizes needs to get done but may not have the time or resources to tackle. Examples include PMO support, SOPs, item masters, time studies, role clarity, inventory analysis, network flow and other client-specific projects.

A Practical Operating Model

From assessment to action.

The objective is not a report. It is measurable operational improvement, clear ownership and routines that continue after the engagement.

DIEM

Diagnose

Understand what is happening, why it is happening, and what is getting in the way of better performance.

SUCCESSUM

Prioritize

Separate what matters most from what can wait, then establish clear priorities, ownership and expected outcomes.

VALOR

Execute

Work alongside your team to turn priorities into action, solve problems and keep important initiatives moving.

MOMENTUM

Sustain

Build the accountability, KPIs and operating routines needed to make improvements stick after our work is done.

Selected Experience

Built around measurable outcomes.

Representative results from operating and advisory assignments across manufacturing, distribution, supply chain and portfolio-company environments.

What would a 10–15% operating improvement mean for your bottom line? Even 5% changes the math.

+60%Sustained throughput improvement during an interim manufacturing leadership engagement.
5 → 10Pharma cold-chain service center network expansion across the Americas.
+33%Sustained weekly revenue improvement during an interim manufacturing leadership engagement.
20+Advisory engagements spanning assessments, transformations, interim leadership and PMO work.
Founder & Principal

Andrew D. Schwartz

Carpe Advisory combines consulting discipline with hands-on operating experience. Andrew has led operations and supply-chain functions inside businesses and advised companies across manufacturing, distribution, logistics and private-equity-backed environments.

His advisory work includes operational assessments, interim leadership, inventory and procurement improvement, network optimization, PMO governance and performance transformation. Earlier in his career, Andrew held hands-on leadership roles across manufacturing, distribution and supply chain operations.

Supply Chain & Operations
Interim Leadership
Value Creation
Inventory & Working Capital
PMO / Execution Governance
Fractional COO Support
“All client needs are unique, and we won’t force you into a sterile, prepackaged playbook.”

Carpe Advisory is designed for situations where leadership needs an experienced operator who can assess quickly, work alongside the team and help get important work done without adding permanent overhead.

Seize Opportunity. Create Enduring Value.

What operating challenge needs attention?

Start with a focused conversation about the business need, urgency and the value at stake.