Selected operating work

Not client case studies yet. Real operating experience.

Precision Cost is a new independent advisory practice, so this page does not invent testimonials or client logos. Instead, it shows anonymised examples from Rajnish Khare’s 25+ years inside automotive and aerospace component manufacturing finance.

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Manufacturing leadership team reviewing operating performance and finance data — Anonymised examples, shown without client names.

A note on proof

Honest credibility is stronger than borrowed logos.

Because Precision Cost is starting as an independent practice, this page does not present formal consulting testimonials. The examples below are framed as selected operating work from previous finance and controlling roles, anonymised to respect confidentiality.

Operating examples

Where the work has already been lived.

These examples show the kind of problems Precision Cost is built to handle: costing discipline, variance clarity, MIS usefulness, inventory control and working-capital pressure.

Precision production environment representing standard costing across multiple plants

01 · Standard costing

Standard costing implementation across 11 plants

A multi-plant manufacturing environment needed more disciplined standard costing so management could read cost, variance and performance consistently across units.

Challenge

Different plant realities and costing assumptions made comparison and margin visibility difficult.

Approach

Supported standard-costing implementation logic, data discipline, cost assumptions and variance visibility.

Result

Improved management visibility into variances across 11 plants and stronger cost-control conversations.

Finance papers and ledgers representing variance reporting and MIS visibility

02 · Variance visibility

Making variance reports useful for management action

Manufacturing variance can become a routine finance report instead of a control tool. The work focused on improving how variance was seen, discussed and connected to management decisions.

Challenge

Variance information existed, but did not always help leaders identify the operating cause or next action.

Approach

Strengthened variance visibility, reporting interpretation and the link between finance numbers and plant realities.

Result

Clearer cost conversations and better visibility into where performance was moving away from expectation.

Warehouse and inventory records representing working capital review in manufacturing

03 · Working capital

Inventory control and working-capital reviews

In component manufacturing, cash can get locked quietly inside stock, process, receivables and operational assumptions. The work examined where numbers needed stronger management visibility.

Challenge

Working capital pressure was visible at the cash level, but the operating drivers needed clearer diagnosis.

Approach

Reviewed inventory control, ageing, MIS, stock movement signals and working-capital patterns.

Result

Sharper conversations around inventory discipline, cash blockage and the controls needed for earlier action.

Leadership discussion about budgeting and financial controlling cadence

04 · Budgeting and MIS

Budgeting, MIS and finance-control rhythm

Finance control depends on whether management receives the right information at the right time, in a form that supports decisions rather than only documentation.

Challenge

Reporting needed to support exception visibility, budget discipline and business review conversations.

Approach

Worked across budgeting, MIS and review formats to connect financial information with operating accountability.

Result

Improved financial control rhythm and stronger management use of finance information.

Relevant proof points

The experience behind the advisory.

25+years in Finance & Controlling for manufacturing environments

11plants covered in standard costing implementation experience

S/4SAP S/4HANA exposure connected to finance and controlling work

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