Capital Allocation Advisory · Austin, TX

We find the hidden value
in your business.

Most industrial business owners know their revenue and EBITDA. Few know how much capital they have invested — and what return that capital actually generates.

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+6pp
EBITDA margin improvement
40%
working capital reduction
+10pp
ROIC improvement
The Problem

How much is your business really worth
— and what's holding it back?

Most owners know their revenue and EBITDA. Few know how much capital they have invested, what return that capital generates — and where they're losing value every day.

Capital trapped in operations

Excess inventory, slow-paying customers, underutilized assets. The money is in the business but it isn't working.

Margin leaking without anyone noticing

Products that sell but don't generate real profit. Procurement costs left unnegotiated. Overhead that grew unchecked over the years.

Investment decisions without a return framework

Capex based on intuition. No minimum required ROIC. No way to know whether the next dollar invested creates value or destroys it.

These aren't management problems.

They're problems of information and economic clarity.

Our thesis

ROIC is the most important number
in your business.

Return on invested capital moves on two levers. Every operating decision moves one of them. Our job is to make that visible — and actionable.

ROIC =
NOPAT (net operating profit after tax)
Invested Capital (operating assets)
Lever A
Operating margin
Pricing · Costs · Product mix
→ Moves NOPAT
Lever B
Capital turnover
Working capital · Assets · Capex
→ Moves invested capital
What Sintelo does

One methodology. Three ways to work together.

Phase 1
Full Diagnostic
2–6 weeks · fixed fee
  • Current ROIC calculation and lever-by-lever decomposition
  • Full value chain scan
  • Sector benchmarking
  • Quantified lever heatmap in dollars
  • Potential ROIC and initiative roadmap
Phase 2
Implementation
With the diagnostic in hand — choose your track
Track A
Accelerated Implementation
Monthly retainer
  • Weekly wave-based execution
  • Value capture frameworks
  • Monthly ROIC dashboard
  • Internal capabilities installed
Track B
Monthly Monitoring
Monthly retainer
  • Updated ROIC dashboard
  • One-page monthly report
  • Monthly review with leadership
  • Long-term capital discipline
Standalone product
Operational Due Diligence
For strategic buyers · family offices · private equity

The same diagnostic models applied to a company you want to acquire. Real historical ROIC, true working capital, and post-acquisition improvement potential — before you close the deal.

Typical results

In mid-market industrial companies.

Ranges based on performance improvement programs in manufacturing, food & beverage, and distribution.

+3–6pp
EBITDA margin improvement
20–40%
working capital reduction
+4–10pp
ROIC improvement
A company with $100M in revenue and 8% EBITDA that improves 4 points generates $4M in additional annual cash flow — without touching revenue.
A 30% reduction in working capital frees up capital that can be reinvested or distributed today.
The program pays for itself — typically in the first quarter of implementation.
Timing matters

Why now?

01
The cost of capital is up and isn't coming down soon

With rates elevated, having capital trapped in inventory or receivables carries a real and growing cost. Every day of delay has a price.

02
Your competitors are already optimizing

Companies that improve their ROIC first lock in cost and scale advantages. Those that wait find themselves competing against more efficient structures.

03
The diagnostic is a first step, not a commitment

You don't have to commit to a 24-month program. The diagnostic stands on its own as a decision-making tool.

Why Sintelo

What sets us apart from
a traditional consultancy.

Total ROIC lens — not project-level ROI

We evaluate every initiative in terms of its impact on the company's total ROIC. We don't sell isolated savings by area.

Clarity before commitment

The diagnostic gives you a number: current ROIC and potential ROIC. You decide whether to execute. No upfront implementation contracts.

Diagnostic in weeks, not months

AI-powered analytical methodology. We deliver the initial diagnostic in 2–6 weeks with concrete data.

Long-term partner, not a drive-by consultant

Our model is designed to support implementation and monitor ROIC month by month — not deliver a report and disappear.

The methodology

We analyze the full value chain.

The diagnostic identifies which of the 10 levers have the highest impact on your specific business.

Revenue improvement
Pricing optimization
Sales enhancement
Cost reduction
Procurement
Production
Distribution
After-sales
Overhead
IT
Product complexity
Product costs
Capital
Working capital
Capex optimization
In action

Real diagnostic, in real time.

The demo is connected in real time to a PostgreSQL database. The numbers you see are calculated on the spot — exactly as we would do with your data.

Big Retailer Inc. — global retailer with complete audited financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow). We calculate real historical ROIC, decompose by lever, and build the Potential Report with quantified value impact.

Diagnostic with financial statements
Big Retailer Inc.

Global retailer · $559B in revenue · 8 years of complete financial statements

01
ROIC fell from 13.2% to 10.2% over 7 years — capital growing faster than returns
02
SG&A grew 26% while revenue grew 18% — uncontrolled overhead
03
Inventory grew $9B above historical average ($58B vs $49B)
Estimated capturable value
$23.1B
across three priority initiatives
Reduce SG&A / Overhead
~$7.6B
ROIC-based capex criteria
~$6.8B
Normalize inventory
~$8.7B
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Blog

Ideas on capital, operations,
and value in industrial companies.

Most turnarounds start with the wrong question

The board sees declining EBITDA. The instinct is to cut costs. But the real problem is rarely in the P&L — it's in the balance sheet, where capital sits trapped and unproductive.

Your biggest customer is 40% of your revenue. What happens if they leave?

Customer concentration is not a commercial problem. It is a capital risk that destroys ROIC in a matter of months — and most business owners do not quantify it until it is too late.

Growing without improving ROIC is not scaling

Intrinsic scalability is not measured in revenue. It is measured by whether each additional dollar of invested capital generates more return than the last.

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Who is Sintelo
JC
Jorge Castro
Founder · Austin, TX

Industrial engineering · Analytics · Operational transformation. Sintelo operates at the intersection of finance, operations, and analytics — with a single objective: making your capital generate more return.

Education
ITESM
Industrial Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
MSc in Information Systems Management
Experience
London Consulting Group · 6 years
Director of Business Intelligence · Operational transformation across the Americas · $25M+ USD in documented improvements
Microsoft Azure
Supply chain and analytics applied to industrial operations
Accenture
Acquisition integration · Operational due diligence
Elanboard · Founder
ERP / SAP B1 for mid-market manufacturing companies
How to start

Start with the diagnostic.

A concrete first step, fixed fee, no implementation commitment. At the end you have a concrete analysis of your business — use it to decide what's next.

1
NDA signed

We agree on confidentiality before sharing any data.

2
Kick-off + data request

We send the information checklist. One 1-hour meeting.

3
Diagnostic in 2–6 weeks

Your current ROIC, potential ROIC, and prioritized levers.

We find the hidden value
in your business.

Fixed fee · delivered in 2–6 weeks · no upfront implementation contract.

Or email us directly at jorge@sintelo.com