Bauer360 exists to help companies that are not failing because of effort, but because the environment around them has shifted.
Most operators try to fix performance by adjusting tactics: marketing, staffing, pricing, vendors. But when the underlying economics have changed, tactical fixes only delay the outcome.
Bauer360 diagnoses the real problem first.
We work with companies generating roughly $2M–$50M in revenue — Retail, Distribution, and Contract Manufacturing businesses that are experiencing pressure from forces they didn't create and can't outwork.
The Signals
We work with companies experiencing one or more of the following.
Revenue stagnation despite strong effort
Margin compression with no clear cause
Rising labor or operating costs outpacing growth
Leadership stuck maintaining instead of building
Market shifts making legacy playbooks ineffective
Businesses that feel “busier than ever” but less profitable
The Process
The Bauer360 Method
360
Months 1 – 2 · Diagnose
Months 3 – 8 · Rebuild
Phase 01
External Reality First
What changed outside your business
Market shifts
Customer behavior
Demographics
Technology adoption
Distribution changes
Category growth or contraction
Phase 02
Industry Physics
Forces that cannot be negotiated
Margin compression
Platform shifts
OEM encroachment
Labor cost structures
Digital displacement
Generational buying differences
Phase 03
Internal Truth
Honest look inside the operation
Revenue composition
Service vs product mix
Labor productivity
Decision bottlenecks
Leadership posture
Cost structures built for a different era
Phase 04
Stabilize Before Strategy
Stop the bleeding before building
What must stop
What must be protected
What must be simplified
Phase 05
Rebuild the Revenue Engine
Redesign growth for today's market
The right customer
The right category
The right service mix
The right positioning
The right operational model
Phase 06
Builder Activation
Leadership ready to rebuild
Some leaders rebuild. Some maintain.
No model survives without builder posture
Diagnose
Months 1 – 2
Phase 01
External Reality First
What changed outside your business
Market shifts
Customer behavior
Demographics
Technology adoption
Distribution changes
Category growth or contraction
Phase 02
Industry Physics
Forces that cannot be negotiated
Margin compression
Platform shifts
OEM encroachment
Labor cost structures
Digital displacement
Generational buying differences
Phase 03
Internal Truth
Honest look inside the operation
Revenue composition
Service vs product mix
Labor productivity
Decision bottlenecks
Leadership posture
Cost structures built for a different era
Rebuild
Months 3 – 8
Phase 04
Stabilize Before Strategy
Stop the bleeding before building
What must stop
What must be protected
What must be simplified
Phase 05
Rebuild the Revenue Engine
Redesign growth for today's market
The right customer
The right category
The right service mix
The right positioning
The right operational model
Phase 06
Builder Activation
Leadership ready to rebuild
Some leaders rebuild. Some maintain.
No model survives without builder posture
Bauer360 means coming full circle.
You started something. You grew it. Something broke — or the world shifted around you.
We diagnose what changed, stabilize what's bleeding, rebuild what's broken, and position your business to compete in a market that doesn't wait.
That's the full 360.
What Sets Us Apart
The Bauer360 Difference
Traditional Consulting
Internal first
Financial modeling
Strategy decks
Recommendations
Bauer360
External reality first
Industry physics
Operational truth
Stabilization
Rebuild
Execution posture
This feels less like advice and more like control returning to the owner.
"Bauer360 is not advisory theater. We do not produce binders that sit on shelves. We work only with leadership teams ready to face reality, make decisions, and execute."