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Value Creation Dashboard  ·  Operator Framework

Most businesses underestimate
how much value is already there.

This tool is built on the same framework used to analyse and improve industrial businesses across Australia and APAC — pricing, working capital, operating cadence and enterprise value.

It is not a generic calculator. It reflects operator-level thinking about how EBITDA actually moves — and what buyers, investors and boards look for.

Use the Tool ↓ How I Work →

Step 01

Select your mode

Founder or PE/Investor — the tool adjusts its lens accordingly

Step 02

Enter your financials

Revenue, margin, working capital and cost structure over 3 years

Step 03

Adjust the levers

Pricing, procurement, working capital, operational efficiency — see EBITDA move in real time

Step 04

Read the output

EBITDA bridge, enterprise value scenarios, risk flags and a 90-day roadmap

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FOUNDER VIEW
Revenue
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Enter financials →
Profit (EBITDA)
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Profit Margin
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Cash Conversion
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Clean Profit
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after adjustments
Current Value
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Improved Value
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Company Setup
Last 3 Years — Financials ($M)
Yr 1
Yr 2
Yr 3
Revenue ? GM % ? Op. Profit ? EBITDA ?
Profit Adjustments ? $M
Owner salary above market?
One-off legal / restructure?
Capex run through P&L?
Personal costs in P&L?
Other addback?
Total Adjustments —
Cash & Stock optional
Stock on Hand ?
Days to get paid ?
Days to pay suppliers ?
Equipment spend % ?
Profit & Growth Levers
Charge better prices? 0%
Buy stock cheaper? 0%
Sell more profitable products? 0%
Grow total sales? 0%
Sell more to existing customers? 0%
Cut running costs? 0%
Get paid faster (days)? 0d
Pay suppliers later (days)? 0d
How well the plan will land
Adoption rate? 0%
Site consistency (0–10)? 0
Pipeline ownership? 0%
System & tool usage? 0%
Execution Score 0%

This score discounts your improvement plan to reflect how much will actually land. A low score = most of the upside gets haircut.

Business quality & risk
Top customer reliance? 0%
Revenue on contracts? 0%
Management team strength (0–10)? 0
Business systems quality (0–10)? 0
Risk of being bypassed (0–10)? 0
Owner dependency (0–10)? 5
There's a succession plan ?
Entry / Exit Assumptions PE mode
Historical Performance
Revenue · EBITDA · Gross Margin
EBITDA Bridge
Base → Levers → Execution → Improved
Business Value Comparison
Current · Improved · Uplift
Working Capital & Cash
DSO · Inventory · DPO · Capex · FCF Proxy
Scenario Range
Downside · Current · Improved · Upside
Value Sensitivity Matrix
EV at different EBITDA × Multiple combinations
Returns Model
IRR · MOIC · Equity Value — PE mode
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Entry EV
—
Levered IRR
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MOIC
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Exit EV
Equity in: — Debt paydown: — Equity out: —
Equity Value Attribution — EBITDA Growth · Multiple Expansion · Debt Paydown
Industry Benchmarks
Your business vs sector medians
90-Day Action Roadmap
Quick wins · Structural · Transformation
Key Insights
Getting started
Enter your financials and adjust the levers to generate insights.
Sellability Score
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out of 100
Enter data to calculate your sellability score.
Hard to sell Highly sellable
How it works: Each driver is scored 0–100 and weighted by its impact on a PE buyer's assessment. Owner dependency and management depth carry the highest weights — consistent with what suppresses or expands industrial business valuations most.
Risk Flags
No data entered yet
Earnings Quality
—
/ 10
WeakStrong
Valuation Multiple
Current Mult
6.0x
Improved Mult
6.0x
Scenarios
Downside
—
Base
—
Upside
—
Growth & Cash Metrics
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Annual Growth Rate
—
Profit Margin
—
Cash from WC Tidy-up
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Free Cash Flow Est.
Generate Report
Disclaimer: This tool is for diagnostic and planning purposes only. All outputs are estimates based on user inputs and do not constitute financial, investment, legal or accounting advice. Multiples are benchmarked against Damodaran (NYU Stern) public-company data with private-company discounts applied — actual transaction values will vary materially. Shape Executive accepts no liability for decisions made based on this tool.

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How enterprise value is actually built.

Most business owners think about revenue. Most investors think about EBITDA. The gap between those two positions is where value is created — or left on the table.

Lever 01

Pricing Discipline

A 1% improvement in net price typically delivers 3–5x the EBITDA impact of the same improvement in volume. Most businesses have more pricing room than they think — and no architecture to capture it.

Lever 02

Working Capital

Working capital is an operational issue, not a finance issue. Inventory, debtors and creditor terms directly compress or release cash — and directly affect enterprise value through the quality of earnings.

Lever 03

Multiple Expansion

EBITDA multiple is not fixed. Quality of earnings, customer concentration, recurring revenue, management depth and operational systems all move the multiple a buyer or investor will apply.

Who this tool
is built for.

  • Founders → Understanding what your business is worth now, and what levers move that number before a raise or exit
  • Boards → A framework for assessing whether management are pulling the right levers — not just reporting on the outcomes
  • PE Firms → Rapid value creation scoping across industrial deal opportunities in ANZ and APAC
  • CEOs → A structured way to identify where performance has drifted — and quantify the cost of leaving it unaddressed

The Operator Difference

This framework is not built by a consultant. It is built by an operator who has run P&Ls across 12 countries and delivered 400%+ EBITDA growth in industrial businesses.

The difference: the levers in this tool are the ones that actually move in practice — not the ones that look clean in a slide deck.

View Track Record → Operating Insights →

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