Marginsafe
Costing & Margin GuardrailsMarginsafe is the unit economics agent that prevents “good ideas” from turning into margin problems. It builds a clean product cost model from the inputs Product Development actually controls—BOM, packaging, labor assumptions, overhead/line rates, yield, scrap, and freight—and turns it into decision-ready guardrails. Marginsafe stress-tests the assumptions that usually get hand-waved early (yield, line speed, MOQs, ingredient volatility, packaging inflation, and co-man fees) and flags the margin killers before decisions get locked in. It also keeps the cost story consistent across versions: when specs change, Marginsafe shows the delta and what must be true to stay inside your margin targets. Built to support judgment, not replace it: your team chooses trade-offs, Marginsafe makes the economics explicit and defensible.
Primary Outputs
Typical deliverablesCore Capabilities
What it doesOperational Fit
How it’s usedUsed By
Product development, R&D, packaging engineering, operations, sourcing, and finance business partners.
Used For
Early feasibility, spec decisions, co-man selection trade-offs, pilot-to-scale economics, and gate review support.
Typical Questions
- What is the true unit cost, and what assumptions is it built on?
- Which 2–3 variables will blow up margin if they move?
- What must be true to hit our target margin before we approve specs and scale?