Operating Systems

Complex B2B pursuit, solution, pricing, terms and commercial approval.

Starts with

A qualified opportunity, RFP or material exception

Ends with

A signed or rejected deal and a governed delivery handoff

Buyer

CCO, CFO, commercial director or deal desk lead

Boundary

No live traded-market pricing and no post-sale account management. Project delivery transfers to Brunel and the contracted lifecycle to Hirschman.

Construction commercial, quantity surveying and project controls for contractors, engineering firms and complex programmes, run from one shared project value ledger.

Starts with

A tender or project commercial opportunity

Ends with

Final account, project closeout and a verified commercial outcome

Buyer

Commercial director, CFO or pre-construction director

Boundary

Does not replace BIM, CAD, ERP, payroll, document control or statutory professional accountability. Sourcing stays with Vickrey and finance execution with Pacioli.

Merchandising, category and trading for retail, wholesale, distribution, consumer goods and automotive retail.

Starts with

A product, category, location or channel enters commercial planning

Ends with

A range, buy, price, promotion, allocation or exit outcome

Buyer

Trading, merchandising or category director, or CFO

Boundary

Owns durable products, range and commercial intent, not expiring capacity or physical transport. Supply feasibility hands to Ashby.

Revenue management and yield for hospitality, travel, leisure, care occupancy, media, rental and other perishable capacity.

Starts with

Finite dated capacity becomes available

Ends with

Capacity is consumed or expires, with its contribution attributed

Buyer

Revenue or commercial director, or COO

Boundary

Owns perishable dated capacity, not durable assortment or supply network inventory. Industry editions configure it for each sector.

Post-sale account management and customer success for subscription, telecom, membership and service contract businesses.

Starts with

A contracted or onboarding customer enters the managed portfolio

Ends with

Renewal, churn, expansion, realised value or a governed exit

Buyer

CCO, CRO or customer success leader

Boundary

No new-logo generation, pre-signature deal configuration or receivables collection. Signed deals arrive from Nash.

Supply planning and network control for manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceutical, food and multi-site inventory networks.

Starts with

A demand or supply signal, or a network exception

Ends with

Stock positioned, supplied, substituted, redeployed or dispositioned, with the outcome measured

Buyer

Supply chain or planning director, or COO

Boundary

Does not select supplier terms, schedule plant transformation or execute transport. Those hand to Vickrey, Deming and Monge.

Production planning and plant control for discrete and process manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, food and agri-industrial production.

Starts with

Confirmed demand and available production resources

Ends with

Released finished output, measured for quality, yield, service and cost

Buyer

Plant or operations director, or production planning lead

Boundary

Does not own supplier sourcing, network inventory policy or outbound routing.

Transport and logistics control for freight, 3PL, parcel, bulk delivery, passenger transport, ports and terminals.

Starts with

A move, load or service obligation enters the execution network

Ends with

A completed, failed or cancelled movement with its contribution and service outcome

Buyer

COO, transport director or control tower lead

Boundary

Does not own supply policy, field work diagnosis or production scheduling.

Physical asset reliability and lifecycle management.

Starts with

An asset enters service or emits condition evidence

Ends with

The asset is maintained, repaired, redeployed, replaced or retired, with the lifecycle outcome measured

Buyer

Asset, engineering or maintenance director

Boundary

Does not schedule production, dispatch customer work or manage financial investment portfolios.

Field service planning, dispatch and service delivery.

Starts with

A customer service job enters triage and preparation

Ends with

A completed, billed and measured field service outcome

Buyer

Service director, COO or field operations director

Boundary

Does not own fleet-wide logistics, internal workforce strategy or asset owner maintenance policy.

Internal and managed workforce planning for labour-intensive operations.

Starts with

The demand forecast and workforce capacity enter planning

Ends with

Work staffed and completed, with the staffing outcome measured

Buyer

COO, workforce planning director or WFM lead

Boundary

Does not source and place candidates for an agency or run payroll and HR administration. External recruitment belongs to Parsons.

Recruitment and staffing desk for agencies, staffing firms and managed workforce providers.

Starts with

A qualified mandate or live requirement

Ends with

A placement and start, redeployment, closed mandate or measured decision not to act

Buyer

COO, managing director or staffing operations director

Boundary

External candidate-to-client placement. It does not replace an employer’s internal roster, HRIS or payroll. Managed-service roster demand can draw on Follett.

Billing, receivables, credit control and the revenue cycle.

Starts with

A billable event, invoice, receivable, dispute or exposure

Ends with

Cash received, corrected, recovered or written off, or a governed exposure outcome

Buyer

CFO, finance operations, AR or revenue cycle director

Boundary

Does not own general ledger close, treasury funding or post-sale relationship strategy.

Strategic sourcing, procurement and category management.

Starts with

Demand, specification and the supplier market enter sourcing

Ends with

An award, contract, purchase and supplier performance outcome

Buyer

Chief procurement officer, procurement director or CFO

Boundary

Does not own network inventory allocation, production schedules or payment execution outside procurement authority.

Specialty insurance and MGA underwriting.

Starts with

A submission, renewal or endorsement

Ends with

A quoted, bound, referred or declined risk, with portfolio and claims learning

Buyer

Underwriting director, MGA managing director or capacity manager

Boundary

Insurance risk transfer, not lending credit. Claims remains a distinct engine that feeds realised loss evidence back to underwriting.

Lending credit and account treatment for lenders and asset and motor finance.

Starts with

An application or agreement enters decisioning or monitoring

Ends with

A facility repaid, restructured, recovered, sold or written off

Buyer

Credit risk, lending or collections director

Boundary

Does not underwrite insurance or collect trade invoices.

Client-flow commodity and metals market making for dealers, brokers and electronic market makers.

Starts with

A client order, RFQ or actionable client-flow opportunity

Ends with

A declined or expired quote, or an executed, hedged, marked-out and attributed trade

Buyer

Head of market making, CEO, CFO or risk owner

Boundary

Software for an authorised dealer’s client-flow desk. Proprietary positions belong to Fourier, and a residual client-flow position crosses only through a complete risk transfer. Capital, mandate and risk authority remain with the client.

Decision software for an authorised proprietary trading desk in a commodity merchant, metals or energy trading group, bank, broker-dealer, asset manager or specialist proprietary firm.

Starts with

Point-in-time market, position, risk and mandate state creates an eligible opportunity

Ends with

No trade, or a governed position carried through allocation, execution, lifecycle control and close to an attributed desk outcome

Buyer

Head of trading or CIO, with an independent risk owner and an accountable executive sponsor

Boundary

Fourier supports a client’s already-authorised proprietary desk. It is not a fund, managed account, investment adviser, signals product, consumer trading bot or guaranteed-return service. Fable never supplies capital, mandate or independent risk authority.