Most coatings companies believe they know their numbers.
Most don’t at least not until it’s too late.

In this session, we’ll unpack a pattern we see repeatedly across the coatings industry: companies running complex, regulated operations on systems that only give partial visibility. The result is margin decisions made on stale data, compliance gaps discovered under pressure, and jobs that look profitable until they close.

This is not a product demo and not a sales presentation.

It’s a working conversation about:

• Where true cost visibility breaks down between formula and finished job
• Why batch and job costing fall apart when material prices move
• What audit‑ready traceability actually requires in today’s environment
• How leading operations identify the exact friction points slowing them down
• What a realistic path from reactive to proactive operations looks like for companies your size

You’ll leave with a clear framework you can apply immediately whether you change systems or not.

Who Should Attend

This session is designed for:

• Coatings manufacturers, powder coaters, and metal finishers
• Operations, finance, and leadership teams running 10–100 employee businesses
• Companies relying on spreadsheets, manual reconciliation, or disconnected systems
• Teams feeling margin pressure but lacking clear, real‑time insight into where it’s coming from

If you already have real‑time visibility into inventory, batch costs, and job profitability, this session may not tell you anything new. It’s built for companies still closing that gap.

What You’ll Learn 

In 60 minutes, you’ll walk away with:

• The five-point Coatings Operations Excellence Framework
• A clear view of where margin erosion actually occurs
• Why compliance and costing issues surface late and how to prevent that
• A diagnostic lens to spot operational blind spots quickly
• A practical next step most companies miss until something breaks