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3-Cubed

COOs & Heads of Operations

You're making transformation decisions without seeing the full system.

A cost initiative looks right on a spreadsheet. Six months later, controls have degraded and cycle time has lengthened.

Because nobody modelled what cost reduction does to the other five levers simultaneously. 3-Cubed computes the full trade-off before you commit the capital.

COO reviewing operational intelligence

THE CHALLENGE

The gap isn't execution. It's the decision before it.

70% of transformation programmes don't deliver. Not because the execution was poor — because the trade-off wasn't visible before the capital was committed. Programmes optimise one lever and break three others.

Where It Shows Up

  • Cost initiatives that erode control and extend cycle time
  • Automation decisions that create upstream problems nobody modelled
  • Capital committed to the most familiar answer — not the right one
  • Implementation risk discovered after approval, not before.

How 3-Cubed Addresses It

Make 3-Cubed the gate before every transformation commitment.

9-day diagnostic

Decision Twin built from existing process documentation. No extended discovery. No workshop dependency.

Full trade-off computed

Cost, Client, and Control consequences of each option — modelled simultaneously across all six PROFIT levers.

Options quantified by week 2

15–20 configuration scenarios. Each with cost, cycle time, and control consequences before you commit.

Capital committed to the right answer

Sponsors approve faster because trade-offs are visible per option. Implementation risk drops because second-order effects are already modelled.

COOs & Heads of Operations — Computed Outputs

3-Cubed Outcomes,
Before Commitment

Each Metric Computed Across The Full PROFIT Lever Interaction. Each Tile Shows Which Levers Drove The Outcome.

Cost

4.2%

Cost Base Reduction

Required FTE59 FTE
Infra Cost−22%

· Unit Economics · Investor Lens

Driven By

  • Operations88%
  • IT68%
  • Finance52%
Client Experience

13.2 DAYS

Cycle Time Reduction

First-time Right64%
Critical Path7.2 days

· Experience & Trust · Client Lens

Driven By

  • Operations85%
  • Process72%
  • IT58%
Control

80%

Control Coverage

Lines of Defence3 LOD
Control Efficacy77.5%

· Risk & Compliance · Regulator Lens

Driven By

  • Risk94%
  • IT60%
  • Process48%

Case Evidence

Where the model changed the outcome.

See case data

Banking: KYC / Compliance

Reduce cycle time and cost

Cost
−40%
Cycle
−31%
Control
+4 pp

Oil & Gas: Accounts Payable

Reduce cost, maintain controls

Cost
−49%
Cycle
—
Control
—

Insurance: Claims

Reduce cost and cycle time

Cost
−42%
Cycle
−50%
Control
—

All cases anonymised by industry. Client names available under NDA.

9 Days

Diagnostic turnaround

15–18 hrs

SME time required

2 FTE

Break-even threshold

See what happens before you decide.

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