Practical thinking on loss prevention, supply chain cargo security, and operational risk for private equity — from the advisor who has lived it.
BLOG — SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY · PRIVATE EQUITY · 10 min read Vendor Fraud in the Middle Market: The Schemes PE-Backed Operators Are Absorbing Without Knowing It The four most common vendor fraud patterns in retail and distribution — how they work, what they cost, and what your current controls are missing By Mitchell Hamm…
BLOG — PRIVATE EQUITY · LOSS PREVENTION · 11 min read The LP Risks That Do Not Show Up Until You Try to Sell: Exit Readiness and the Operational Risk Data Room What buyers scrutinize in operational diligence that sellers are never prepared for — and how to build the documentation before it is asked…
Shrink Is a Deal Pricing Problem, Not Just an Operations Problem BLOG — LOSS PREVENTION · PRIVATE EQUITY · 12 min read Shrink Is a Deal Pricing Problem, Not Just an Operations Problem How undetected inventory loss distorts EBITDA at acquisition, what it costs at exit, and the specific questions your diligence process is not…
BLOG · Loss Prevention · Investigations · 10 min read How a Loss Prevention Investigation Actually Works: From First Signal to Case Closed A practitioner’s guide to the investigative process — evidence, interviews, documentation, and the decisions that determine whether a case holds up By Mitchell Hamm | Founder & Principal Advisor, Ironside Risk Advisors | Dallas,…
BLOG · Inventory Management · Loss Prevention · 12 min readThe Complete Guide to Cycle Counting: Process, Discipline, and What the Data Is Really Telling YouA step-by-step operational guide to designing, executing, and extracting insight from a cycle count program that actually works By Mitchell Hamm | Founder & Principal Advisor, Ironside Risk Advisors | …
BLOG — LOSS PREVENTION · 11 min read ERP Transitions and Shrink: What Happens in the First 90 Days and How to Control ItThe window between system cutover and stable inventory data is when the most preventable losses occur. Here is what actually happens — and how to manage it. By Mitchell Hamm | …
BLOG — INVENTORY MANAGEMENT · 10 min read The Cycle Count Program That Actually Works: Design, Frequency, and What to Do With the Variance Most cycle count programs fail not because of the counting — but because of what happens after a discrepancy is found By Mitchell Hamm | Founder & Principal Advisor, Ironside…
BLOG — SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY · 8 min read Cargo Theft Intelligence: Why Your Distribution Business Needs FBI and CBP Relationships Before It Needs Them The case for building law enforcement liaison before an incident — not after By Mitchell Hamm | Founder & Principal Advisor, Ironside Risk Advisors | Dallas, TX In the…
BLOG · 9 min read Why Your QoE Won’t Catch a Shrink Problem — And What Will The specific gap between financial due diligence and operational Loss Prevention assessment, and why it costs PE firms money By Mitchell Hamm | Founder & Principal Advisor, Ironside Risk Advisors | Dallas, TX There is a moment…
PRESS RELEASE · 7 min read Ironside Risk Advisors Launches Fractional Loss Prevention and Cargo Security Advisory Practice for Private Equity The only PE-focused advisory founded and operated by a practitioner who has run these programs at scale — inside a PE-backed operator By Mitchell Hamm | Founder & Principal Advisor, Ironside Risk Advisors …