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SOLUTION 06 PRIVATE EQUITY & VALUE CREATION

Run the value creation plan, not a status pack

For deal teams, operating partners and PortCo value-creation offices. Lodestar holds the VCP as a live model — every initiative posting to a value line, every claim evidenced, every PortCo on the same definitions — with per-workspace isolation between fund and management team.

VALUE BRIDGEENTRY → EXIT RUN-RATEPER-PORTCO ISOLATION
THE MANDATEHit the value creation plan inside the hold period
THE FAILURE MODEA VCP tracker maintained by hand, restated differently by every PortCo
WHAT CHANGESValue lines computed from the KPI model, identical across every company

The value bridge is the plan, not a slide

Every initiative posts to a value line — pricing, cost-out, volume, leakage — built from the KPI model, with target, actual and direction per line. Entry to exit run-rate is computed from those lines, so the number in the fund report is the number in delivery.

  • Initiative → KPI value line → run-rate impact, with owner and evidence
  • Booked, in-flight, at-risk and lost value separated honestly
  • Bridge rebuilt automatically as delivery dates and actuals move
Value bridge — PortCo Alpha (illustrative)
Built from the KPI value lines · entry $64M → exit run-rate $83M
240
Entry run-rate
+38
Pricing
+29
Cost-out
+16
Volume
−11
Mix leakage
312
Exit run-rate
IN-YEAR $13.6M BOOKED · $8.5M IN FLIGHT · $2.9M AT RISK
Value tracking — recognition status
Method, baseline and evidence on every initiative
BOOKEDPrice realisation program — invoiced, verified$10M
BOOKEDProcurement cost-out wave 1 — POs re-let$5.6M
IN FLIGHTSG&A restructuring — 2 workstreams behind plan$4.8M
AT RISKMix optimisation — volume assumption unevidenced$2.9M
RUN-RATE IS RECOGNISED ONLY WHEN THE EVIDENCE LANDS

Value that is claimed but not evidenced does not count

Each initiative carries its measurement method, baseline and evidence requirement. Run-rate is only recognised when the evidence lands — so the operating partner and the CFO stop arguing about definitions.

  • Booked vs run-rate vs pipeline, per initiative and per PortCo
  • Evidence cadence enforced before value is recognised
  • Leakage and one-off items separated from sustainable run-rate

One lens across the portfolio, isolation between the companies

The fund sees every PortCo on the same value-line structure and the same scale. Each management team sees only its own company — separate workspace, role-based permissions, no data-room gymnastics.

  • Cross-PortCo comparison on identical definitions
  • Per-workspace isolation per company, with role-based permissions inside it
  • Hold-period timeline: value at entry, today and projected at exit
Polaris · Chief, Growth & Commercial
Reads every PortCo VCP each cycle
POLARIS·CGCO — CYCLE 34● LIVE
PortCo Beta: 62% of the VCP sits in two initiatives with one shared owner — single-point risk on $12M of run-rate. Split ownership before the Q4 board
$12M EXPOSED1 OWNEREXIT −2Q
FUND-LEVEL VIEW · EVERY QUERY SCOPED TO ITS WORKSPACE
RUNS ON KPI VALUE LINESBENEFIT TRAJECTORYWORKSPACE ISOLATIONCGCO AGENTAUDIT CHAIN SAME ENGINES THE SCREENS RUN ON
WHAT YOU GET

The value creation toolkit

01
Value bridge

Entry to exit run-rate computed from the KPI value lines, initiative by initiative.

02
Value recognition

Booked, in-flight, at-risk and lost, each with method and evidence.

03
100-day plan

Workstreams, owners and gates from close through the first 100 days.

04
Cross-PortCo view

Every company on identical definitions and one maturity scale.

05
Workspace isolation

A separate workspace per company; role-based permissions within each.

06
Exit readiness

Hold-period timeline and a hash-chained audit trail behind every claim.

THE OUTCOME A VCP the fund can underwrite and the management team can actually run
Capital Projects →Strategic Portfolio Management →All solutions →
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