Two questions and one data pull. Both use data Bestway already holds, and both end in a list someone can act on.
1stGrow agreements
After a competitor closes nearby, how many customers can we win, and where?
Why first
The closures have already happened, and the window to reach those customers is open now.
We measure
What happened to agreements at Bestway stores near past closures, against similar stores with no closure nearby.
You receive
Markets ranked by expected gain, and a campaign plan for the top [N].
We need
Store list, and agreement starts by store and week for [N] years.
Financial target
+[#] new agreements per exposed store per month, worth $[#] a year
2ndPut assets to work
Where is rent-ready inventory sitting idle, and where is it needed?
Why second
It earns from assets Bestway already owns, and it supplies the stores the first question points to.
We measure
Days each asset has sat ready and unrented, by store and category, against demand at nearby stores.
You receive
A transfer list net of moving cost, refreshed each cycle.
We need
Asset records with location, status and dates; weekly rates by item.
Financial target
[#] idle days removed per asset, worth $[#] a year
What the alternatives cost
Building this in-house or hiring a top strategy firm each costs more than $1 million a year.
Build it in-house
$1.03M a year
Six people to cover the 14 questions, at national median pay.
Analytics leadRuns the work with finance
$175,140
Two data scientistsClosure, customer and assortment models
$240,460
Data engineerStore, agreement and asset data
$139,500
Operations research analystInventory transfers, routes and staffing
$88,940
Market research analystMarkets, competitors and sites
$78,760
Benefits and payroll taxes30% of what an employer spends per worker
$309,771
Total
$1,032,571
Median pay, May 2025, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: computer and information systems managers, data scientists, database architects, operations research analysts and market research analysts. Pay is 70% of private employers’ compensation cost (BLS, June 2026). Software, data, cloud and recruiting are not included.
Hire a top strategy firm
$2.3M a year
A three-person data-science team at McKinsey’s federal rates passes $1 million in just over five months.
Two business analysts, data science$354.13 an hour each
$708.26/hr
Capabilities and insights expert$396.76 an hour
$396.76/hr
Team, per hour
$1,105.02/hr
Team, per 40-hour week
$44,201
Full year, 2,080 hours
$2,298,442
Ceiling rates on McKinsey & Company’s GSA schedule (contract 47QRAA22D00E3), from the GSA CALC+ database, retrieved 2026-11-13. No partner or engagement-manager time is included. Schedule rates are ceilings negotiated for federal buyers.
Or start with two questions, using data Bestway already holds.
After the readout
Live campaign test in the top marketsMonthly map and transfer refreshNext question from the list