Consulting Services Agreement

Cascade Partners and Aldergrove Manufacturing

This agreement records the terms under which Cascade Partners will deliver the engagement known internally as Project Northlight. It is issued by Dana Whitfield, Engagement Lead, and countersigned by Marcus Oyelaran.

1. Scope of work

Cascade Partners will review the current order-to-cash process at Aldergrove Manufacturing, identify the constraints limiting throughput, and deliver a prioritised remediation plan with an implementation roadmap.

The engagement covers the following workstreams:

•Process discovery across order intake, fulfilment and invoicing

•Data analysis of eighteen months of transaction history

•Constraint modelling and options appraisal

•A remediation roadmap with sequencing and effort estimates

2. Schedule

The vendor shall deliver the completed remediation plan by 30 June 2026.

Interim findings will be presented at the end of each workstream. The client will provide feedback within five working days of each presentation.

2.1 Milestones

Milestone

Owner

Workstream

Discovery complete

Dana Whitfield

Process discovery

Analysis complete

Marcus Oyelaran

Data analysis

Draft roadmap

Dana Whitfield

Constraint modelling

Final plan delivered

Dana Whitfield

Remediation roadmap

3. Fees

The total contract value is 120,000 USD, payable in three instalments.

Invoices are issued on milestone acceptance and are payable within thirty days. Expenses are billed at cost and require prior written approval.

4. Change control

Either party may request a change to the scope, schedule or fees. A change takes effect only once both parties have signed a written change note recording its impact on each of the three.