Amanda Fisher - Australia's Margin Optimiser for Manufacturing Business

About Amanda Fisher— The Margin Optimiser

Turning Factory Floor Chaos Into Financial Clarity

Food manufacturing is complex. Fast-paced. Capital-intensive. And increasingly squeezed from every direction: labour shortages, rising input prices, retailer demands, machine downtime, compliance… the list never ends.

Most owners feel stuck between two worlds:
Operations that never stop moving and financials that never tell the full story.

That’s where I come in.

I’m Amanda Fisher - The Margin Optimiser, a Chartered Accountant and Operational Finance expert who helps Australian food manufacturers take control of their margins, eliminate hidden leaks, and create predictable, stable profitability without needing to become an expert accountant.

My Mission

“To create a world where food manufacturers have the clarity, margin stability, and operational control to grow profits confidently without burnout, guesswork or financial stress. Because when you optimise margins, you don’t just save money.
You unlock capacity, cash, confidence and profits.”

My Work Is About One Thing: Control

Manufacturers don’t need more spreadsheets, more reports, or more pressure.
They need clarity, the kind that turns production data into decisive, confident action.

My specialty is bridging the gap between factory operations and financial performance, giving owners and operations leaders the visibility they’ve never had before.

With the right systems in place, you can finally answer questions like:

  • Where exactly are we losing margin?

  • Which machines, shifts or processes are dragging performance down

  • How do we grow without hiring more people or buying more equipment?

  • How do we fund the next stage of expansion without stretching cashflow

This is the space I live in, the intersection of production, costing, capacity, cash and profits.

Why I Do This Work

Over the past two decades I’ve seen one truth play out over and over:

Good manufacturers don’t fail because they’re bad at what they do.
They fail because they don’t have visibility over where their money is really made and where it’s lost.

I’ve rebuilt struggling businesses, redesigned costing systems, fixed failing cashflow structures, and helped family-owned manufacturers break through plateaus they’d faced for years.

My own business journey taught me the importance of operational control. At one point I had to reinvent my entire firm from the ground up; navigating through staff changes, restructuring systems, and rebuilding my financial base. That experience taught me what manufacturers feel daily:

You can’t grow profits without control.
You can’t have control without clarity.
And clarity starts with knowing your real margin drivers.

What Makes Me Different

Most advisors focus on compliance, bookkeeping, or cost-cutting theory.
I focus on operational finance, the reality of how a factory runs.

My approach combines:
✔ Accounting expertise
✔ Capacity planning
✔ Costing system redesign
✔ Production workflow analysis
✔ Factory-floor visibility
✔ Margin modelling
✔ Practical, no-nonsense advice manufacturers can act on immediately

I don’t sit in a boardroom reading reports.
I get into the operations.
I break down complexity.
And I show you exactly what is draining your margins and how to fix it, fast.

How I Work With Manufacturers

I’ve built a structured, proven process that makes improvement simple and highly targeted:

1. Measure - Identify hidden leaks and margin risks
2. Analyse - Prioritise the highest-impact fixes
3. Optimise - Introduce operational and financial improvements
4. Monitor - Build real-time visibility for ongoing performance
5. Reinforce - Ensure consistent margins and increase profits

Whether it’s labour efficiency, machine downtime, costing accuracy, or throughput optimisation, I help you create stability today and consistent margins and profits for the future.

Next Step: Start With the Operational Health Scorecard

Before we solve your margin challenges, we first need to find them.

Get your 5-Point Operational Health Scorecard AND Find your #1 Hidden Margin Leak and the Fastest Way to Fix it.

download the scorecard here

Book an Operational Clarity Session (you will be invited to book this session after completing your scorecard).