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Compare the locations without losing their differences.

One location needs more staff; another carries higher costs. Separate reports make it hard to tell whether the difference comes from workload, process or missing records. The Forge organizes operating information by entity and location so authorized leaders can compare like measures and investigate the exceptions.

How does The Forge support businesses with multiple locations or legal entities?

Organize the records by business, entity and location, with access appropriate to the person reviewing them. Compare common measures, then inspect the underlying work where differences need explanation instead of blending unlike operations into one number.

Ask how this would run in your operation

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One connected platform, set up for this domain

Where it breaks down today

Comparing performance between two locations requires pulling data from two separate systems and reconciling it by hand.

What runs on its own

Auto-provision a new entity's operating structure from a template when a new location or brand launches.

What changes

A consolidated cross-entity view for leadership without a manual data-gathering exercise per location.

Forge — Exceptions
  • Invoice #2203 overdue

    Redwood HOA, 12 days past due

    Overdue
  • Job #1044 missing signature

    Community roofing job

    ExceptionNot in the app yet
  • Payment method declined

    Alvarez residence, retry scheduled

    ExceptionNot in the app yet

How this shows up day to day

Comparing performance between two locations requires pulling data from two separate systems and reconciling it by hand.
Leadership can't see a consolidated pipeline, revenue, or staffing view across entities without asking each location manager individually.
Best practices from a high-performing location don't transfer because there's no shared visibility into what that location is actually doing differently.
Vendor or purchasing decisions get made independently per entity, missing consolidation opportunities.
Each new location starts from scratch on process and reporting because there's no shared operating structure to inherit.
Entity-level financial and operational boundaries are unclear, creating confusion about what data should and shouldn't cross entity lines.

The information this runs on

Entity record

The legal or operational unit (location, brand, subsidiary) that owns its own customers, staff, and financials.

Cross-entity performance record

Consolidated revenue, delivery, and staffing metrics rolled up across entities for comparison.

Shared vendor / resource record

Vendors, contracts, or resources used across multiple entities, tracked once instead of duplicated per entity.

Entity access-governance record

Which roles and users can see data within one entity versus across the consolidated view.

Who touches this workflow

Leadership / Ownership

Needs a consolidated cross-entity view for strategic decisions without assembling it manually each time.

Location / Entity Managers

Run day-to-day operations within their entity; need their own operational view without leadership's full cross-entity access.

Finance

Needs entity-level financial boundaries respected while still rolling up consolidated reporting for ownership.

Operations (shared services)

Manages shared vendors, procurement, or staffing pools that span multiple entities.

Intake through improvement

  1. Intake

  2. Execution

  3. Monitoring

  4. Financial impact

  5. Improvement

  • Problems that need attention — An entity underperforming against a comparable peer, or a cross-entity resource conflict, flags for leadership review.

What surfaces automatically

An entity's performance on a key metric deviating significantly from the average across comparable entities.
A shared vendor or resource conflict between two entities' scheduling or procurement.
An entity missing a required compliance or reporting item that peer entities have completed.
Cross-entity data access outside configured governance boundaries.

What stops requiring a manual step

Auto-provision a new entity's operating structure from a template when a new location or brand launches.
Roll up consolidated performance reporting across entities automatically instead of a manual monthly assembly.
Flag underperforming entities automatically against a peer benchmark for leadership review.
Consolidate shared vendor spend across entities to surface volume-discount or renegotiation opportunities.

The systems you keep, and what they stay in charge of

Accounting platform (per entity or consolidated)

Each entity's financials can connect to its own or a consolidated accounting platform; the accounting platform keeps the official financial record for each entity.

Banking (per entity)

The cash-position view reflects each entity's connected accounts; the bank keeps the official record of actual funds.

Payroll provider

Entity-level staffing and payroll data can be reflected; the payroll provider stays in charge of pay calculation across entities.

Current, connector-by-connector integration status lives at /integrations.

What changes once this is in place

A consolidated cross-entity view for leadership without a manual data-gathering exercise per location.
Faster identification of which entities need attention and which are performing well.
A shared operating structure new entities can inherit instead of building from scratch.
Clearer entity-level data governance, so cross-entity visibility doesn't compromise appropriate boundaries.

What you control

Define entity boundaries and what data is entity-scoped versus visible in the consolidated view.
Set role-based access — entity manager, regional lead, ownership — and what each tier can see.
Configure the peer-comparison metrics used for cross-entity benchmarking.
Choose which vendor, procurement, or resource records are shared across entities versus entity-specific.

Where this shows up by industry

Other areas worth connecting

The Forge for Multi-Entity Oversight
  • A consolidated cross-entity view for leadership without a manual data-gathering exercise per location.
  • Faster identification of which entities need attention and which are performing well.
  • A shared operating structure new entities can inherit instead of building from scratch.
  • Clearer entity-level data governance, so cross-entity visibility doesn't compromise appropriate boundaries.

See exactly how The Forge would run multi-entity oversight for your operation.

Full $249 applies toward Managed Launch, an annual Core or Pro agreement, an approved integration, or migration assistance.