Beta available • Free access

Instant economics for R&D decisions.

TEA Navigator helps you quantify the financial impact of ingredient, process, and equipment choices - fast. Build credible economics for COGS, or extend to full P&L + Cash Flow when needed.

What‑If scenarios & comparisons
Sensitivity analysis & optimization
Dashboards for R&D, IE & investors
All‑in‑one platform (not spreadsheets)
TEA Navigator overview slide

The problem TEA Navigator solves

Many R&D programs make ingredient, process, and equipment decisions without visibility into the financial impact. Traditional TEA is often slow, Excel-based, inconsistent, and requires heavy finance support.

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Slow & resource‑heavy

Economic modeling happens late, after significant time and money have already been invested.

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Fragile spreadsheets

Models vary by author, lack standard structure, and are hard to maintain or compare across projects.

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Misalignment

R&D, engineering, finance, and leadership often don’t share a common “economic language” early enough.

How TEA Navigator works in practice

A practical TEA workflow that supports Agile iteration - without heavy overhead.

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Pick unit operations Select the key steps in your process (mixing, cooking, drying, packaging, etc.).
2
Create a block flow diagram Map the process quickly to create a shared structure for technical and financial discussion.
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Update block properties Capture inputs, yields, energy, labor, equipment, and waste in a consistent unit‑operation framework.
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Review COGS or extend to P&L + Cash Flow Established organizations often start with COGS; startups typically need P&L + Cash Flow for viability and investor readiness.
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Run sensitivity analysis & What‑If comparisons Identify key cost drivers, optimize, and compare alternatives (yields, scale, staffing, utilities, equipment options).

Screenshots

A few views from the current beta version.

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