Operational
turnaround.

Years of experience evaluating existing production operations that aren't delivering the expected or required throughput and making the necessary adjustments to meet performance targets.

Years of experience evaluating existing production operations that aren't delivering the expected or required throughput and making the necessary adjustments to meet performance targets.

Operational turnaround takes on
many different appearances.

Operational turnaround takes on
many different appearances.

Operational turnaround takes on many different appearances.

We tune the solution based on the nature of our client's pain point.

We tune the solution based on the nature of our client's pain point.

Crisis management

We make it impossible to ship a bad part, then we make it impossible to make a bad part. All while making it sustainable to supply the right parts at the right quality level.

Crisis management

We make it impossible to ship a bad part, then we make it impossible to make a bad part. All while making it sustainable to supply the right parts at the right quality level.

Crisis management

We make it impossible to ship a bad part, then we make it impossible to make a bad part. All while making it sustainable to supply the right parts at the right quality level.

Operational improvement

Eliminating micro stops while implementing and training for "Managing Daily Improvement" discipline changes running your operation from the precision of steering a boat to steering a car. Solid. Predictable.

Operational improvement

Eliminating micro stops while implementing and training for "Managing Daily Improvement" discipline changes running your operation from the precision of steering a boat to steering a car. Solid. Predictable.

Operational improvement

Eliminating micro stops while implementing and training for "Managing Daily Improvement" discipline changes running your operation from the precision of steering a boat to steering a car. Solid. Predictable.

Organizational development

We value stream map your enterprise from order-to-invoice, create SIPOCs to manage handoffs, and document standard work to make running your business boring and predictable.

Organizational development

We value stream map your enterprise from order-to-invoice, create SIPOCs to manage handoffs, and document standard work to make running your business boring and predictable.

Organizational development

We value stream map your enterprise from order-to-invoice, create SIPOCs to manage handoffs, and document standard work to make running your business boring and predictable.

Product launches

We hit reset, create a credible plan, and lead your team to execute the plan with respect to the critical path. Smooth launches with emphasis on eliminating expensive containment and premium freight are our specialty.

Product launches

We hit reset, create a credible plan, and lead your team to execute the plan with respect to the critical path. Smooth launches with emphasis on eliminating expensive containment and premium freight are our specialty.

Product launches

We hit reset, create a credible plan, and lead your team to execute the plan with respect to the critical path. Smooth launches with emphasis on eliminating expensive containment and premium freight are our specialty.

Time is of the essence during an operational crisis. We've led transformations as leaders in the industry and as consultants on projects like yours.  We join your team as advocates for solutions who are unencumbered by the series of events that resulted in the opportunity for improvement.

Time is of the essence during an operational crisis. We've led transformations as leaders in the industry and as consultants on projects like yours.  We join your team as advocates for solutions who are unencumbered by the series of events that resulted in the opportunity for improvement.

We have experience with throughput, quality or efficiency results falling short of predicted expectations for a new launch or something has changed and a previously successful process or operation starts to be plagued with delivery, efficiency, or quality performance issues.

We have experience with throughput, quality or efficiency results falling short of predicted expectations for a new launch or something has changed and a previously successful process or operation starts to be plagued with delivery, efficiency, or quality performance issues.

Our methods.

Our methods.

Our methods.

Our experience ​gathering data, problem solving and accountability to drive actions get's results.

Instead of the "ready, FIRE, aim" approach, we progress through: observe, classify, measure, sequence, infer, predict, and communicate.  Using decades of experience, we gather data with focused shop floor tools and create a simple dashboard that displays all of the following at a glance:

01

Discovery

Learn bill-of-materials. Perform a Rapid Plant Assessment. Investigate component, WIP, and finished goods inventory. Study org charts, current production data, and capacity assumptions. Review customer scorecard.

01

Discovery

Learn bill-of-materials. Perform a Rapid Plant Assessment. Investigate component, WIP, and finished goods inventory. Study org charts, current production data, and capacity assumptions. Review customer scorecard.

01

Discovery

Learn bill-of-materials. Perform a Rapid Plant Assessment. Investigate component, WIP, and finished goods inventory. Study org charts, current production data, and capacity assumptions. Review customer scorecard.

02

Containment

Whether it’s adding process steps to look for or fix issues or adding extra, temporary resources on the line until the standard work can be modified to achieve the desired results, we do what we can to get good parts, in the right quantities, out the door until permanent solutions can be implemented.

02

Containment

Whether it’s adding process steps to look for or fix issues or adding extra, temporary resources on the line until the standard work can be modified to achieve the desired results, we do what we can to get good parts, in the right quantities, out the door until permanent solutions can be implemented.

02

Containment

Whether it’s adding process steps to look for or fix issues or adding extra, temporary resources on the line until the standard work can be modified to achieve the desired results, we do what we can to get good parts, in the right quantities, out the door until permanent solutions can be implemented.

03

Solve

We calmly get back to basics and implement daily start-up huddles, visual management tools, daily accountability meetings to drive issues to closure, and leader standard work to get the benefit of layered daily management walks for active engagement from all levels of the org chart.

03

Solve

We calmly get back to basics and implement daily start-up huddles, visual management tools, daily accountability meetings to drive issues to closure, and leader standard work to get the benefit of layered daily management walks for active engagement from all levels of the org chart.

03

Solve

We calmly get back to basics and implement daily start-up huddles, visual management tools, daily accountability meetings to drive issues to closure, and leader standard work to get the benefit of layered daily management walks for active engagement from all levels of the org chart.

04

Train

As the solutions provide stability, we train the client on their new processes. First, by having them shadow our efforts. Then by working together. Finally, it’s us shadowing them until client stability is confirmed.

04

Train

As the solutions provide stability, we train the client on their new processes. First, by having them shadow our efforts. Then by working together. Finally, it’s us shadowing them until client stability is confirmed.

04

Train

As the solutions provide stability, we train the client on their new processes. First, by having them shadow our efforts. Then by working together. Finally, it’s us shadowing them until client stability is confirmed.

05

Transition

During the training phase, we prepare work-package handoff playbooks to specifically define each action or behavior required to sustain success and secure our client matched pair agreement that we have delivered.

05

Transition

During the training phase, we prepare work-package handoff playbooks to specifically define each action or behavior required to sustain success and secure our client matched pair agreement that we have delivered.

05

Transition

During the training phase, we prepare work-package handoff playbooks to specifically define each action or behavior required to sustain success and secure our client matched pair agreement that we have delivered.

We have experience solving issues with throughput, quality, or efficiency results falling short of expectations on a new launch and, also, when something has changed and a previously successful process starts to yield delivery, efficiency, or quality issues.

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work
together?

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Get tangible results with action-led consulting.

We don’t just diagnose problems; we fix them. Our team engages directly with your operations to implement sustainable solutions that keep you on schedule and on budget.