Two phases. One engagement.
Phase 1 — Diagnosis (3 to 4 weeks on-site)
I work directly with the CEO and the leadership team — on the floor, in the reviews, across functions — until I have a precise picture of where the operation is losing alignment and what it is costing. The output is a corrective action agenda with measurable targets and a quantified financial impact.
Not a report. A specific set of corrections, ranked by priority, each with an owner and a deadline.
Phase 2 — Corrective Implementation (up to 90 days)
I stay through implementation. Working alongside the leadership team until the corrections are embedded and the numbers are moving. Progress is measured at defined intervals against the baseline established in Phase 1.
The diagnosis determines the implementation agenda. Nothing is recommended that cannot be measured. No dependency is built. No retainer follows.
Why an outside eye
Cash leaks from the same places across manufacturing operations. Margin erodes through the same misalignments — between what was committed and what was produced, between what was planned and what was procured, between what leadership believes is happening and what is actually happening week to week.
These patterns are recognisable after thirty years across industries. They are not visible from inside the organisation — not because the internal team is not capable, but because everyone has adapted to working around them. The workaround has become the process. The process has become invisible.
Finding the fault precisely — and putting a number on it — is work that requires someone with no history in the organisation and no stake in its politics.
What this engagement is not
It is not a software selection or implementation project. It is not a remote or advisory-only arrangement. A junior team does not deliver it. It is not an open-ended retainer. It does not propose new headcount as the solution.
If any of those are what is being sought, this is not the right engagement.
If the operation is underperforming and the internal team has not been able to isolate the cause — a 30-minute conversation is enough to know whether this engagement is the right fit.