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Expertise

Four questions, not a service catalogue.

Each practice area starts from a condition a plant recognises rather than from a discipline name. They are connected on purpose: flow problems are usually supply or management-system problems seen from a different angle.

  • 01

    Throughput, flow and constraint removal

    We work on the physics of the production system: where work queues, why it queues, and what changes when the constraint moves. The objective is a shop that can state its true capacity and defend a promise date.

    Conditions we hear first

    • Promise dates are set by negotiation rather than by capacity
    • Overtime rises without a matching rise in shipped volume
    • Work-in-process accumulates in front of the same cells every week
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  • 02

    Supply network continuity and sourcing structure

    We map where material actually comes from, including beyond tier one, and where a single interruption becomes a stopped line. Work covers sourcing structure, inventory positioning and the commercial terms that carry risk.

    Conditions we hear first

    • Expediting is a full-time role rather than an exception
    • Sub-tier origin of critical components is unknown
    • Safety stock is set by habit rather than by demand and lead-time variability
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  • 03

    Manufacturing footprint and capacity planning

    Footprint work asks what the network should make, where, and at what volume before it asks for a building. We test capacity assumptions, load balance across sites and the operational cost of moving work.

    Conditions we hear first

    • Capacity is quoted in machine hours nobody has validated
    • Two sites quietly duplicate the same process
    • A capital case rests on a utilisation figure with no measurement behind it
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  • 04

    Operating model and daily management systems

    The management system is what decides whether a change survives. We work on the meeting cadence, the escalation path, the measures on the board and the accountability behind them, from supervisor level upward.

    Conditions we hear first

    • Daily meetings review yesterday without changing today
    • Boards on the floor are maintained for visitors
    • Escalation depends on which manager is available
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Sector conditions change what any of this means

The same practice area behaves differently in a high-mix machine shop and in a continuous building-products plant. Sector context is written separately for that reason.