Operational Performance Improvement

Common issues we solve:‍

1. Capacity issues on key processes
2. Poor service performance, or long lead times
3. Falling short of cost reduction targets
4. Process design and/or requirements for a digital transformation
5. Lack of operational maturity
6. Low productivity
7. Limited capacity planning and understanding areas of over and under capacity
8. Problems measuring and/or understanding performance and creating the right incentives

Example projects:‍

1. Operational excellence assessment
2. Process simplification and standardisation
3. Productivity uplift across teams and functions
4. Training and change management

Enterprise Margin Uplift

Common issues we solve:

1. Margin pressure from stalling revenue growth and rising cost across the business
2. Cost reduction efforts are reactive, addressing symptoms rather than the underlying drivers
3. A complex product portfolio creating downstream inefficiencies that erode margin and service
4. Commercial, finance and supply chain teams not aligned on portfolio strategy and trade-offs
5. Limited visibility of where value is truly created and destroyed
6. Resource and capital allocation decisions made without a clear view of where returns are highest

Example projects:‍

1. Cross-functional cost review
2. Customer and product profitability analysis
3. Target operating model design
4. Initiative design, prioritisation, and execution support

Supply Chain and Working Capital Optimisation

Common issues we solve:

1. Costs and service levels both trending in the wrong direction at the same time
2. Working capital tied up in excess inventory with no clear plan to release it
3. A supply chain network that has grown organically and is no longer fit for current purpose
4. Unclear where to focus investment and effort to generate the greatest supply chain return
5. Disruptions keep surfacing issues that could and should have been anticipated and prevented
6. Core supply chain processes too slow, too manual, and creating risk rather than reducing it

Example projects:‍

1. Supply chain strategy and operating model design
2. Network design and capacity planning
3. Inventory optimisation and working capital improvement
4. Manufacturing excellence and labour productivity

Capital Projects and Asset Advisory

Common issues we solve:

1. A manufacturing footprint that is too highly utilised, or too low, or not fit for current purpose
2. A good strategic idea, but no defined business case to justify the investment
3. A constraint on capital budget, but a abundance of business ambitions
4. A large capital investment coming up, but lack of structure or governance in each project stage
5. A legacy site footprint requiring expansion or change vs competing business priorities
6. Poor availability performance and high maintenance cost
7. A new business acquisition requiring an assessment of asset capability and risk

Example projects:‍

1. Manufacturing footprint strategy development
2. Site masterplan or factory (expansion) design
3. Capital budgeting, business case and project management governance
4. Operational readiness (vertical start up) for new factories
5. Maintenance performance improvement