Fix the process first.
Then the numbers follow.
Lean enterprise consulting for manufacturers, distributors and any small business where the work moves through steps. I come in, see how the work really flows, and help your team take the waste out of it — with training and coaching that outlast the visit.
Shorter lead times
Work stops sitting in queues. Orders move through faster without adding people.
Less firefighting
Standard work and clear signals mean fewer daily surprises and fewer expedites.
More capacity, same building
Better flow and layout usually free up space and hours you already pay for.
Buy-in from the floor
Improvements come from the people doing the work, so they actually stick.
Three ways to start.
Most companies begin with a one-day assessment, then decide how far they want to take it. Prices below are starting ranges.
One-Day Assessment
A fresh set of eyes on the floor.
I walk your operation the way your product does — receiving to shipping — talk to the people doing the work, and leave you with a plain-English picture of where time, money and effort are leaking out.
- Full walkthrough of the operation with your team
- Where the bottlenecks and waste actually are
- Quick wins you can start on the same week
- A prioritized improvement plan, ranked by payback
- Written summary and a follow-up review call
Supervisor & Team Training
Give your leads the tools, not just the lecture.
Practical training done on your floor with your product, not a hotel conference room. Supervisors and team leads learn the habits that keep improvements alive after I leave.
- 5S and workplace organization
- Standard work and visual management
- Structured problem solving and root cause
- Running a kaizen event start to finish
- Daily huddles and simple performance boards
- Workbooks and templates your team keeps
Transformation Coaching
Change that is still there a year later.
Ongoing, hands-on coaching over several months. We pick the right targets, work them with your team, build the discipline to hold the gains, and grow leaders inside your own business.
- Current and future state value stream mapping
- A rolling improvement plan with owners and dates
- Regular on-site coaching days with your leaders
- Metrics that mean something to the shop floor
- Layout, flow and changeover improvements
- Handover so your team can run it without me
Two decades on the floor, not in a slide deck.
Twenty-plus years running and improving real manufacturing and distribution operations — the kind where the schedule slips, the line goes down, and somebody still has to ship tonight. That is the experience your team gets, backed by formal lean and supply chain education.
- 20+ years in manufacturing and distribution operations
- Purdue University — Organizational Leadership, focused on Lean Manufacturing
- Mississippi State University — Lean certification
- MIT — Executive Supply Chain Management
When the process needs a tool
Sometimes the fix is a whiteboard and a better standard. Sometimes it needs software — a quoting tool, a work order tracker, a scheduling board. Because we build custom systems too, the tool gets built around the improved process instead of freezing the old one in place.