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Industrial & Manufacturing

Production, working capital and customer commitments have to fit the same plan. We help industrial businesses prepare for growth or an ownership transition.

The context

Make the operating picture usable.

For a manufacturer or industrial operator, an expansion plan is only as useful as the information behind it.

Capacity constraints, purchasing decisions, and delivery performance need to be visible to the people making commitments.

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Typical starting points

When production, cash, and promises have to fit one plan.

01

Planning for growth

Connect capacity and purchasing assumptions to the financial plan.

02

An ownership transition

Name the owners of the work involved in a succession or acquisition integration.

03

Preparing for funding or a sale

Assemble the operating evidence behind the business case.

Work we can take on

Practical work on the shop floor and in the back office.

Targets are assessed against the company’s own information. They do not depend on promising a particular valuation or productivity gain.

  • 01

    Process review

    Bottlenecks and unclear responsibilities identified in production and back-office work.

  • 02

    Linked assumptions

    Capacity, purchasing, and inventory connected to the financial plan.

  • 03

    A succession or integration plan

    Named owners for each piece of the work.

  • 04

    Systems requirements

    Business-system and reporting requirements defined before implementation.

  • 05

    Diligence evidence

    Process documentation and management reports.

  • 06

    An improvement plan

    Practical steps, sequenced and owned.

Prepare the company for diligence.

When funding or a sale is being considered, we help assemble the operating evidence behind the business case.

The commercial model

How the work is paid for.

Our engagement model sets out how executive time, agreed fees, and payment arrangements are handled.

Two engineers inspecting a metal part on a workbench.

Relevant services

The next conversation

Bring us the operating problem.

Tell us what the business produces, what is changing and where the current plan is falling short.