Levantar | UK Manufacturing Experts

Levantar are UK Manufacturing Consultants helping factories improve output, efficiency and leadership.

We deliver Factory Diagnostics, Lean Solutions, Coaching and Operational Strategy Consulting to manufacturers across the UK.

Our Manufacturing Advisor service is built on over 30 years of production management experience across a range of industrial sectors. 

Is Your Factory Always Firefighting? 

r Late deliveries affecting customers?
r Production bottlenecks which stop you?
r Inefficient processes which never get better?
r Teams working overtime just to keep up?
r Departments blame each other for production problems?
r Manufacturing Leaders not stepping up?
r Making investments that don't seem to help? 

We help businesses achieve...

✅ 20%+ more output without additional staff
✅ 50% reduction in lead times
✅ 100% on-time delivery performance – get orders out of the door
✅ Predictable production schedules
✅ Managers who step up and develop
✅ Growth Plans that deliver the sales potential

What it feels like to improve….

✅ Weekends and evenings spent worrying about production, stops
✅ Relief from daily fire fighting
✅ Potential of the business and people being realised
✅ No more dreading customer calls
✅ A journey, a plan that the business can finally deliver

Factory Performance Diagnostic Reviews

Need clarity on where to focus your factory improvement efforts?

Clarity on where your Manufacturing Process - from Sales Order, Planning, Purchasing, Production to Dispatch can be improved.

Get an objective assessment of your operations flow. Identify your biggest opportunities and create a plan for sustainable growth.

A 2 year plan and roadmap which identifies the biggest wins, first.

Learn About Our Factory Performance Diagnostic Reviews →

Develop Your Leaders

Your managers aren't delivering the results you need?

You've thought about replacing them, again. You've invested in them but they haven't stepped up.

Build internal capability that sustains improvements long after external support ends.

Give them the knowledge of the 7 Manufacturing Leadership Hats they'll be wearing. Perfect for businesses investing in their leadership pipeline.

Discover Our Manufacturing Leadership Coaching And Mentoring →

Eliminate Wasted Time, Effort & Frustration

Your team knows the problems - but can't fix them alone?

Turn daily frustrations into systematic improvements. Perfect for businesses ready to implement proven lean manufacturing methodologies with hands-on coaching.

Especially for those who want to re-boot, re-energise stalled improvement programs.

The service you want to explore if you're looking for a 5S program, an audit of your prior lean improvements.

Explore Our Lean Manufacturing Programs →

What is Your Operations, Manufacturing Strategy?

You want to plan the future. You can see growth, new opportunities, new markets...

When daily issues are under control, it’s time to look ahead.

Our operational strategy consulting helps manufacturers plan for sustainable growth. Aligning teams, training, processes, and technology so your factory runs profitably now and in the future.

Learn About Our Operations Strategy Consulting →

You can learn more about the 30 years of experience that we've distilled into these services for manufacturing firms by visiting our Manufacturing Consulting information page..

And you can find more information about Lean Production Systems if you're not sure what that means.

The Challenges our Industrial Consulting Services Solve...

✅ Constant Firefighting and late orders
✅ Shrinking margins despite strong sales 
✅ Stressed teams and overworked managers (and owners) 
✅ Processes that no longer work for a business that has grown
✅ Systems and Processes that can be followed and work
✅ Sustainable growth without burnout
✅ Managers who step up and develop
✅ Growth Plans that deliver the sales potential
✅ Sustainable growth without burnout

If that sounds familiar, we can find the root causes and fix them for good. 

Results our clients uncover.....

✅ 240 year old business learnt how to improve an assembly process, doubling the output.

✅ An electrical assembly team slashed the manufacturing time for items from 10 days to 2 days and caught up with late orders and removed overtime panics.

✅ Leading Electronics manufacturer discovered how, using lean manufacturing to increase machines made a month from 7 to 12 in just 3 months. 

✅ CNC and Welding metal team improved changeovers, gaining 2 hours per day, per CNC machine.

✅ Fabrication company uncovered improvements to Scheduling & Procurement, increasing output by 60% in just 3 weeks.  

✅ Leading machinery manufacturer with a three month backlog needed urgent interim management cover. Support was provided, a new management team recruited and a Quality focus initiated. Record sales & revenues were the result. 

✅ Test & Commission process re-organised, enabling a company to deliver an increase of 33% in the whole factory output in just 2 months. 

✅ Global digital machinery manufacturer lost 3 manufacturing leaders in 2 weeks. We stepped in, listened, observed, provided strategic direction. Order lead time was cut by 54% and sales were able to introduce new products and revenue increased to record levels.  

Ready To Regain Control of Your Manufacturing Factory?

BOOK A FREE DIAGNOSTIC CALL.   

CALL MARK on 07712 669396 or drop him a line mark@levantar.co.uk.