A Production Manager’s Golden Hour is a protected hour immediately after the daily production meeting. It gives the manager time to investigate problems, follow up previous actions, spend time with people, observe production and importantly, look ahead before today’s interruptions take over. Why the daily production meeting isn’t enough The daily meeting identifies the recent […]
What Does a Manufacturing Consultant Do? Develop Leaders & Transform Productivity. A manufacturing consultant helps factories, production leaders & teams improve productivity, efficiency, and quality. We do this by; Identifying bottlenecks, Introducing realistic schedules that can be achieved, Redesigning processes to remove and reduce wasted time and effort, Coaching leaders […]
Mark Greenhouse – Manufacturing Engineer, Operations Leader and UK Manufacturing Consultant Most factories don’t miss delivery dates because people aren’t trying hard enough. They miss them because capacity, flow and management control aren’t properly understood. They suffer the symptoms daily: late deliveries, not enough output, growing backlog, overtime that isn’t delivering enough additional output, […]
Frustrated With an Underperforming Manufacturing Management Team? Turn Overwhelmed Managers into Confident Leaders You’ve got a Manufacturing Leadership team in place. You’ve had the conversations about performance. You’ve given them time to deliver. But things still aren’t working. Late Deliveries. Disengaged Staff. Constant Fire Fighting. And now you’re wondering: Can This Person Do The Job? […]
