What Does a Manufacturing Consultant Do? | Levantar UK

A manufacturing consultant helps factories, production leaders & teams improve productivity, efficiency, and quality.

First by identifying bottlenecks, introduce schedules that can be achieved, helping redesigning processes, and coaching leaders.

At Levantar, our clients typically see 20–35% output improvements in 2-3 months without adding headcount.

Key Outcomes

• Shorter lead times and smoother flow

• Higher throughput and capacity

• Stronger quality and fewer defects

• Leaders who run teams proactively, not reactively

• Less stress coupled with the ability to grow the business

STABLISE

Prevent Your Manufacturing Output From Getting Worse; Make Costs, Quality, Delivery Dates Predictable

OPTIMISE

Making Your Operations As Productive, Efficient & Cost Effective As Possible

GROWTH

Enable Your Manufacturing Leaders & Teams to Deliver Your Business Growth Targets

How We Do It (Our 4-Step Method)

Step 1 — Diagnose the Problems

We start with a Factory Diagnosis Review. It's an assessment to understand your challenges, quickly oversee your processes, KPIs, and bottlenecks. You'll get a report with a time line of improvements listed in orders of what to deal with first. In an order that deals with your biggest challenges first.

Step 2 — Design Better Flow

We re-engineer your scheduling and key workflows. When week in week out you aren't delivering on time, it's likely that your scheduling needs to be reviewed. We find the bottleneck, get it moving. Introduce visual management, and begin helping your team to reduce wasted time and effort.

Step 3 — Develop Your Leaders

We train supervisors to run daily huddles, coach their teams, and develop plans to manage their own workload. The majority of Manufacturing Leaders are looking for training and development - 66% according to Make UK. 

Manufacturing Managers are often technically trained but no one has ever told them about the 7 management Hats they wear every day. We have a specific Coaching and Mentoring For Manufacturing Leaders service.

Step 4 — Deliver Measurable Gains

We install routines, dashboards and reviews that sustain improvements month after month.

Why would a company hire a manufacturing consultant?

To help fix recurring productivity issues, late deliveries, reduce waste, and accelerate growth without relying on overtime or extra staff. The also hire manufacturing consultants because of the experience and external view they can bring.

What problems do manufacturing consultants solve?

Common issues we encounter include missed delivery targets, bottlenecks in production, quality issues, skills problems and an inability to grow. We often discover frontline leaders stuck in firefighting mode and factory owners stressed from having to get too involved. All of these can be solved.

How quickly can results be seen?

Most factories notice visible improvements in delivery times in 4-6 weeks, with sustainable cultural change embedded in 2-3 months. Training and coaching manager to wear the 7 Hats of Manufacturing confidently does take longer.

How much will a Manufacturing Consultant cost?

If you're worried about the cost. How much is it worth to get 20% more work out with no extra labour costs? How much is it worth to deliver work on time to your customers? How much is it worth to finally deliver your growth plans without needing new premises or machinery?

Want practical help improving your factory’s performance?

Learn more about our Manufacturing Consultant services here