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As expert strategic planning facilitators and consultants, we have developed manufacturing strategies and business plans for dozens of manufacturing companies, including several close-tolerance aerospace clients, and operations with lean manufacturing capabilities.
We are well-schooled in six sigma and other quality-related manufacturing systems and best practices. Our manufacturing clients are interested in managing demand, engineering, throughput, quality and defects.
Strategic planning is critical for manufacturing companies, given the severe cycles that plague the industry. While the cycle can differ from the economic cycle (sometimes lagging for two to three years), manufacturing companies must be adept at expanding during booms and retracting during busts.
Hiring qualified workers has become a particular challenge for companies trying to scale. Within our strategic planning engagements, we focus both on business planning that builds revenue and on resource constraints that can provide barriers to growth. Labor and managing subs have become key barriers to growth during upcycles, and our team has supported many companies seeking to improve their methodology.
As expert strategic planning facilitators and consultants, we have assisted clients who achieved extraordinary outcomes.
Partial Client List
- Air Waves LLC
- American Bright LED
- Apperson
- Bal Seal
- CAP Logistics
- Convaid
- Custom Pipe
- Dancker
- Diamond Mattress
- Esco Plastics
- Fralock Corporation
- Hardin Optical
- Industrial Valco
- Machine Specialties
- Pro Services
- Quality Packaging
- Ray Products
- Ryonet
- Sandmeyer
- Servicon
- Shepard Bros
- Signature Transport
- Southern California Manufacturing Group
- Stratasys Direct Manufacturing
- Superior Industries International (NYSE)
- TouchUpDirect
- Warmelin Precision
- Warne Mounts
- Wesco Aircraft
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The Strategy Page: Making Money Edition
American corporations are having a moment. S&P 500 companies achieved 30% earnings growth in the third quarter, the third straight quarter of 25+% growth. On October 6th, the S&P 500 closed at a record above 7,800, its 28th all-time high of the year.
The Strategy Page: Free Market Edition
Don’t believe what you hear on the 6 o’clock news about the end of capitalism.
As responsible capitalists, we believe regulation has its place, and markets need guardrails. But leave markets with the latitude to adjust and they respond faster than any government possibly could.
The Strategy Page: Show Me the Money Edition
The AI narrative is changing before our very eyes. There is no longer a debate on whether it’s useful. In recent days, the focus has been on security, and AI threatening the human race. But there is another reality brewing. We are in a token war, and the implications for our economy are consequential.