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Diagnostic Sprint
A focused 2-4 week engagement to find the real constraint and hand you a clear picture of what's actually happening.
Consulting
Often the problem isn't a secret. It's the quiet constraint everyone's been managing around instead of naming.
I spent seven years in corporate manufacturing watching leadership make process decisions with no floor-level knowledge, on people who had the answers and were never asked. I watched a four-person team outproduce a seven-person team because nobody had gotten in their way. I left after seven years of watching communication and respect erode until the process did too. That's the constraint I look for now. Some engagements stay traditional. Some involve AI and automation. Most involve some of each.
What I've actually built
One system led to many.
The traveler and BOM system was one piece. Since then: a quality control system built from nothing, a warehouse tracking setup that makes any of three thousand parts findable in seconds, and process sheets that keep custom-build quality consistent regardless of who's on the line that day. I've also run into the same move every time real improvement gets proposed: someone explains why the normal rules don't apply here. That's the exact kind of constraint I now get paid to find and name in other people's companies.
Two tracks
Systems & Operations
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Full Engagement
Diagnosis plus implementation. We build the fix alongside you, not just point at it.
03
Advisory Retainer
Ongoing monthly access once the structure's in place and something changes.
AI & Automation
01
AI Workflow Audit
A 2-3 week look at where AI or automation could actually help, and where it can't.
02
AI Implementation
Custom automation built around your actual process, not a generic tool bolted on.
03
AI Operations Retainer
Ongoing support as the systems we build need adjusting, retraining, or expanding.
How I run an engagement
RELOAD methodology
I run every engagement through the same cycle.
Every cycle's results become the next cycle's starting data. That's what makes the work compound instead of restart.
If something's been managed around instead of solved, the honest conversation is the first step.
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