How it works
Three steps. Your tools. Your team runs it.
Every engagement follows the same path. We start on your floor, build on what you already own, and finish when your team runs the system without us.
Step 1: Walk the floor
- What happens
- We walk your floor with you and the people who run it. We follow the work from order to shipment and look for the one place where it waits. Then we estimate what that constraint costs you.
- What you get
- The one constraint on your margin, named, with an estimate of what it costs. Written in plain language.
- What your team does
- Walk with us and answer questions. Show us the boards, spreadsheets and reports you already use.
Step 2: Build it on your tools
- What happens
- We connect demand, plan, people, hours and cost. We build on the spreadsheets, exports and time clock data you already have. Your team helps build it, so they understand how it works.
- What you get
- A simple system you own. It shows true cost by job and shift, every week.
- What your team does
- Your operations lead and a few key people work with us. They learn to update the system and read it.
Step 3: Run the cadence
- What happens
- Your team runs a short daily huddle from the system. Problems show up in the huddle, not at month-end. We check in monthly to keep the data honest.
- What you get
- Data that stays honest, and a team that acts on it every day.
- What your team does
- Run the huddle every day and fix what it shows. Tell us when a number stops making sense.
What we build on
Nothing new to buy.
- Spreadsheets you already use
- ERP or scheduling exports
- Time clock data
- Whiteboards and production boards
- Shared drives
Where AI fits
AI is a layer, not the headline.
AI is one layer, used only where it saves your team time, for example drafting reports or flagging exceptions, and only once the data is ready. The system works without it.
How we know we are done
Your team runs the daily huddle without us.
We do not finish with a report on a shelf. We finish when your people run the system on their own.
Book a floor walk.
We walk your floor together and find the one constraint holding your margin back.