Executive Capability,
Precisely Deployed.

Fractional Chief Operating Officer

The fractional COO engagement is our most deployed service — and the most transformative. We step into the operational command structure of your organization as a full-authority COO, typically two to four days per week, and own the manufacturing floor, supply chain, quality systems, and production planning function.

This is not consulting. There is no report at the end. There is a standup at 7 AM, a production meeting at noon, and a supplier call at 3 PM. We are accountable to your EBITDA, your on-time delivery rate, and your team's ability to execute without us the moment the engagement ends.

The fractional model is ideal for growth-stage manufacturers, PE-backed companies during the first 18 months post-acquisition, and organizations navigating leadership transitions that cannot afford a six-month executive search.

• Full operational authority with direct report accountability
• Structured KPI dashboards and weekly executive reporting
• Scalable time commitment — typically 2 to 4 days per week
• Ideal for companies between $10M and $200M in revenue
• Built-in knowledge transfer protocol to internal successors

Fractional Chief Executive Officer

When a company requires full C-suite authority — board alignment, investor relations, strategic pivots, or organizational restructuring — the fractional CEO engagement provides that capability without the twelve-to-eighteen month hiring cycle.

We are deployed as acting CEO in situations including founder-to-professional-management transitions, distressed company stabilizations, and pre-sale optimization for private equity exits. We hold the seat with full accountability and work alongside existing leadership to build the institutional capacity that supports a permanent successor.

• Full CEO authority including board representation and investor interface
• Strategic planning, capital allocation, and organizational restructuring
• Succession-oriented: we build toward your permanent leadership model
• Deployed across $20M to $600M manufacturing organizations
• Available on a retainer, project, or interim basis

Post-Merger Integration & PMI Leadership

The 100 days following a manufacturing acquisition are where deal value is made or destroyed. Most acquirers underestimate the operational complexity of integrating two manufacturing organizations — different ERP systems, different quality cultures, different supplier relationships, different labor agreements.

We lead post-merger integration as the dedicated PMI executive, embedded on-site and accountable for delivering the synergies that justified the purchase price. Our methodology addresses operational integration, cultural alignment, and systems consolidation in parallel — because sequential integration is a luxury manufacturing companies cannot afford.

• Day-one readiness planning and integration roadmap development
• Operational systems consolidation (ERP, QMS, MES)
• Supply chain rationalization and dual-source elimination
• Culture integration and organizational design
• Synergy tracking with board-ready reporting
• Available as standalone PMI lead or in conjunction with fractional COO

Manufacturing Business Turnaround

Distressed manufacturing operations share common failure patterns: deteriorating margins, schedule delinquency, quality escapes, customer attrition, and organizational paralysis. The turnaround playbook is not theoretical for us — it is our most practiced engagement type.

We enter with speed, deploy a structured diagnostic in the first two weeks, and present a stabilization plan with hard milestones and defined accountability. We do not build consensus before acting. We act, measure, and report. The organizations that survive turnarounds are the ones that stop debating and start executing.

• 72-hour operational diagnostic on engagement initiation
• Cash flow stabilization and working capital optimization
• Customer communication and delivery recovery planning
• Organizational restructuring and accountability redesign
• Vendor and creditor negotiation support
• Path-to-profitability tracking with weekly stakeholder reporting

Lean Six Sigma & Operational Excellence

Lean Six Sigma is not a training program. In our engagements, it is a structured methodology for permanently eliminating the operational friction that limits throughput, drives up cost, and erodes customer confidence.

We deploy Black Belt-level methodology to identify and eliminate the systemic waste baked into your production processes — not by running kaizen events and leaving, but by embedding the operational discipline and measurement systems that make improvements self-sustaining.

• Value stream mapping and waste quantification
• DMAIC project execution with measurable financial outcomes
• Standard work documentation and visual management systems
• Production scheduling and flow optimization
• Quality escape prevention and first-pass yield improvement
• Internal champion development for sustained results

Supply Chain Optimization

For precision manufacturers, the supply chain is the operation. Single-source dependencies, long lead times, supplier quality problems, and inflated raw material costs are not procurement issues — they are operational vulnerabilities that belong on the COO's desk.

We re-engineer supply chains from sourcing strategy through inbound logistics, building the supplier qualification programs, dual-source strategies, and inventory optimization models that make your operation resilient to the disruptions that will inevitably occur.

• Supplier base rationalization and strategic sourcing
• Dual-source development for single-point-of-failure elimination
• Supplier quality management systems and scorecards
• Inventory optimization and safety stock modeling
• Inbound logistics and lead time reduction
• Long-term supply agreement structuring and negotiation