Operations consulting for manufacturing
Connect operating performance with the growth the business needs.
Late deliveries, excess inventory and constant escalation can signal problems across the whole operation. Duggan works with manufacturing leaders to design how work moves, decide what needs to change and support the team in putting that design into practice.
Discuss your operationBegin with the operating problem
Delivery is unpredictable
Work moves between engineering, fabrication, assembly and support functions, but the connections do not reliably support the customer promise.
Capacity is hard to judge
The plant is busy, yet leaders cannot clearly see how product mix, shared resources and demand constrain output.
Growth adds complexity
New products, acquisitions or expansion change the requirements of the operating system.
Improvement does not hold
Individual initiatives make progress, but daily execution still depends on management intervention.
What makes Duggan different
Give the improvement work a defined destination
Design how customer delivery will work
Product families, customer demand, capacity and shared resources shape the future-state design. This Customer Delivery System connects work from order through production and delivery, so changes serve an agreed operating purpose.
Make the operating rules practical
Mixed-model and shared-resource flow methods address the variety in manufacturing. Teams learn how work is released, what moves next, and how to recognize normal and abnormal flow.
Build capability through education and application
Duggan teaches the concepts and supports their use in the operation. Defined responsibilities and responses help the team sustain the design and create more leadership time for growth.
Start with a conversation about your specific need. An operations consultant can help connect the business objective with the flow, capability and implementation work it requires.
Define the right scope
The initial discussion connects the business objective to operating conditions. That may lead to value stream design, lean implementation, facility and flow design or a focused operating capability need. The method follows the problem and the scope agreed with the client.
Executive perspective
What must the operation enable: more dependable delivery, capacity for growth, a production transfer or leadership time to develop the business?
Operations perspective
Where does work wait? How are priorities set? Which handoffs, resources and missing inputs make the schedule unstable?
From operating design to daily practice
A future-state design gives the implementation a clear destination. Training and hands-on support help people understand how the design works, recognize abnormal conditions and apply defined responses.
Scope can include mapping product families and flows, developing the future state, planning changes and supporting implementation. Deliverables, responsibilities and timing are agreed for the engagement.
Explore the relevant service
- Lean consulting and implementation — connect improvement work with an operating design.
- Value stream design — define how work will flow end to end.
- Facility and flow design — translate operating requirements into physical layout.
- High-mix manufacturing — address product variety and shared resources.
- Interim operations leadership — discuss a temporary leadership role.
Let’s discuss the operating challenge
Tell us what the business needs to achieve, where delivery or implementation is struggling and what the team has already tried.
Let's talk about your challenge.
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