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Performance Improvement Consultancy

Updated: August 31, 2025

We help leaders lift profit, speed, and quality while protecting the customer experience. Our teams connect strategy to frontline execution across cost, cycle time, yield, pricing, and working capital so improvements show up on the P&L.

  • Value case → roadmap → cadence wired end-to-end.
  • Lean, Six Sigma, and analytics to remove waste and rework.
  • Weekly reviews so decisions clear risks and sustain gains.


What Is Business Performance Improvement Consulting?

Structured work to raise revenue quality and reduce unit cost by fixing flow, sharpening pricing, improving quality, and moving cash faster. Our performance improvements consultants pair operating model changes with frontline enablement and clear metrics.


Why It Matters and How It Works

Organizations leak value through delays, rework, and unclear ownership. We build a simple value case, set guardrails, and run a cadence that surfaces blockers early. Then we scale what works and lock in controls so gains persist.

Typical levers: throughput and cycle time, first-pass yield, price realization, mix, procurement value, footprint choices, and working-capital routines.


Performance Improvement Services We Offer

Cost & Productivity

Lean, bottleneck removal, labor planning, and automation to reduce unit cost.

Throughput & Cycle Time

Flow redesign, queue controls, and scheduling for on-time delivery.

Quality & First-Pass Yield

Defect mapping, SPC, and mistake-proofing to cut rework and returns.

Pricing & Margin

Price setting, discount guardrails, and mix management to lift gross margin.

Procurement & Vendor Value

Should-cost, contracts, and vendor scorecards with measurable savings.

Working Capital

Inventory health, terms, and collections: cash comes sooner, waste goes down.

Analytics & KPI

One truth source for KPIs, OEE, and variance reads that trigger action.

PMO & Value Tracking

Benefits sign-off, OKRs, and cadence so gains stick quarter after quarter.


Typical Steps

  1. Diagnose. Fact pack on cost, flow, quality, pricing, and cash.
  2. Prioritize. Roadmap with no-regrets, big bets, and stop rules.
  3. Pilot. Two sprints to prove value and refine playbooks.
  4. Scale. Roll-out with owner routines and controls.
  5. Track & Adapt. Benefits, adoption, and risk cadence.


Results You Can Track

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Performance improvement scorecard
Outcome What We Track Why It Pays Off
Revenue & margin Price realization, mix, win rate, cost to serve Higher contribution per order and healthier growth
Unit cost & cycle time Throughput, lead time, labor productivity More capacity from existing assets
Quality & reliability FPY, defect/return rate, on-time delivery Fewer escapes and credits; happier customers
Working capital Inventory turns, DSO/DPO, aged stock Cash conversion improves resilience
Adoption & capability Playbook usage, proficiency, time to first value Gains sustain after go-live


Performance Insights at a Glance

Flow beats firefighting

Stable queues and clear owners lift throughput and service.

Lean + data win faster

Waste maps + analytics expose the true bottlenecks.

Pricing discipline matters

Guardrails keep margin while competing on value.

Cadence sustains gains

Weekly reads make benefits visible and durable.


FAQs

How long does a performance program take?
8–12 weeks to set the value case and run pilots; further 90-day waves to scale and lock in controls.
Do you work with our internal ops and finance teams?
Yes. We co-own designs with line leaders and finance to ensure benefits are signed off and visible in the scorecard.
What methods do you use?
We apply Lean/Six Sigma, queueing and constraint management, pricing science, and working-capital routines, always tied to measurable outcomes.


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