Darien, IL 60561
As the holiday season starts knocking on our doors, manufacturers are gearing up for a unique kind of hustle – ensuring their operations are as merry and efficient as Santa's workshop. So, let's chat about some savvy strategies and Lean principles that'll not only help you sail through but also make your manufacturing business shine during the festive hustle and bustle.
The Naughty and Nice List:
Assessing Your Current Processes Before the holiday hustle begins, it's crucial to assess your manufacturing processes. Identify the smoothly running areas and those in need of a touch of holiday magic. Then pinpoint bottlenecks and inefficiencies that could impact holiday production.
Take the opportunity during the holiday season to:
By embracing these strategies, your manufacturing business can not only survive but thrive during the festive season, ensuring a happy and productive holiday for everyone involved.
Hello, I'm Matthew & as a lean manufacturing consultant in Chicago with over 2 decades of experience, I'm here to guide you on a journey of growth & scaling using the power of lean manufacturing & practical lean tools to skyrocket your business utilizing the tools you already have.
The lean methodologies I teach has a target 10x ROI** by adopting a 'flow' over 'common' philosophy & instilling a human-first culture.
★★★★★
Matthew is a welcome addition to our team as a consultant. He is a no nonsense professional passionate about efficiency and improvement. He took on a project and the results were: we picked up time, reduced the possibility of errors, added transparency intradepartmentally and interdepartmentally, leveraged technology, engaged our team, and it was all done as quickly as we were able to go. He recognizes other’s skills and uses them efficiently. This resulted in engaging others on our team and saving us money. I recommend Matthew if you are serious about gaining efficiencies in pursuit of world class operations.
XXHH Special Projects Review
Nirel Inman Co-President of Chicago Glue & Machine, 3/13/23
★★★★★
I have had the privilege to work under Matthew on two separate occasions and his leadership style is consistent and powerful. He embodies servant leadership and has a daily focus on developing people. While he is highly knowledgeable in manufacturing excellence and lean tools, he believes in creating a strong and positive company culture where team members are empowered, trusted, and respected. His quarterly team outings of volunteering and his newsletters which highlight team accomplishments and company improvements are small examples of his commitment to a positive company culture. I no longer work with Matthew directly, but he remains a sounding board for my development and ideas as I build my own teams. 10/10 I would recommend Matthew for a leadership role in manufacturing!
XXHH Mentoring Review
Quintin Anderson 7/17/22
★★★★★
I worked with Matt while @ FC Lighting. Matt was instrumental in the makeover/turnaround of FC Lighting by completely re-organizing the Operations Group. Matt's focus on our delivery issues lead the drive towards world class delivery metrics all while our revenues grew @ a spectacular rate. No easy feat.
Matt also led our organization through a upgrade of our ERP system setting the stage for future growth with a ERP system ready for unlimited growth and the ability to produce much needed metrics and real time decision data.
Additionally, Matt was a pleasure to work with, always positive and willing to share information and ideas always with the goal of "what's best for company" ethos...
Chaos-Full Stop, Practical Lean, Scale2Grow and Special Projects Review
Mark Macauley CFO
★★★★★
Matthew is a welcome addition to our team as a consultant. He is a no nonsense professional passionate about efficiency and improvement. He took on a project and the results were: we picked up time, reduced the possibility of errors, added transparency intradepartmentally and interdepartmentally, leveraged technology, engaged our team, and it was all done as quickly as we were able to go. He recognizes other’s skills and uses them efficiently. This resulted in engaging others on our team and saving us money. I recommend Matthew if you are serious about gaining efficiencies in pursuit of world class operations.
XXHH Special Projects Review
Nirel Inman Co-President of Chicago Glue & Machine, 3/13/23
★★★★★
I have had the privilege to work under Matthew on two separate occasions and his leadership style is consistent and powerful. He embodies servant leadership and has a daily focus on developing people. While he is highly knowledgeable in manufacturing excellence and lean tools, he believes in creating a strong and positive company culture where team members are empowered, trusted, and respected. His quarterly team outings of volunteering and his newsletters which highlight team accomplishments and company improvements are small examples of his commitment to a positive company culture. I no longer work with Matthew directly, but he remains a sounding board for my development and ideas as I build my own teams. 10/10 I would recommend Matthew for a leadership role in manufacturing!
XXHH Mentoring Review
Quintin Anderson 7/17/22
★★★★★
I worked with Matt while @ FC Lighting. Matt was instrumental in the makeover/turnaround of FC Lighting by completely re-organizing the Operations Group. Matt's focus on our delivery issues lead the drive towards world class delivery metrics all while our revenues grew @ a spectacular rate. No easy feat.
Matt also led our organization through a upgrade of our ERP system setting the stage for future growth with a ERP system ready for unlimited growth and the ability to produce much needed metrics and real time decision data.
Additionally, Matt was a pleasure to work with, always positive and willing to share information and ideas always with the goal of "what's best for company" ethos...
Chaos-Full Stop, Practical Lean, Scale2Grow and Special Projects Review
Mark Macauley CFO
