For family-owned factories
More output from the floor you already have.
We spend the first two weeks on your shop floor, not in a meeting room. Then we fix the three things that slow it down the most.
Recent work with
Brannock
Teesdale
Orme
Pellow
Where we help
We take one area at a time, so you see the result before you commit.
Floor layout
Shorter walks between machines, clear lanes for forklifts, and less stock in the aisles.
Scheduling
A weekly plan that the floor can follow, with changeovers grouped to save setup time.
Maintenance
Checks on a calendar, so machines stop for service and not for breakdowns.
How an engagement runs
01
Walk the floor
Two weeks on site with your supervisors, on every shift.
02
Pick three changes
A one-page plan with the changes that give the most back.
03
Make them together
We work beside your team until each change holds on its own.
04
Measure
We compare output with the first week, and we report it plainly.
18%
average gain in weekly output
11
factories this year
9 weeks
typical engagement
They found two hours a shift that we had lost to walking. Nobody else had looked at the floor.
Ways to work with us
Fixed fees, agreed before we start.
Floor review
Two weeks on site and a written plan.
from
$9k
Full engagement
Review, then nine weeks of changes on the floor.
from
$38k
Quarterly check
Two days on site every three months.
from
$4k
Questions
Before you book
Do you work with small factories?
Yes. Most of our clients employ between 20 and 200 people.
Will production stop while you work?
No. We plan every change around your shifts and your delivery dates.
Where do you work?
Anywhere in the UK and Ireland. We stay near the site during the review.
Show us your floor.
One visit, no charge, and a short note on what we saw.
Holloway Works
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