Stronger operations. Better suppliers. Smoother launches.
Factory Partners works with owner-managed manufacturers across Europe on the shop floor, in the supply base and on new products. We look at cost, delivery and quality together, work alongside your people, and stay as long as we are useful. The easiest way to start is one focused check.
- Shop floor and suppliers, together
- Owner-managed manufacturers
- Anywhere in Europe
- Independent: no software, no commissions
Three questions worth answering.
Each check looks at one problem that costs manufacturers money and sleep. Each ends the same way: a written report and an honest conversation with you, the owner.
Are you paying the right price for what you buy?
Material and part prices keep rising, and it is hard to tell which increases are fair.
Purchasing cost check →Is your next launch really ready?
A new product or variant is coming, and you want to know the real risks before your customer does.
Launch readiness check →Why do deliveries keep slipping?
Orders go out late, overtime is up and nobody is sure where the time goes.
Delivery reliability check →Every check has a fixed fee, agreed with you before we start. No surprises. About our checks →
Not sure which check fits? Take the Factory Check-up → It points you to the area to look at first.
The checks are the way in. The work goes further.
Behind every check is the full breadth of operations and procurement work. Whatever a check uncovers, we can help you act on it, across the areas where cost, delivery and quality are decided, and help your own team build the skills to keep it going.
Operations and factory performance
Output, quality and delivery you can rely on, from the plant you already have.
- OEE and bottlenecks
- Scrap, rework and first-pass yield
- Planning and on-time delivery
- Daily routines that hold the gains
Technical purchasing and direct materials
Paying the right price for the parts and materials you buy, backed by facts, not guesswork.
- Spend and price analysis
- Should-cost models
- Negotiation preparation and support
- Cost reduction that protects quality
Supplier strategy and development
A supply base that is resilient, capable and working with you rather than against you.
- Supplier selection and second sources
- Single-source risk
- Supplier performance and development
- Part approval and supplier quality
New product introduction and launches
New products, variants and customers brought to market on time, at the right cost and quality.
- Right-sized launch process and gate reviews
- Design for manufacture and assembly
- Supplier readiness for launch
- New customer and market requirements
Industrialization and ramp-up
From prototype to stable series production, with processes, tooling and people ready for volume.
- Process and equipment planning
- Tooling, layout and a first automation step
- Process validation and capability
- Ramp-up to stable output
Practical AI for the factory
AI only where it moves a number you care about, starting from the data you already have.
- Tied to factory KPIs such as OEE, scrap and on-time delivery
- Small pilots before any investment
- Supplier-risk monitoring and faster cost estimates
- Independent: no software to sell
Project management capability building
Your own team running launches, improvement work and customer projects with confidence, long after we step back.
We train and coach your people in practical project management, shaped to the size of your business, and leave behind light tools and templates your team keeps and actually uses.
- Planning that holds
- Spotting and handling risks early
- Keeping customers, suppliers and colleagues on board
- Launch discipline and gate reviews
- Light tools and templates your team keeps
Clear steps, and you decide at each one.
- Talk
A conversation
You tell us what is on your mind. We listen, ask questions and tell you honestly whether we can help.
- Check
A focused check
One clear question, looked at properly: your numbers, your people, your floor and your suppliers. You get a written report and a conversation about what we found.
- Partner
Working together
If it helps, we work alongside your team to put things right and make the results last, on site and remotely, in whatever way suits the work.
A partner you can trust with the hard questions.
Straight answers
We tell you what we see, including when something is not worth doing or when you do not need us.
The whole picture
Cost, delays and quality problems connect across the shop floor, the supply base and new products. We work across all three.
Hands-on depth
Operations, technical purchasing, supplier development, launches and industrialization, done with your people rather than written up for them.
Results that stay
Methods, models and routines stay with your team, so the improvement holds after we step back.
Confidential by default
We are happy to sign an NDA before you share anything, and we never name clients without their written permission.
Independent
No software to sell and no supplier commissions. Our only interest is your business doing better.
Manufacturers who run a real shop floor.
We work with owner-managed manufacturers across Europe, where the owner is close to every decision. Typical examples are machine and equipment builders, metal and plastics contract manufacturers, high-tech equipment and electronics manufacturers, energy and electrification hardware makers, and automotive suppliers moving into new markets.
- Owners and managing directors who want a partner, not a report
- Operations, purchasing and quality leaders who want an experienced second opinion
- Companies launching a new product, line, customer or market
- Plants where margins are under pressure from material prices, scrap or late deliveries
A check is a start, not a sales pitch. We aim to be the partner you call whenever something important is at stake on your floor or in your supply base, for as long as we are useful.
Let’s talk about your plant.
Write to hello@factorypartners.eu with a few lines about your business and what is on your mind. We reply personally to every message.