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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.
Seven areas, one partner.
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
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Talk to us about our capabilities.
Write to hello@factorypartners.eu with a few lines about your plant. We reply personally to every message.
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