Our Services
Struggling with cost, speed, resilience, or growth? We transform those challenges into lasting results.
Supply Chain Disruption Response
Supply Chain Disruption Response
Cost Reduction & Margin Protection
Cost Reduction & Margin Protection
New Product Introduction (First-Time-Right)
New Product Introduction (First-Time-Right)
Manufacturing Transfers: Onshoring & Friendlyshoring
Manufacturing Transfers: Onshoring & Friendlyshoring
Starting U.S. Manufacturing Operations
Starting U.S. Manufacturing Operations
Supplier Quality & Control
Supplier Quality & Control
Manufacturing Excellence
Manufacturing Excellence
Digital & AI Enablement
Digital & AI Enablement
M&A Value Creation
M&A Value Creation
M&A Value Creation
Challenges: Identification of synergies, savings opportunities and risks during due diligence, post merger integration, preparation for spin-out
Approach: Operational/supply chain due diligence, deep dives, benchmarks, post merger integration planning and execution
Proof Points:
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Arcadian (spinout of Philips)
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Sonicare (integration into Philips)
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Lifeline (Philips acquisition, PMI)
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Traxtal Inc. (Philips acquisition, PMI)
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Volcano (Philips acquisition - DD team member for SC)
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Apex (Philips acquisition - Procurement leader E2E)
Outcomes: All acquisitions successful and fully integrated, no major disruptions or missed cost reduction targets
Digital & AI Enablement
Challenges: Legacy data infrastructures, high system maintenance and overhead, information overload, lack of data efficiency, lack of holistic experience
Approach: Diagnose pain points and business needs, develop tailored plans for data infrastructure, AI enablement and cultural improvements, execute the plan and sustain results
Proof Points:
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Operational AI tools: Dashboards, root-cause analysis, low-code shop-floor apps (Glowforge)
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Quality & processes: Lifecycle quality tracking (Philips, Glowforge), QMS and insourcing tools (Glowforge)
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Strategic data applications: Supplier rating/risk tools (Philips/Siemens), cost dashboards (Virginia Mason)
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Scaling infrastructure: ERP implementations and pilots (MicroVision, BorgWarner)
Outcomes: Right sized data infrastructure for the business, Smart AI implementation improves productivity, lowers overhead ($$), cultural transformation to a data first and fast business.
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Manufacturing Excellence
Challenges: High levels of waste and inefficiency, limited lean expertise and prioritization, difficulty sustaining improvements, weak training execution, and cultural barriers to continuous improvement
Approach: Assess waste and performance drivers, deploy fast-impact improvement teams, standardize best practices into playbooks and training systems, and sustain results through PDCA cycles and cultural ownership
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Executed onshoring ramp with 50% higher product quality, improved training methods, and standardized production playbook (Glowforge)
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Delivered 10% year-over-year productivity and cost improvements through lean and cultural transformation (BorgWarner)
Outcomes: Sustained productivity and cost improvements, stable and scalable labor pool with effective training systems, and embedded culture of continuous improvement across the organization
Supplier Quality & Control
Challenges: Supplier, production and field quality issues, legacy risk, lack of supplier controls, line down, drain on resources, strained relationships
Approach: Diagnose risk, design standardized quality processes and controls, execute and sustain processes, reset suppliers, deploy APQP
Proof Points:
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Deployment of APQP (Philips,Glowforge)
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Applying APQP to transfer projects (Philips Batteries & PCBAs)
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Focus Supplier Teams (BorgWarner)
Outcomes: Rapid quality improvements, reduced risk and cost, better & faster NPIs, no drains on resources
Starting U.S. Manufacturing Operations
Challenges: Lack of expertise and resources to set up and scale U.S. operations, complexities of supply chain setup and imports, unfamiliarity with U.S. business, labor, and regulatory requirements, balancing labor costs and automation, and pressure to minimize tariffs while meeting speed-to-market demands
Approach: Assess business needs and value chain complexity, design optimal U.S. footprint and distribution strategy, optimize imports, labor, and automation, and implement right-sized operations with full regulatory compliance and certification
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Established a U.S. manufacturing operation in 5 months, TÜV certified, achieving 50% higher product quality and 70% lower direct manufacturing cost (Glowforge)
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Executed onshore manufacturing ramp at Glowforge with quality and cost improvements over contract manufacturing
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Built and ramped new injection molding facility with new equipment, on time and at target cost (China)
Outcomes: Reduced tariff, on-target (cost, schedule, quality, ramp)
Manufacturing Transfers: Onshoring & Friendlyshoring
Challenges: Unpredictable tariffs, supply disruptions, long and capital intense supply chains, increasing costs
Approach: Leverage repeatable transfer playbook, holistic supply chain, tariff, cost, and supplier analysis
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Insourcing of production from Mexico to USA (Glowforge)
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Transfer of complex assembly from China to Mexico (Siemens Healthineers)
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Transfer of major battery and PCBA portfolios (Philips)
Outcomes: 70% lower direct manufacturing cost, stabilized supply chain at lower cost and with better quality
New Product Introduction (First-Time-Right)
Challenges: Delays, supplier and quality issues, cost overruns, strained supplier relations, missed opportunities to reduce complexity and cost
Approach: Early involvement of procurement, suppliers and manufacturing engineers, Design for eXcellence (DfX), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), concurrent engineering and supply chain development
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From industrial design to production line release in 12 months (Glowforge)
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First-time-right release of complex systems, without supplier quality issues and >15% lower cost (Philips - 3 platforms)
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Robert Bosch ($100M capital equipment installation in 18 months)
Outcomes: Shortest-time-to-market, no supplier or manufacturing quality issues, lower cost, limited aftercare (no drain on resources)
Cost Reduction & Margin Protection
Challenges: Volatile costs, trade shifts, supplier complacency, opaque costs, legacy supply base, freight volatility, high scrap and manufacturing cost
Approach: Negotiation (5–15%), DfX/Value Chain Productivity (15–30%), Sourcing & Footprint (10–25%), Manufacturing and Quality (5–10%), Manufacturing Excellence (5-10%)
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Negotiations: Supplier Booster Event Glowforge (15%), Supplier Booster Event Philips ($8M secured), Sole-source situations Philips (15% & 25%)
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DfX: Product Platform DfXs Philips (~15% each), integrated in NPI
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ODM Projects & leveraging supplier resources: Articulation Arm Philips & Siemens Healthineers (50%), Product Cart (55%)
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Sourcing Projects: Batteries Philips ($30M spend, 49 battery packs, 15% cost reduction + $3.6M lumpsum), PCB Assemblies ($63M spend, 203 PCBAs, 6 BUs, high single digit savings with CM), Insourcing production Glowforge (70% reduction direct manufacturing cost)
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Manufacturing and Quality: Insourcing production Glowforge (50% reduction 30-day FFR), Dramatic reduction of CAPAs and FCOs for batteries (Philips), BorgWarner: Process improvements (10%+ YoY)
Outcomes: 15–55% project savings, >7.5% annual BOM savings for 5+ years, resilience, best-in-class supplier performance
Supply Chain Disruption Response
Challenges: Tariffs, geopolitics, supplier failures, legacy risk
Approach: Diagnose risk, design resilient footprints, execute transfers, reset suppliers
Proof Points:
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COVID responses (Glowforge, BorgWarner)
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Major Portfolio transfers PCBA and batteries (Philips)
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Tariff response (Gloworge, Siemens Healthineers)
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Tsunami response (Philips, BorgWarner)
Outcomes: Rapid transfers, risk reduction, 7.5% savings, resilience
