Operational Excellence – Проверка темы Corwell

Overview

Fix the flow. Keep the muscle.

Cost programs that cut headcount across the board tend to come back within two years. We find where time and money leak out of your processes and fix the cause, with the people who run them every day.

We spend the first weeks on the shop floor, in the warehouse and in the back office, mapping how work actually moves. Every delay, rework loop and handoff gets a cost attached, so priorities are set by numbers rather than by the loudest voice.

Then we run focused improvement waves with your teams, each one with a clear target, an owner and a weekly review. Savings are tracked against a baseline your finance team signs off.

Typical triggers

Margins are shrinking while volumes grow
Lead times and on-time delivery are slipping
Previous cost programs saved money once and then faded

What’s included

Everything needed to lower cost for good.

Value-stream mapping End-to-end maps of your core processes with time, cost and waste at each step.
Cost baseline A line-by-line baseline agreed with finance before any savings are counted.
Supply chain review Inventory, sourcing and logistics checked against service levels and working capital.
Improvement waves Three to four eight-week waves, each with targets, owners and weekly tracking.
Performance dashboard Daily and weekly KPIs on cost, throughput, quality and on-time delivery.
Lean training Hands-on training for 20–40 team leads so they can run improvements themselves.

Our process

Five stages, measured every week.

Map
Weeks 1–3

Site visits, process walks and data pulls to see how work really flows today.
Deliverable: Value-stream maps
Baseline
Weeks 3–4

We agree the cost and performance baseline with finance and set targets per area.
Deliverable: Signed-off baseline
Prioritize
Weeks 5–6

Opportunities are sized, ranked and grouped into improvement waves.
Deliverable: Opportunity portfolio
Improve
Weeks 7–14

Your teams and ours run the first waves, with weekly reviews and quick course corrections.
Deliverable: Wave results report
Embed
Weeks 15–16

We hand over the routines, dashboards and training so the next waves run without us.
Deliverable: Operating rhythm & playbook

Engagement options

Fees that follow the savings.

Ops Diagnostic

Shows where the money goes and how much you can save.

$38,000 fixed · 5 weeks

Value-stream maps
Cost baseline
Sized savings plan

Choose Ops Diagnostic

Most chosen

Transformation

Diagnostic plus the first improvement waves, run with your teams.

$96,000 fixed · 14–16 weeks

Everything in Diagnostic
Two improvement waves
Dashboard & lean training

Choose Transformation

Continuous Improvement

A senior coach for your own improvement team.

$8,500 per month · 6 months min.

Monthly site reviews
Wave planning support
Savings audit

Choose Continuous Improvement

Prices exclude VAT and travel. On Transformation, up to 30% of the fee can be tied to audited savings.

FAQ

What operations leaders ask us first.

Will this mean layoffs?

Not as a starting point. Most savings come from less rework, lower inventory and better scheduling. Where roles change, we plan redeployment and retraining with you before anything is announced.

How do you count the savings?

Against a baseline your finance team signs off in week four. Every saving is tracked monthly and only counted once it shows up in the P&L or the balance sheet.

Can you work across several sites?

Yes. We usually start at one pilot site, prove the approach in eight weeks and then roll it out to the others with your own trained team leads.

Do you also cover procurement?

Procurement is part of the supply chain review. For large spend categories we bring in our sourcing specialists and run tenders alongside your buyers.

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Leaner operations that keep getting better.