Production Improvement Service
Being in charge of a large team can be hard and lonely. And you have to work within someone else’s framework. Just how do you decide what specialist assistance you need?
Our Production Improvement Service could be just what you’re after…
What’s your pain?
Running a business is hard, but that doesn’t mean that being in charge of a section in a larger company isn’t just as hard.
You’re still responsible for making all of the day-to-day decisions. You still have the welfare of your team under your control. You still have to achieve what is set out in the plan.
But you also have to work within someone else’s framework. You have other people above you to satisfy. You have targets to meet. You have to battle for resources.
Even harder if you’ve inherited or come into a company and you know you need to make changes to your predecessor’s work.
Sacrilege!
It gets lonely doing that juggle. And just how do you decide what specialist assistance you need?
Why we get it
We understand just how important your improvements might be, regardless of whether it’s away from “the way we’ve always done it”.
We appreciate your need to support your team whilst also satisfying the board with your proposals.
We know that you don’t have the time, or the in-house resources available.
We’ve learned that many operational managers get frustrated that they have to decide who is best placed to help them BEFORE anyone has decided what needs to be done.
How we help you
From the outset, we will discover with you what are the roots of your concerns. Often, other less obvious concerns show themselves during this part.
We’re also really interested in what steps you’ve taken yourself. We’ve all heard “We tried that before – it didn’t work” many times, so it’s worth checking whether anything has changed since then or knowing what to avoid if not.
We know there will be demands on your area of operations management as well as your improvement goals, and it’s important that we factor in future plans so that action now doesn’t block action for later.
We always liaise with production teams, partly to ensure they are prepared to take ownership, and partly because they have a wealth of knowledge to tap into that they haven’t yet been able to articulate fully.
Our experience of other industries and sectors means that we’re always looking for opportunities that you haven’t yet thought of to improve your productivity as part of the programme.
We support your justification for change with technical information and when a decision to go ahead is made, we don’t just walk away; we’re here to help flesh out the detail of the best options that work for your organisation and team and help propel the project towards it’s commissioning – just as far as you want it to go. With a shortage of time and resource, we can bring that drive to achieve the step change that you envisioned from the outset, and it will feel like it was a seamless part of your system.
Want to know more? Take a look at our case studies or contact us here
What our clients say about us
“I worked alongside Peter and MATL, and they demonstrated they were keen to find the best solution, never shy to challenge the status quo, and were always structured, professional, inclusive and pragmatic.”
Adrian W., Commissioning Manager,
Renewable energy developer
“His effectiveness was demonstrated by delivering time and again to programme and on budget.”
Tom B., Team Leader,
M&E Design Contractor
“Peter shows commitment and dedication to ensuring that MATL is the best it can be in terms of providing solutions for its customers.”
Peter B., Owner,
Business support company
“In taking responsibility to support the department bring stability Peter has taken personal responsibility for improving department processes and practice.”
James E., Business Manager,
Training and skills provider
“We’re really keen to get your wider findings as they’ll be invaluable to us with your impartial viewpoint.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“MATL went to great lengths to achieve good lines of communication with the client.”
John C., Automation Manager,
Water supply company
“..your input was the catalyst we needed to get some traction so I’m much obliged to you personally for your help and we’ll be happy to recommend MAT Ltd to others in the future.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“Peter has implemented these changes, reviewed the progress and reflected back on the impact. The outcome was clear, improvements in process and practice.”
James E., Business Manager,
Training and skills provider
“Peter’s willingness to ‘go the extra mile’ to achieve that growth has never been in doubt.”
Peter B., Owner,
Business support company
“I like the format and especially the flowchart approach. The RA also nicely pinpoints 3 or 4 critical ‘red’ areas where the manual handling risks are at their highest.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“MATL have always behaved with the upmost professionalism.”
John C., Automation Manager,
Water supply company
“Peter sets high standards for both his own work and that of others reporting to him. He always delivers a quality result.”
Tom B., Team Leader,
M&E Design Contractor
“Your own observations seem to have nicely caught the differences in techniques being used... and the risk assessment you did is proving most useful to highlight the specific areas of maximum concern... so we focus on the right things.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“The engagement of MATL literally transformed supplier performance, providing greatly enhanced electrical design and general systems capabilities.”
John C., Automation Manager,
Water supply company
“Your draft report was detailed and perfectly encapsulated all of the issues and summarised our own internal team thoughts from our safety discussion write-ups.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“...It is already generating new and interesting ideas and provoking much thought and more questions in my mind so I’m keen to go through it with you, as an impartial observer with a keen eye for detail.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“Many thanks to you, Cath and Matt for the help supplied in the problem definition stage ……. It’s the stuff we love to do ourselves but just don’t have time to do in managing the day-to-day operation.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
“The work you’ve done will certainly help lay the pathway to a full engineered solution, so money well spent in my view.”
Andrew C., Plant Manager,
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
Our Production Improvement Service Case Studies
Explaining what we do is challenging because our work is so varied. Take a look at our Case Studies to see how we’ve helped clients in the past
