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From Crisis to Confidence

Your Turnaround Partners

An operational crisis isn’t just a disruption—it’s an existential threat. Every day of downtime erodes profit, damages hard-won customer relationships, and puts your reputation on the line. Traditional solutions can worsen the problem, creating a dangerous gap between diagnosis and execution. This is why a new approach isn’t just preferable; it’s critical for survival.

The Cost of Inaction

OEM Fines

Penalties for missed deliveries or quality failures can run into millions.

Contract Loss

The permanent loss of a major client contract.

Reputational Damage

Being placed on a quality watchlist, making it harder to win future business.

Leadership Burnout

Your best people are stuck in firefighting mode, unable to focus on growth.

 

Why Other Solutions Fail

The Consulting Report

Gathers dust on a shelf. Consultants lack the hands-on authority to drive change.

The Generic Interim Manager

Although time-served in a given role, often lacks the specific diagnostic toolkit.

The Internal Team

Is already overwhelmed by the crisis and lacks both the objective perspective and the specialized skill set to make further progress.

Our Turnaround Process

Diagnose – Implement – Sustain

Our integrated turnaround process delivers transformative results at unmatched speed. By combining deep-dive consulting with hands-on interim leadership, we eliminate the fatal handoff risk between strategy and execution. Whether delivered by a single accountable Practitioner-Consultant or a specialized team, our model ensures total accountability and embeds the knowledge to not only solve the immediate crisis but allow you to sustain the results long after we are gone.

Diagnose

Our consultants use rigorous analytical frameworks to pinpoint the root causes of your SQDCE failures with precision and speed.

Consulting – The Thinking

    Conducts data analysis, interviews, process mapping. Provides the objective “Turnaround Blueprint“ in terms of:

    • Supplier Development
    • Supply Chain
    • Manufacturing
    • Quality
    • Sustainability
    • Project / Programme Management
    Interim – The Doing

      Provides operational context and ensures diagnostic is grounded in practical reality.

      Implement

      We embed an expert interim leader to take control, seamlessly implement the recovery plan, and expertly stabilize your operation.

      Consulting – The Thinking

        Provides:

        • Ongoing analysis
        • Measures progress
        • Adjusts the plan based on real-time data
        Interim – The Doing

          Takes control, directs the team, and is accountable for execution. Example roles:

          • Interim COO / Operations Director
          • Interim Quality Director
          • Transformation / Programme Director

          Sustain

          We transfer our knowledge to you, locking in improvements and rebuilding your team’s confidence to operate successfully after we are gone.

          Consulting – The Thinking

            Designs and delivers training, establishes governance systems and creates handover documentation.

            • Training Programmes
            • Governance Design
            • Final Audit & Handover Report
            Interim – The Doing

              Mentors their successor, phases out their presence, and provides a safety net.

              • Knowledge Transfer
              • Mentoring & Coaching
              • Phased Reduction

              Why it Works for a Crisis

              Zero Handoff Risk

              The same team that diagnoses the problem implements the solution, as a single point of accountability.

              Proven Process

              A disciplined, phased approach tailored to industrial operational crises. The primary lead shifts between analysis and execution, both skill sets engaged as necessary to ensure success.

              Speed

              We deliver actionable insights in weeks, not months, and begin execution immediately.

              Cultural Translation

              Unique expertise in bridging the gap between cross-cultural customer standards and global industrial operations.

               

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