High Caliber Operations | Margin Recovery for Mid-Market Manufacturing
High Caliber Operations

I Measure the Leak.
I Fix the Constraint.
I Install Discipline.

You don't need another report. You need to know what's costing you per shift — and what to do next.

If margin is leaking, it's leaking today.

Calculate My Exposure How It Works

20-minute call. Live estimate from labor, output, downtime. NDA available before any data exchange.

MARGIN RECOVERY FIRST. LEAN DEPLOYMENT SECOND.

Fit Check

I work with a specific kind of manufacturer.

Best Fit

  • ✓ $10M–$40M manufacturers
  • ✓ 75–200 employees
  • ✓ Tier 2–3 automotive, metal stamping, fabrication, similar environments
  • ✓ Leaders who suspect margin is leaking but can't quantify it

Not a Fit

  • ✗ Under $5M revenue
  • ✗ Enterprise companies with full internal CI departments
  • ✗ Leaders who are "just exploring" with no urgency

If you're not a fit, I'll tell you on the call.

Timeline

From first call to installed system.

Step 0
20 Min
Exposure Call
Phase 1
2 Days
Margin Diagnostic
Phase 2
4–8 Wks
Rapid Correction
Phase 3
6–12 Mo
Installation
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Phase 1: The 2-Day Margin Diagnostic

Two days on your floor to quantify leakage in dollars, isolate the constraint, and leave you with a prioritized roadmap. If you can show me headcount, output, downtime, and overtime, I can do the math.

What You Receive
  • Per-shift dollar leakage estimate (with assumptions sheet)
  • Prioritized recovery roadmap ranked by financial impact
  • Executive-ready slide deck
  • 30/60/90 day action plan
  • Finance-ready math: assumptions + sensitivity ranges.

Phase 1 stands alone.

You can execute internally, or bring me back for Phase 2. No pressure. No scope creep.

Entry point: start with the 20-minute Exposure Call.

The Operating System

Three steps. No ambiguity.

01

Measure

I quantify exposure in per-shift dollars.

Time-stamps + throughput behavior + your labor and production data → exposure in dollars.

Not theory. Not percentages. Dollar + time.
02

Fix

I stabilize the constraint and remove the friction limiting output.

1–2 outcomes only. Constraint first.

Convert measured leakage into recovered margin.
03

Install

I implement the routines that protect recovered margin.

Leader routines + scorecards + escalation rules.

You'll leave with a simple daily cadence your leaders can run without me.

Margin recovery first. Lean deployment second.
Floor Reality

When I walk your operation, I'm not looking for "ideas."

I'm looking for measurable leakage.

  • Paid labor minutes not producing output
  • Starvation and blockage at the constraint
  • WIP stacking hiding flow problems
  • Overtime masking structural margin leakage
  • Rework loops, scrap drivers, expediting

Then I translate it into dollars: labor, overtime, missed output, and expediting.

This isn't opinion-based.
It's observable. Measurable. Financial.

What to Expect

Start with the Exposure Call.

  1. 20-minute call to confirm fit and urgency
  2. NDA available before any data exchange
  3. No prep deck — just labor, output, downtime
  4. I estimate rough exposure with you on the call
  5. If it makes sense, I schedule Phase 1 dates

You will know whether margin is leaking — before committing to anything else.

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Know What's Leaking
Before the Next Shift.

20-minute call. I estimate exposure from your labor, output, and downtime numbers.

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If you're not a fit, I'll tell you on the call.