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What changed, and how we measured it.

Five recent engagements, with the problem, the work and the numbers twelve months later.

Tallgrass Manufacturing engagement working session
Industrial components · 180 employees · two plants

Tallgrass Manufacturing

−31%lead time
+9 ptson-time delivery
$1.4Mworking capital freed

The problem

Orders were taking 23 days from purchase order to shipment, and nobody could agree on why.

What we did

We mapped every handoff across both plants, found three approval steps that added a week each and introduced a daily production huddle with a shared board.

Lead time before
100
Lead time after
69
Late orders before
100
Late orders after
45
Meridian Dental Group engagement working session
Multi-location dental practices · 14 offices

Meridian Dental Group

+18%chair utilization
2.1xEBITDA in 24 months
14offices on one playbook

The problem

After rapid acquisitions, each office scheduled, priced and reported differently.

What we did

We built one scheduling template, a regional manager role and a weekly scorecard every office manager could read in five minutes.

Utilization before
62
Utilization after
80
No-show rate before
100
No-show rate after
58
Corbel Logistics engagement working session
Freight brokerage · 95 employees

Corbel Logistics

6leaders hired
+24%revenue per FTE
−70%founder approvals

The problem

The founder approved nearly every quote over $5,000 and growth had stalled at that ceiling.

What we did

We defined decision rights, hired a COO and two directors and set a monthly operating review the founder no longer had to chair.

Revenue/FTE before
76
Revenue/FTE after
94
Approvals before
100
Approvals after
30
Halvard Foods engagement working session
Specialty food producer · 260 employees

Halvard Foods

+4.2 ptsgross margin
40SKUs repriced
11 wksto payback

The problem

Three product lines looked profitable on paper; one was quietly losing money on every case.

What we did

A product-line profitability model, a pricing reset on 40 SKUs and a 13-week cash forecast for the finance team.

Gross margin before
71
Gross margin after
83
Unprofitable SKUs before
100
Unprofitable SKUs after
35
Brightwater Home Health engagement working session
Home health agency · 320 caregivers

Brightwater Home Health

−22 ptsannual turnover
+15%visits staffed
9 daysfaster onboarding

The problem

Caregiver turnover sat at 58% and recruiting could not keep up.

What we did

We redesigned scheduling, introduced a lead-caregiver track and rebuilt onboarding around the first 30 days.

Turnover before
100
Turnover after
62
Visits staffed before
80
Visits staffed after
92

Figures are indexed to the 12 months before each engagement and shared with client permission. Sample metrics for this demo; every company's results vary.

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