MedTech Quality Collaboration
From sushi to kaizen
Kormac and Compliance Group are helping MedTech organizations improve the operational and technological dimensions of quality assurance….
Category: Insights
Manufacturing TOW
Seamless Consolidation & Transfer
Manufacturers are on the move, with many pursuing facility consolidations and transfers. We recently supported an aerospace and defense supplier in consolidating several manufacturing sites following a series of mergers….
Rationalization
Check your baggage
Companies that grow rapidly or by acquisition eventually reach a day of reckoning when they are forced to grapple with their disparate collection of facilities, manufacturing platforms, or product lines….
Don’t Wait for a Crisis
Fortune: CEOs are passing the torch
When leaders are struggling with operational challenges, some belatedly recognize the need for outside help….
Global Packaging
Machine Shop Optimization
Kormac recently helped a global industry leader scale their production machine shops to meet consumer demand….
The Caution Trap
KPMG Advises “Avoid Excessive Caution”
Excessive caution stifles innovation, hiders agility, and obscures promising investment opportunites….
Manufacturing Inventory Reduction
Achieved Elusive Inventory Management Target
To improve cash flow while mitigating risk, many companies are reevaluating their approach to inventory management. Excess materials and persistent shortages remain despite the overall recovery from pandemic constraints. When times were tough, gaps in inventory management discipline magnified the impact of constrained supply chains. As conditions improve, discipline gaps still leave...
Foundry Maintenance
Kormac helped a foundry maintenance operation establish critical KPIs and a sustainable maintenance system
A leading supplier of metal components to the mining industry was struggling with manufacturing variability in its foundries. The president turned to Kormac for help in improving operational stability and predictability, including maintenance, operations management, and employee training and retention. Our initial foundry analysis revealed an understaffed and undermanaged maintenance...
Collaborative Culture
Life’s too short for toxicity.
No one wants to work with jerks. Unfortunately, some industries are rife with them, and consulting tops the list. Kormac’s founders previously served at several firms with abusive colleagues and/or leaders. They decided life was too short for toxicity and committed to creating the kind of heart-led organization they always...
Manufacturing TOW
Seamless Consolidation & Transfer
Manufacturers are on the move, with many pursuing facility consolidations and transfers. We recently supported an aerospace and defense supplier in consolidating several manufacturing sites following a series of mergers….
Rationalization
Check your baggage
Companies that grow rapidly or by acquisition eventually reach a day of reckoning when they are forced to grapple with their disparate collection of facilities, manufacturing platforms, or product lines….
Don’t Wait for a Crisis
Fortune: CEOs are passing the torch
When leaders are struggling with operational challenges, some belatedly recognize the need for outside help….
Global Packaging
Machine Shop Optimization
Kormac recently helped a global industry leader scale their production machine shops to meet consumer demand….
The Caution Trap
KPMG Advises “Avoid Excessive Caution”
Excessive caution stifles innovation, hiders agility, and obscures promising investment opportunites….
Manufacturing Inventory Reduction
Achieved Elusive Inventory Management Target
To improve cash flow while mitigating risk, many companies are reevaluating their approach to inventory management. Excess materials and persistent shortages remain despite the overall recovery from pandemic constraints. When times were tough, gaps in inventory management discipline magnified the impact of constrained supply chains. As conditions improve, discipline gaps still leave...
Foundry Maintenance
Kormac helped a foundry maintenance operation establish critical KPIs and a sustainable maintenance system
A leading supplier of metal components to the mining industry was struggling with manufacturing variability in its foundries. The president turned to Kormac for help in improving operational stability and predictability, including maintenance, operations management, and employee training and retention. Our initial foundry analysis revealed an understaffed and undermanaged maintenance...
Collaborative Culture
Life’s too short for toxicity.
No one wants to work with jerks. Unfortunately, some industries are rife with them, and consulting tops the list. Kormac’s founders previously served at several firms with abusive colleagues and/or leaders. They decided life was too short for toxicity and committed to creating the kind of heart-led organization they always...