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Increase Profits
COMMON CLIENT CHALLENGES:
- Manufacturing costs too high
- Forced to compete on price
- Product cost control (variance)
- Low gross margins
- High overtime
- Large amount of re-work
- Poor supplier performance
Deliver product
on time
COMMON CLIENT CHALLENGES:
- Lack of capacity – need space/equipment
- Scheduling problems
- High re-work / scrap rate
- Excessive equipment downtime
- High changeover / setup times
- Equipment maintenance issues
- Raw material availability
Recruit & Retain Skilled workers
COMMON CLIENT CHALLENGES:
- Can’t find skilled workers
- Employee learning curve too long
- High turnover / can’t retain employees
- Lack of employee training program
- Unengaged / non-productive employees
- Hiring process doesn’t get results
Grow Sales
COMMON CLIENT CHALLENGES:
- No sales or pipeline management process
- Can’t describe target customer or market
- No clear value proposition
- Products are outdated
- Quote rate is low
- Lead time is too long
- Customer complaints
Take your business to the next level
COMMON CLIENT REQUESTS:
- Need a strategic growth plan
- Train better problem-solvers
- Expand market
- Export products
- Develop new products
- ERP selection and implementation support
- Integrate automation systems
Need help prioritizing?
Whatever your industry sector, role, or business model, our consultants are standing by to help you. Let’s work together to stabilize your company, expand your markets, and free your capacity for growth.
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Why OMEP?
Our team of ex-manufacturing business owners, engineers, and leaders have walked in your shoes. They take their 100 plus years of combined manufacturing experience and apply their expertise to help your business succeed.
John Valachovic
Managing Consultant
With 35 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, John enjoys the challenge of balancing a client’s short-term needs against long-term strategies. He has been a process engineer at Lead Industries and Clorox Company, as as well as a Senior Chemist at Sterling Drug.
David Looper
Managing Consultant
With 30 years of industry experience, David has served as the senior operations executive for a number of high-profile companies, including Gerber and Weyerhaeuser, prior to joining OMEP. In addition to his expertise in manufacturing business operations, Dave is also a well-known business transition expert.
Jim Wehrs
Managing Consultant
Jim has more than 35 years of experience guiding companies in both B2B and B2C markets. Leading new product development and product launches for most of his career, Jim has also been involved with mergers and acquisition transactions both domestically and abroad. Prior to his role at OMEP, Jim served as president to Lone Wolf Knives, Inc., was director of mergers and acquisitions for Fiskars Consumer Products, and president of Gerber Legendary Blades.
Kleve Kee
Managing Consultant
Specializing in bringing a continuous improvement business philosophy to his clients, Kleve has an industrial engineering background with an MBA. Working within all levels of a company, Kleve helps companies concentrate their limited resources on areas most impactful for their business. Before he was at OMEP, Kleve was Operations Manager at Bar Seven A Companies and Systems Director at Pacific Crest Technology.
Tim Root
Managing Consultant
As the past president of Pacific Pure-Aid Company,Tim brings more than 35 years’ experience managing food processing companies. Tim also served as owner, president and managing partner of Myron Root & Company, Inc, and general manager of Sabroso Company. His expertise is in operations, new product development, business-to-business sales and marketing, human resources, and finance.
Paola Castaldo
Managing Consultant
Paola brings more than 25 years of engineering, management, and marketing experience to her clients. Her experience spans starting up and running her own business, to producing results in large corporations such as PCSI and Electroglas Inspection Products. Paola is guided by a passion for people to succeed and flourish in business.
You’re not alone
From the vigilance required to continually reduce non value-added activities, to the innovative thinking required to develop new products, running a manufacturing business presents unique challenges. The good news is, you’re not alone. OMEP’s clients both large and small face the same challenges you do on a daily basis. Read on to learn from their experiences in continuous improvement.
Let OMEP help you with
growing sales.,
recruiting and retaining skilled workers.,
delivering product on time.,
increasing profits.,
taking operations to the next level.
Or call (503) 406-3770 to learn more!