Toronto · across Ontario

Operations help for owner-led manufacturers who've outgrown the whiteboard.

Scheduling, inventory, and the handover to whoever runs it next. Twenty years running plants; independent since 2021.

Book a discovery call What it looked like

Sound familiar?

Three problems I get called about.

The schedule lives in one person's head

And that person is tired. When they're off, the plant guesses.

The inventory count is always wrong

So you over-order, under-order, and write off twice a year.

You want to step back and nobody's ready

A second generation or a new GM, and no plan for the handover.

Three ways to work together

Priced on the page.

Operations Diagnostic

two weeks$12,000

Three days on the floor, interviews, and a written diagnosis of the five things to fix, in order.

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Most clients start here after a Diagnostic

The 90-Day Fix

from$8,000a month

One big thing changed, with your team, weekly on site — working without me by day 90.

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Advisory retainer

$3,500a month

Two half-days a month for owners and new GMs who want a second opinion on tap.

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What it looked like

Three stories, honestly told.

A 120-person metal fabricator, Hamilton

The situation

The schedule lived in a foreman's head; 30% of orders shipped late and nobody could say which ones would be next.

What we did

A visual schedule board on the wall, a weekly planning meeting with a fixed agenda, and two planners trained to run it without me.

late orders, from 30%

Late orders under 8% in four months. The foreman took a holiday for the first time in six years.

“Marcus didn't bring software. He brought a whiteboard and a meeting, and it's still running two years later.” — the owner

A 60-person food packer, Mississauga

The situation

Inventory counts off by 20%, two write-offs a year, and a buyer who ordered by instinct.

What we did

Cycle counting by zone, one reorder rule per SKU family, and a Friday count that takes forty minutes.

count variance, from 20%

Counts within 3%. No write-off in the following year.

Anonymised at the client's request.

A 200-person plastics plant, Cambridge

The situation

The founder wanted to retire; no successor was ready and the plant ran on his instincts.

What we did

A twelve-month handover plan, a new GM shadowed on the advisory retainer, and the founder's decisions written down one by one.

months to a clean handover

The founder stepped back on schedule. The GM is still there.

Anonymised at the client's request.

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How I work

I come to the plant before I write anything.

A 30-minute callNo pitch
On the floor firstBefore any diagnosis
Your people do the workSo it sticks
A date I'm no longer neededWritten into every plan

The full approach

Recently

Monthly notes.

Sep 2026

Scheduling without the whiteboard (but keep the whiteboard)

Why the plants that run best still have one board on the wall, and what goes on it.

Aug 2026

The real cost of a wrong inventory count

It isn't the write-off. It's the Thursday afternoon the whole line waited for a part you had.

Jul 2026

Handing over a plant you built

Twelve months, one decision at a time, written down.

All writing