Engaging an Interim Operations Manager
Advantages of Engaging an Interim Operations Manager from Executive Interims
When implementing lean manufacturing, labour savings of between 20-30% can often be delivered for example. Additional reductions in WIP and lead times (often by as much as 50%) generate significant cash if say a manufacturing operation is moving from a functional organisation towards a cellular one.
Using an executive interim operations manager can be a particularly valuable approach when dealing with a high profile / value / risk project and an already stretched team.
An interim operations manager can be in a client's business within days of an enquiry and don't bring political baggage, only objectivity. Because they aren't looking for a permanent role - the approach is very non-threatening to sensitive middle and senior managers in the clients' business.
Unlike consultants from many of the bigger consultancy firms an interim operations manager from Executive Interims - Supply Chain Practice will be happy to take ownership for the implementation of their proposals, the delivery of the solution & delighted to hand you the savings. In short they specialise in delivering results not just recommendations.
Typical Specialisms of an Interim Operations Manager
An interim operations manager from Executive Interims can be expected to provide expertise on a variety of specialist subjects from the following disciplines:
- Level Scheduling
- Just in Time - Kanban - Pull Control Systems
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) / Zero Breakdowns
- Six Sigma
- Material Flow Analysis
- Cellular Manufacturing Architecture / Business Process Re-engineering
- De-bottlenecking
- Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (Process FMEA)
- Design of Experiments / Shainin / Taguchi
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) & Process Capability
- Quality Circles / Continuous Improvement Teams
- Changeover Reduction or Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)
- Reducing Lead or Cycle Times
- 5S
- Simulation
- Capacity Planning
- Plant/Works Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Demand Forecasting
- Sales Order Processing
- Customer Service
- Customer Scheduling
- Master Production Scheduling
- Inventory Management
- Supplier Scheduling
- MRP / ERP System Implementations
- Nagare / Single Piece Flow Lines
- Manufacturing / Operations Management
Why an Interim Operations Manager from Executive Interims?
If you're looking for an interim operations manager or consultant, that's what we specialise in. Executive Interims - Supply Chain Practice has the best selection in the UK, particularly if you're looking for an:
Specialising offers a number of advantages over interim management agencies who cover everything from Finance, Sales, HR and Engineering/R&D and for whom Supply Chain usually represents no more than 10% of their business.
If you need an interim operations manager we:
- Tend to understand the technicalities better than interim management agencies, especially when the all of the requirements aren't explicit
- Have the best selection of interim operations managers in the UK - typically at least twice as many as interim management agencies.
- Profile the expertise of each interim operations manager exhaustively by expertise, role and industry experience. See how, with our supply chain expertise
profiling demo. Just click on "Skills and Experience" and have a go.
- Won't offer you someone who we think is good, but hasn't quite done what you want before.
- Can typically offer clients a interim operations manager, who's done EXACTLY THAT before.
This means more benefits, delivered faster for our clients.
Looking for An Operations Interim Manager?
Executive Interims - Supply Chain Practice is a specialist provider of supply chain consultancy and interim management services. If you'd like to know more about what an interim operations manager can do for your business, contact us to explore the subject further.
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