Insights
Real situations from Ontario manufacturing plants — operational turnaround, lean discipline, cultural realignment, succession, and the operations diligence gap that keeps killing M&A valuations. Written by Nash Krishnan.
When AI Comes to the Bottling Plant, Who Feels Ready?
An illustrative bottling-plant story explores the questions behind an AI pilot: will my work still be valued, and will my judgement still be heard?
Read the article →Factory Owner Fatigue: When Every Ordinary Decision Still Comes Back to You
When every grey-area question still comes back to the owner, it is hard to ever really switch off. Includes a short private self-assessment.
Read the article →Why Manufacturing Improvements Disappear When the Owner Steps Away
An improvement is not yet organizational capability when it still depends on the owner or a few experienced people to sustain it.
Read the article →When Loyal Factory Culture Still Cannot Hold Improvement
Loyal teams can keep a factory alive, but loyalty does not automatically make the plant capable.
Read the article →EBITDA was clean. The deal still didn't close.
Five things the buyer's ops team saw on the floor that the owner couldn't — and why this gap is killing Ontario manufacturing valuations right now.
Read the article →What walks in with me.
Most consultants hand you a report. I move in. The five disciplines I work on every engagement.
Read the article →Want the long version of these on your floor?
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