Regain predictable industrial performance to sustain rate increases without compromising profitability, cash, and customer commitments
Our consultants work directly on the ground, alongside your teams, in your production workshops and with your support and development functions.
Aerospace, Defense, Pharma, Luxury, Food & Beverage: whatever the sector, we transform your operations into a lever for your ambitions.
The issue is no longer just producing more, it's regaining predictable industrial performance in an environment that has become structurally unstable
Faced with delays, they show up directly on the supplier's shop floor: intensified audits, increased on-site presence, reporting under pressure. The manufacturer loses control of its own agenda, and the customer relationship deteriorates as commitments go unmet.
Internal and external commitments drift. No one believes the plans anymore. Urgency has taken over from rate.
The ramp-up gets financed by a rise in working capital. Inventory and WIP climb, cash deteriorates, without any improvement in delivery performance.
The supplier base weakens. Early warning signs are caught too late. Every supplier crisis turns into a line stoppage or an emergency cost overrun.
Overtime, on-site fatigue, turnover: the effort doesn't convert into throughput. Action plans pile up without tangible results.
Quality issues generate stoppages, rework and disorganization. They feed variability and prevent the ramp-up from stabilizing.
Flow architecture and integrated planning create the conditions for predictable production, even amid supplier disruptions or variable demand.
The ramp-up must be a lever for value creation, not a source of cash burn. Connecting industrial performance, working capital, and profitability is at the heart of our approach.
Execution excellence and root-cause resolution make it possible to exit emergency mode and make progress irreversible.
Three operational pillars built around one central principle: secure, manage and reduce variability
Flow design and buffer sizing to protect throughput. Structuring S&OP / MPS practices and building a tactical planning horizon suited to aerospace timelines. Early identification of supplier warning signs to anticipate disruptions.
Identifying the variability that degrades throughput and margin. Connecting industrial performance to cash flow and profitability. Trade-offs between customer service, capacity, WIP and margin. Building an economic view of the ramp-up and bringing management indicators under control.
Deployment of output-oriented performance management to react quickly to deviations. Resolving non-quality issues using the QRQC method and eliminating root causes. Maximizing bottleneck resources to optimize throughput and EBITDA. OEE optimization.
Deployment of business-specific digital tools to improve operational management. Data and AI are used as decision-support levers, to anticipate, arbitrate and prioritize faster and more precisely than manual management.
The ramp-up is also a managerial and cultural challenge. Skills acceleration, on-site mentoring, and support for management up to the executive team. OPEO helps identify the cultural changes needed for the manufacturer to sustainably regain control of its agenda.
Every context is different. Our approach adapts to the nature and urgency of the transformation at hand.
OPEO works at the heart of discrete manufacturing industry, with the players positioned behind the OEMs. Shop-floor knowledge built over more than 10 years.
We know how to get manufacturers out of the emergency-mode vicious cycle, where every expedited part increases variability and undermines the overall turnaround.
OPEO acts as a translator between the OEM's program requirements and the supplier's industrial reality, a rare and decisive position in a crisis context.
The offer isn't limited to applying isolated tools. It aims to build an industrial system capable of sustainably securing, managing and reducing variability.
OPEO delivers a technical response, while also identifying the managerial changes needed for the manufacturer to sustainably regain control of its agenda.
Our expert is available for an initial conversation about your context: a flash ramp-up diagnostic, scoping a stabilization plan, or a discussion on your target performance model.
