Turn your plant
around.
In 90 days.
Go from scattered initiatives to a focused plan and improved weekly execution. Strategy Deployment. Process Improvement. Daily Management.
The Focus & Align Assessment
30 questions across 6 operational dimensions. Under 5 minutes. You leave with a scored breakdown and your single highest-leverage opportunity.
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Most plants don't lack ideas.
They lack focus.
The issue isn't that your team doesn't know what to improve. It's that you're improving everything — and moving nothing.
- 01Too many initiatives running at once with no clear priority
- 02Weekly meetings that review metrics but don't drive action
- 03Improvement projects that stall after the initial workshop
- 04No clear connection between daily work and annual strategy
- 05Gains disappear when the consultant leaves
Leaders don't need a burning platform to begin. They already know where the pain is.
Chad Bareither — Founder, BGC
That's why we start with what you already know and build a focused system around it. No fluff. No silver bullets. Just the work.
Three steps.
One focused system.
Built specifically for manufacturing operations — not generic consulting frameworks adapted from somewhere else.
Identify your top opportunities and quantify the impact before any project starts. You don't need more ideas — you need the right ones.
- Current state operations review
- Opportunity prioritization matrix
- 90-day roadmap with quick wins
- Leadership alignment session
- Focus and Align Framework applied
We run the work alongside your team — executing and coaching where the work actually happens, not from a conference room.
- On-site workshop facilitation
- Daily management system deployment
- Strategy deployment (Hoshin Kanri)
- Team coaching and skill transfer
- Five documented deployment playbooks
We build internal capability to hold the gains — so results don't disappear the week after we leave.
- Playbook documentation for your team
- Leader standard work development
- KPI and management cadence setup
- Ongoing coaching available
- Continuous improvement built in
Improve LESS.
A 119-page no-fluff guide to the Focus and Align Framework — the five-step process toward Operational Excellence that Chad has deployed inside manufacturing plants for over 20 years. No silver bullets. Just what actually works.
"Teams struggle to accomplish anything because of their desire to accomplish everything. Chad's wisdom is a great starting point for companies struggling to move the needle."
Amazon Review — Verified Purchase
"In 119 pages, Chad does not waste your time with fluff, but cuts right to the chase as to what is truly important."
Mark DeLuzio — CEO, Lean Horizons Consulting
"Chad's methodology integrates into an organization's DNA to ensure the cycle of continuous improvement continues and becomes part of the organization itself."
Chuck Knabusch — Owner, 13Ten
What gets delivered.
Approximately 4% of total COGS removed through focused strategy deployment, process standardization, and daily management system implementation.
Cross-functional workflow redesign and daily management system deployment cut lead times in half, improving on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.
Root cause analysis, standard work development, and operator coaching drove an 80% reduction in quality escapes across production lines.
Five deployment leads running independent engagements using five documented playbooks — running workshops, delivering training, leading projects.
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plant around?
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