# Halden & Pierce — operations and strategy advisers

> Operations and strategy advisers for mid-sized manufacturers and healthcare providers.

*Operations & strategy advisers*

## Fewer meetings. Faster plants. Calmer quarters.

We help mid-sized manufacturers and healthcare providers find the hours they are losing, and win them back in months, not years.

![Fewer meetings. Faster plants. Calmer quarters.](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/hero.svg)

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## Trusted by operators at

- ![Northfield](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/client-1.svg)
- ![Carrow](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/client-2.svg)
- ![Beltline](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/client-3.svg)
- ![Aster Health](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/client-4.svg)
- ![Quayside](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/client-5.svg)
- ![Morrow](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/client-6.svg)

*Results*

## What changes when we leave

### Shorter lead times

31%

Median across our last 20 operations programs.

### To first saving

9 wk

Every engagement pays for its diagnostic within a quarter.

### Freed working capital

$4.2M

For one food manufacturer, in inventory alone.

### Clients who return

94%

Most of our work comes from people we have worked with.

*Services*

## Where we help

[All services](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/services)

### Operations diagnostics

Two weeks on your floor, one clear list of what is costing you most, in order.

![Operations diagnostics](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/row-1.svg)

[Operations diagnostics](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/services)

### Flow and capacity

Shorter queues, steadier output and schedules the floor believes.

![Flow and capacity](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/row-2.svg)

[Flow and capacity](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/services)

### Strategy under pressure

Plans for slow years and fast ones, with numbers the board can test.

![Strategy under pressure](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/row-3.svg)

[Strategy under pressure](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/services)

*How we work*

## Four steps, no surprises

### Diagnose

01

Two weeks, on site, fixed fee.

### Decide

02

One page: what to fix first and what it is worth.

### Deliver

03

Your team leads; we coach, measure and unblock.

### Hand over

04

We leave when the new way runs without us.

*Clients*

## In their words

### Dana Kowal

They found three weeks of waiting in a process we thought was lean. The fix cost less than their fee.

COO, Northfield Foods

### Priya Raman

No slide decks for the sake of it. Every meeting ended with someone owning something.

VP Operations, Aster Health

### Marcus Lee

Our planning cycle went from six weeks to nine days, and the board trusts the numbers.

CFO, Quayside Marine

*Insights*

## Recent thinking

[All insights](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/insights)

### The quiet cost of handoffs

Every time work changes hands, it waits. Most firms measure the work and ignore the waiting.

![The quiet cost of handoffs](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/insight-1.svg)

[The quiet cost of handoffs](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/insights/the-quiet-cost-of-handoffs)

### Planning for a slow year without freezing

A slow year is the best time to fix what a busy year hides. Five moves that pay back when demand returns.

![Planning for a slow year without freezing](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/insight-2.svg)

[Planning for a slow year without freezing](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/insights/planning-for-a-slow-year)

### One number everyone trusts

Why the weekly operations review goes better with fewer charts.

![One number everyone trusts](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/media/insight-3.svg)

[One number everyone trusts](https://t-consulting.clearcms.app/insights/one-number-everyone-trusts)

## Two weeks to a clear list.

Our fixed-fee diagnostic shows where your hours go and what to fix first.

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