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Approach

A consulting method that starts on the shop floor

No ready-made model, no grand speeches. A plant cannot be run with slides: I begin by going to see the workshop, then move forward with your teams, step by step, measuring what changes.

Four steps

Understand, decide, act, anchor

  1. UnderstandI come to see the workshop, the flows, the teams. Management, supervisors and operators do not share the same view: I listen to all of them, and I look at what is really happening.
  2. DecideClear priorities, shared with you: actions ranked by impact and effort, with owners and deadlines, so that you know what to do first.
  3. ActI roll it out with your teams, on the shop floor. Imposed changes do not last; those the teams make their own do.
  4. AnchorIndicators and routines so that it lasts: simple measures defined from the start, rituals put in place, an approach your teams know how to continue without me.

The four steps in detail

01 · Understand

A reliable diagnostic is built on site, not in a spreadsheet. I spend time in the workshops, warehouses and offices: I observe the flows, measure, ask questions and analyse your indicators. The aim is to tell causes from symptoms before proposing anything.

02 · Decide

I give you factual findings and ranked priorities. You decide knowing the facts: which scope, which resources, which pace. Each action has an owner, a deadline and an expected result.

03 · Act

I run the projects with your teams, in the workshop, drawing on change management (the ADKAR method): explain why, create the desire, train, support, recognise. The person you meet is the person who carries out the assignment.

04 · Anchor

Simple indicators, regular check-ins, written standards: what has been gained must hold when I am no longer there. Your internal leads take over, and the approach extends to other scopes.

Principles

How I work

A first 30-minute conversation is enough to know whether Metiva can help, and how. I come to you: everything is understood on site.

  • The shop floor first: the answers are in the workshop, not in a presentation.
  • Teams at the centre: they are the ones who will make the change live.
  • Plain language: that of the shop floor as well as that of management, without jargon.
  • Proven methods: lean manufacturing, Six Sigma (Green Belt), ADKAR change management (Prosci).
  • One point of contact: the person you meet is the person who carries out the assignment.
  • A commitment to means and deliverables, never to a numerical result promised in advance.

The method applied

This approach runs through each of my offers: operational diagnostic, savings diagnostic, field support, interim management, in-house training and digital tools. To see it in practice, read for example how to map the value stream of a plant (article in French).

Let's talk about your plant

A first 30-minute conversation is enough to know whether I can help, and how.

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