ShopFloor Advantage helps owner-led manufacturers improve performance by linking:
Commercial outcomes (margin, cash, service, risk)
Operational drivers (flow, capacity, quality, maintenance, operating rhythm)
It's designed to sit between big consulting programmes and tool-heavy improvement — a practical alternative to a traditional manufacturing consultant in New Zealand, delivering clear priorities and practical next steps.
You’ll get priorities, first actions, and a 90-day sequence — written so you can run it with your team
Work backwards from profit, cash flow, and delivery reliability to set priorities.
Fix the few constraints that truly drive system-wide performance — capacity constraint improvement where it matters most.
Define clear actions and a disciplined operating rhythm for execution.
I work backwards from the P&L — linking margin, cash, and delivery performance to the practical drivers on the shop floor: flow, capacity, quality, maintenance, and operating rhythm. ShopFloor Advantage is built for real factories: a fast diagnostic, clear priorities, and actions you can implement without a heavy consulting programme.
Beyond day-to-day performance, this approach also supports owners preparing a manufacturing business for sale — reducing operational risk and owner dependency, pre-sale factory readiness, operational due diligence, and post-sale operational stabilisation — all of which improve manufacturing business saleability.
Factory Leadership Notes is where I publish short, operator-grade notes on flow, capacity, reliability, and the routines that turn effort into profit and cash. If you want to see the thinking behind the Pulse Check recommendations, start at richardalgar.substack.com.
Founder & Manufacturing Advisor
Receive clear, operator-reviewed priorities tailored to your factory's responses. Your 90-day factory improvement plan gives you next steps you can act on immediately — focusing on profit, cash, and delivery reliability. Operational improvement for manufacturers across New Zealand, delivered from Auckland.