Delivered within 2 business days of completed responses
Findings are specific to your responses
Reviewed and prioritised by Richard before delivery
A practical factory diagnostic assessment that lets you step back and see what's really driving your factory's performance. It shows where things are working, where they're not, and what to do next. A short assessment for 5–50 person factories that helps you:
Quickly see how your factory performs across all 9 pillars.
Bottleneck management and capacity constraint improvement start with seeing the key issues that slow flow, limit capacity, or affect quality.
Prioritise actions that drive profit, cash, and reliable delivery — improving throughput and margin where it counts.
9-pillar scorecard + heatmap (clear baseline)
Strengths to protect (what’s working)
The blockers costing time, margin, and delivery reliability — including too much WIP, rework, and planning churn
Top 5 priorities ranked by impact and ease
A 30–90 day factory improvement plan (Now / Next / Later)
Optional: team alignment view (multi-respondent)
A complete view of your factory performance.
Clarity on who you serve, why you win, and what drives demand.
How product variety and mix affect margin, flow, and capacity.
Production planning improvement — how work moves through the factory, how well it's planned, and how to improve factory flow.
Where capacity is tight and what truly limits throughput — the starting point for bottleneck management.
How roles, skills, and leadership behaviours support execution — and reduce owner dependency.
Where defects, rework, and variation consume time and margin — and how to reduce rework at the source.
How equipment reliability and upkeep affect delivery and cost.
Whether your data supports decisions or creates noise — how to improve factory reporting, job visibility, and quote-to-actual control.
How safety and compliance risks are managed day to day.
Benchmarked across 9 pillars to show you where you are and what matters most.
Turn insight into focus with practical recommendations that drive results.
Want better commercial outcomes without adding operational complexity.
Want clearer priorities and a calmer, more controlled operating rhythm.
Want to strengthen operations ahead of scaling, transition, or a future sale.
Want clear priorities and a 90-day plan they can execute immediately.
After you receive the report, you can implement self-led using the 90-day factory improvement action plan — or add a review call or on-site visit if you want help turning priorities into an execution rhythm.
Everything you need to understand how the Pulse Check works, what you get, and what happens next.
Most people complete it in 20–30 minutes.
Completed responses. If you have data, it helps — but it's not required.
Yes. Team responses often add value by showing where alignment is strong and where assumptions differ.
Within 2 business days of receiving completed responses.
No. It follows a consistent structure, but the insights and priorities are based on your responses and reviewed by Richard before delivery.
Yes. Your information is treated as confidential and used only to produce your report.
Most small-to-mid manufacturers where flow, reliability, quality, and capacity decisions drive commercial performance.
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.