Operations consultancy · Sheffield · est. 2017
For manufacturers whose numbers have stopped moving.
Stratagem is an operations consultancy for UK mid-market manufacturers — £10m to £100m turnover. We work on the floor, with the people who run the line, and we stay until the number moves.
−23%
Unit cost · sheet-metal fabricator, £28m · FY24 vs FY23 management accounts
Who this is for
You already know what’s broken.
Operations directors don’t need a slide deck explaining their own factory. You need independent capacity to fix the thing the day job never leaves room for — and evidence to take to the board when the fix needs capital.
We don’t do strategy retreats, transformation programmes or culture journeys. We do unit cost, OTIF, scrap, changeover time and working capital, on the floor, with the people who run it.
- No deck theatre
- No junior leverage model
- No invoice without a baseline
The work, measured
Three engagements. Three numbers that moved.
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−23%
Unit cost
Sheet-metal fabricator, South Yorkshire, £28m · 9 months
Indexed 100 → 77 · FY24 vs FY23 · management accounts
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+41%
On-time-in-full
Contract food producer, East Midlands, £55m · 6 months
OTIF 61% → 86% · 12-week rolling vs prior year
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−£1.9m
Working capital
Precision components group, West Midlands, £85m · 12 months
Stock cover 14 → 9 weeks · audited accounts
Clients named under NDA are described by sector, region and turnover — never loosened. Measurement basis is stated on every figure; ask and we’ll walk you through the workings.
Method
Find. Fix. Prove.
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01 · FIND
The Diagnostic Fortnight
Two weeks on your floor — data pulled, shifts walked, operators listened to. Output: the three constraints that matter, costed, with a baseline you’d sign.
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02 · FIX
Redesign with the line
Changes designed with the supervisors and operators who’ll run them — because a fix the line didn’t build is a fix the line quietly reverts.
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03 · PROVE
Embedded until it moves
We stay through the messy weeks, measure against the baseline, and part of our fee rides on the number. Proof, not a handover deck.
The firm
Three partners. No bench.
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Marcus Whitfield
Partner · CMC
Nineteen years in manufacturing operations; plant director at two sites before consulting.
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Dr Elena Vasquez
Partner
Process engineer by training; twelve years in automotive manufacturing systems.
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Priya Banerjee
Partner
Former finance director of a £60m fabrication group; owns the numbers side of every engagement.