Shop floor first. Office second.
Most consultants start in the meeting room. Whoever reads the figures first goes looking for confirmation on the shop floor afterwards. Whoever was on the shop floor first knows which figures to read.
Book an initial callFirst conversations with staff across every level – individually, without supervisors in the room. Then the processes: how does an order move from enquiry to delivery note, where does it wait, who really decides? Only then production: machines, tools, setup times, scrap. What never happens: an employee named in the report.
People
Conversations across every level. Whoever knows where it hurts rarely sits in an office.
Processes
Workflows and responsibilities are reviewed before anything on the shop floor changes.
Production
Only once structure and team are in place does work on production begin.
- Owner-managed businesses in machining, forming and welded construction, 9 to 250 employees.
- Point of contact: owner, managing director and plant manager.
- Also dealers and larger businesses that need an independent view of production or suppliers.
Defense-Readiness-Check
Fixed price
Two days on site
- Seven areas reviewed
- Ready for the defense supply chain?
Nachfolge-Check
Fixed price
Two days on site
- Seven areas reviewed
- Is your business ready to be handed over?
Technische Partnerschaft
Monthly fee
on request, 2 days a month, minimum 6 months
- Quoting, second sourcing, ramp-up, steering meetings
- 50% credit for a prior check
No permanent presence. If plant or production management is unexpectedly unavailable, Invictix steps in as interim – for a fixed term, full time. Only at businesses Invictix already knows from an advisory role.
- No permanent presence that makes the business dependent.
- No strategy papers without implementation.
- No restructuring at the expense of the working climate – whoever loses the team has lost the business.