Industries · Building products & joinery
Building products manufacturers
Doors, frames, trusses, joinery, cabinetry and precast. Custom sizes, tight builder deadlines and a few key people who know how every job goes together.
What we see in building products factories
- Every order is slightly different, so production sheets are translated by hand.
- Output swings with demand, and nobody is sure how many people to roster.
- The CNC or press is blamed for being slow when the real time goes on loading and handling.
- A production manager carries the product knowledge and keeps the line moving.
What we’ve done
- Door manufacturer: manager firefighting cut from 40+ to under 4 hours a week, order admin cut by 95%, and a line balanced for 3, 4 or 5 operators. Case study
- Truss plant (Milne Construction & Fabrication): 2 to 10 truss sets a day with a new production system. Case study
- Frame factory (Frames Now): new layout, fit-out and optimised operations. Case study
Services that help most
Start here
Factory review →
A few days on your floor, timing every step. You get a costed list of improvements, including where the business depends on you.
Front line
Cycle time & bottlenecks →
Find the steps that set your output, remove the waste in them, and balance the line so output grows without new staff or machines.
Front line
Factory layout design →
Layouts for growth, relocation or new machines, designed around how work flows, with the fit-out managed if you need it.
Back end
Business systems & SOPs →
The systems that let the business run without the owner: order-to-production tools, procedures, clear roles and handover plans.
Find out what's keeping you on the floor
A free 30-minute call is the first step. We'll talk through your operation and whether a factory review makes sense.