Fractional COO leadership and operating systems for small and midsize manufacturers, PE-backed and independently owned, roughly $10M–$75M in revenue. Built by an operator with 22+ years running plants, not a generalist consultant.
Manufacturing operations are the core of the practice. Operational Intelligence and targeted improvement work are also available to smaller organizations and to businesses outside manufacturing.
Diagnostics, troubleshooting, and improvement projects. A focused, fixed-scope engagement to identify and quantify the specific operational gap that's costing you the most.
Fixed scope, fixed timelineFractional COO and embedded leadership. Executive-level operating leadership, embedded on a fractional basis, without a permanent executive hire.
Fractional COO, embeddedOperational Intelligence and performance monitoring. IOG now offers affordable performance monitoring and quarterly operational analysis, helping business owners understand what is changing, why it matters, and when action may be necessary.
New subscription service Starting at $250/month after initial activation The $1,000 activation covers setup, the first three months of monitoring and the first quarterly report.Recurring, source-backed intelligence on the external conditions that matter to your business, configured around your materials, suppliers, markets and priorities.
In testing and pilot validation
Version 0.1.6 is in testing and pilot validation. It is not generally available yet.
Pilot discussions are open to businesses whose monitoring needs fit what the current version reads. Each pilot is scoped individually, and acceptance depends on that fit.
Discuss a Supply Chain Monitor Pilot View Sample Intelligence Report How Supply Chain Monitor worksResults from Todd Kayhart's roles before IOG, at GE, Benjamin Moore, Karnak and others. Prior-role results, not IOG client engagements.
Operating leadership, a region we know from the inside, and a track record built on the floor rather than in a boardroom.
22+ years in manufacturing operations. Six Sigma Black Belt. Kepner-Tregoe certified. An approach built on structured, repeatable problem-solving rather than generic best practices.
→ 02A career timeline and eight case studies from Todd Kayhart’s roles before IOG. Prior-role results, not IOG client engagements.
→ 03Based in Canajoharie and rooted in the Mohawk Valley, Capital Region, and upper Southern Tier. Engagements beyond the corridor considered case by case.
→At GE, improvement quotas encouraged unnecessary changes. At PPC Broadband, changing a process without understanding its economics damaged an operation's financial performance.
Two experiences, one lesson: change is not the same as improvement.
Read the articleThe objective was never to make things different. It was to make them better.
Most conversations start with a single operational problem worth solving.
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