Manufacturing performance improvement

Reduce unplanned downtime. Raise OEE. Build a proactive, engaged culture.

We help manufacturing companies eliminate losses, strengthen equipment reliability, improve safety performance, and reduce conversion costs—by deploying practical OPEX/TPM systems that operators and technicians truly own.

32+ years experience • 22+ countries • Hundreds of sites
65–80%+Unplanned downtime reduction (case examples)
40% → 75–85%OEE improvement capability (case examples)
15–20%+Conversion cost reduction (case examples)

Manufacturing pain points we solve

If these problems look familiar, we can help you move from firefighting to stable, predictable performance using practical OPEX/TPM routines and strong shop‑floor ownership.

High unplanned equipment downtime

Breakdowns, short stops, and recurring failures that constrain output and drive overtime.

Low equipment efficiencies (OEE)

Availability, performance, and quality losses hidden inside daily operations.

Low reliability

Reactive maintenance and weak daily equipment care leading to frequent disruptions.

Low safety performance

Unsafe conditions and weak standard work that increase risk and disrupt operations.

Low productivity

Lost capacity at bottlenecks, poor flow, and high changeover/start‑up losses.

High scrap, defects & waste

Quality losses and rework that drive conversion costs up and weaken delivery performance.

Low employee engagement

Limited ownership from operators and technicians; little empowerment to improve.

High conversion costs

Waste + downtime + rework + reactive maintenance raising cost per unit.

Highly reactive culture

Reactive > 80% and proactive < 20% — we build routines that steadily flip that ratio.

Simple, effective services

Start small, prove impact fast, then scale. Engagements can begin with a focused assessment and roadmap and expand through a pilot + staged roll‑out.

OPEX / Loss Deployment

Make losses visible (OEE & cost), prioritize the vital few, and execute focused improvement with measurable results.

TPM deployment & sustainment

Deploy pillars, define roles, coach leaders/operators/technicians, and implement audits to sustain gains.

Reliability & maintenance strategy

Move from run‑to‑failure to proactive maintenance through daily equipment care, PM optimization, and reliability systems.

Safety & 5S foundations

Stabilize work areas with visual standards and discipline that support safe, efficient execution.

Rapid Kaizen on bottlenecks

Attack chronic losses on constrained assets with cross‑functional teams and structured problem solving.

Digital enablement

Practical systems (CI apps / CMMS workflows / analytics) to support execution without adding bureaucracy.

Proof: selected case studies

Representative transformations documented in your materials.

Ahlstrom — Global TPM roll‑out

TPM implementation across 30+ factories in 13 countries with pillar roll‑out, coaching, and certification.

20%Reduction in conversion costs
75–85%OEE on bottleneck assets (up from 30%)
80%+Reduction in unplanned downtimes
50%+Reduction in defects

Danone — TPM across North America

Loss deployment, OEE concept, DMS at machine level, and pillar roll‑out across US & Mexico plants.

75%+Reduction in unplanned downtimes
75–80%OEE achieved (up from 40%)
50%+Reduction in startup/shutdown/changeover
60%+Reduction in minor stoppages

Tier‑1 Automotive Supplier — Global TPM

Multi‑site transformation from firefighting to proactive maintenance using pilot + staggered expansion and sustainment audits.

65%+Breakdown time reduction (3 years)
30%+Productivity improvement (pilot)
15%+Reduction in specific production costs
MonthlyOnsite coaching cadence to sustain

About

Led by Ahmet Caglayan — global manufacturing & operations executive focused on TPM, operational excellence, reliability, and culture change. View LinkedIn profile.

Ahmet Caglayan

Operational Excellence • TPM • Asset Reliability

  • Scaled TPM/CI across 30+ plants in 22+ countries
  • Delivered documented results including large downtime reduction and OEE improvement
  • Combines executive perspective with hands‑on shop‑floor credibility

LinkedIn: acaglayan1

What you can expect

Clear targets, visible loss tracking, leader standard work, and shop‑floor routines that build ownership for operators and technicians.

Assets

Rapid diagnosis and roadmap aligned with your business goals and constraints.

Execute

Pilot + Kaizen + coaching to build momentum and capability.

Sustain

Audits, governance, and routines that prevent backsliding.

Contact

Use the form below. Share your top pain points and targets—downtime, OEE, reliability, safety, productivity, engagement, conversion cost, scrap/defects/waste—and we’ll propose the best starting point.

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FocusDowntime • OEE • Reliability • Safety • Cost • Engagement