What We Do

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1. 01

   Initialize

   10 services

   From napkin sketches to equipment commissioning, the Cambian team can help you navigate the dynamic and stressful process of turning hopes into accomplishments. This stage of development presents a huge opportunity. Rearranging lines on paper is much less costly than rearranging production lines, and thorough understanding and review in the early stages pays exponential dividends.

   Market Entry and Site Location Strategy

   Where you build is hard to change and can greatly constrain many factors that affect your bottom line.

   Manufacturing Strategy Development

   Knowing where to put equipment doesn't matter if you have the wrong equipment. Let us help you align production capabilities with business objectives.

   Factory Layout and Process Design

   Considering every factor at every process step is the only way to ensure missed requirements don't create expensive work-arounds later in the design phase.

   Information System Design and Setup

   In today's manufacturing world, the data that supports the product is just as important as the product itself. We can help you ensure the tools work for you instead of the other way around. This includes all aspects of digital management, including:

   • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
   • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
   • Quality Management Systems (QMS)
   • Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
   • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
   • Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

   Supplier Sourcing and Qualification

   You can't build it if you don't have its components. We can help you find the best partners to enable your execution… or we can help you make them.

   Workplace Safety and Ergonomics

   Compliance is the baseline; excellence protects your most important assets: your people. We can assess workflows for ergonomic strain and safety exposure, design out the hazards that cause injuries, and build the training and standard work that make safe operation the default instead of an afterthought. A safer floor tends to be a more productive one too, but that's a side benefit. Protecting the people who do the work is simply the right thing to do.

   Construction Management

   Plans seldom survive contact with reality. From breaking ground to first production, we can coordinate contractors, equipment vendors, and your internal teams so the schedule holds and the budget doesn't drift. When the inevitable surprises show up, we manage the changes and keep the project moving toward the finish line instead of stalling on it.

   Commissioning Support

   Equipment doesn't always do what it's supposed to do, especially direct from the vendor. We can help verify capabilities, provide supplier accountability, and bridge engineering gaps to ensure needs are met.

   Relocation Planning

   Whether you're onshoring international capabilities or simply moving one machine across the floor, downtime is the enemy. We can sequence the teardown, transport, reinstallation, and re-qualification so equipment comes back online predictably, and we plan the whole move around your production commitments so you're generating profit again as quickly as possible.

   First Article / PPAP Support

   We can help ensure product meets all applicable customer requirements. We can also help with the documentation and process of meeting PPAP requirements of all levels.

2. 02

   Stabilize

   6 services

   There are few things more frustrating than inconsistency. Everything seems to be going well for a while, then seemingly out of nowhere, you run into a rash of defects, equipment downtime, or supplier performance issues. Soon enough the problem goes away and you're offered assurances that it won't happen again because the problem is fixed… just like last time. But you don't have to accept that “it is what it is”.

   Quality Management System Implementation and Compliance

   Our team has spent decades inside manufacturers building, certifying, and maintaining quality systems to standards such as ISO 9001, AS9100, and IATF 16949, including building several from the ground up. But that's only the beginning. QMS software is just the backbone of a comprehensive Business Management System that embodies the culture of your organization. We can help ensure the culture you insist on has permeated your organization through audits, trainings, and systematic/procedural improvements.

   Standard Work Development

   Standard work should be an expectation at every level of an organization. Surprises and variability are the enemy of stability. We can help design, develop, and implement standard work, including templates, procedure writing, training, auditing, and documentation.

   Capacity Planning and Production Scheduling

   Sometimes the problem isn't a production problem, it's a planning problem. Ensuring the plan matches the capabilities and capacities of the myriad production operations requires a deep knowledge of the processes and robust feedback loops. We can help create and refine those so the plans are consistently achievable.

   Root Cause Analysis and Corrective/Preventive Actions

   Let us bring our decades of problem-solving expertise to your most challenging problems. We have a deep and wide problem-solving toolkit that includes staples such as 5 Whys, 8D, and A3, but we bring the most value by teaching RCCA (Root Cause and Corrective Actions) techniques to your team. When problem-solving and continuous improvement become the baseline expectation of your organization's culture, the problems literally start to solve themselves.

   Supply Chain Mapping and Risk Assessment

   We can work independently or with your supply chain team to identify the greatest supply chain vulnerabilities and create and implement action plans to minimize risks and impacts.

   Supplier Quality Management

   From audits and scorecards to SCARs (Supplier Corrective Action Requests), you should expect an even higher level of performance from your suppliers than you do from your own team. We can bring the same knowledge and expertise to your external team members as to your internal ones.

3. 03

   Optimize

   12 services

   Everything can be improved. Unfortunately sometimes teams get so caught up in making sure that standards are followed, they forget to question whether the standard is still the best way of doing things. If your skin doesn't crawl when you hear the phrase “but that's the way we've always done it”, then please call us immediately. At Cambian, we are passionate about making things better, and that means things have to change.

   Cost Reduction

   Waste is insidious. It comes in many forms, and when we aren't extremely diligent about its elimination, it becomes pervasive. There are countless systems and tools to reduce waste: Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen events, and more. Effective cost reduction comes from knowing which tools need to be implemented at the right time, in the right place, with the right people. Our team of experts can help identify opportunities and work alongside your team to eliminate the waste.

   Throughput Improvement

   The other side of the profitability coin also includes waste reduction activities, but applied in a different way. Care needs to be taken with throughput increases. OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and machine uptime/downtime can be powerful metrics, but when applied to non-bottleneck operations or dynamic production circumstances, they may not actually drive increased profitability.

   Automation and Robotics Integration

   Over-automation is just as damaging and risky as ignoring automation. Let our team of experts help you find the right balance, evaluate ROI, select vendors, manage projects, implement automation, and integrate it into an organic part of your team.

   Industry 4.0 Adoption

   IoT, smart manufacturing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence are redefining what is possible in the world of manufacturing. Our team hasn't just recommended these tools; we have selected, implemented, and run plants that made use of them. Let us help make sense of this modern-day industrial revolution and put it to work for you.

   Digital Twins and Simulations

   Some of the most expensive mistakes can be caught before a single machine moves. We can build digital models of your processes and production lines to test layouts, flow, and capacity changes in software first, so you validate the decision and surface the problems virtually instead of paying for them on the floor. The result is shorter timelines and far cheaper iterations.

   Value Stream Mapping

   You can't improve what you can't see. We map the full path your product takes, from raw material to shipped order, to expose where time, inventory, and effort actually go. That map turns vague frustration into a prioritized list of the changes that move the needle most, and it becomes the foundation for nearly every other improvement effort.

   Inventory Optimization

   Too much inventory ties up cash and hides problems; too little stops the line and burns customer trust. We can help you strike the right balance across cost, lead time, and availability, then build the reorder points, safety-stock logic, and review cadence that hold that balance when demand and supply inevitably shift.

   Logistics and Warehouse Optimization

   Every minute a part spends waiting or being moved is a minute you pay for and your customer doesn't see value from. We can redesign storage, staging, and material flow so the right components are where your team needs them, when they need them, cutting the wasted motion and waiting that quietly erodes throughput and on-time delivery.

   Leadership Coaching

   Empower your leaders to make better decisions, inspire their teams, and drive operational excellence. Through targeted coaching, we help managers strengthen communication, problem-solving, and strategic thinking so they can lead with confidence and deliver results.

   Operator Training

   Equip your workforce with the skills and knowledge to run equipment safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. Our hands-on training programs boost productivity, reduce errors, and build confidence.

   Cross-Functional Team Development

   Break down silos and strengthen collaboration across departments. We help teams from Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and more work together seamlessly, improving problem-solving, accelerating projects, and driving continuous improvement throughout the organization.

   Change Management

   Ensure new processes, technologies, and systems are adopted smoothly and successfully. We guide your organization through change with clear communication, practical training, and stakeholder engagement, minimizing disruption and maximizing long-term results.