A signed numeric target
Before starting we agree which metric moves and by how much. If it can't be measured, I don't take it on.
Operations consulting · Industrial SMEs
Shorter lead times, same team
I work inside your plant, not from an office. We measure, change and measure again: the target is agreed before we start.
Free initial diagnosis. If I don't see room to grow, I'll say so.
How I work
Four rules I don't negotiate, because they're what makes it work.
On the floor, with your people
I spend at least two days a week at the plant. The people who will use the changes design them.
Twelve-week projects
No endless consulting and no 200-page reports. Twelve weeks and a decision: continue or stop.
No dependency
When we finish, your team runs the system without me. I train two internal people in every project.
Who's behind it
Fifteen years on the shop floor before advising anyone
I'm an industrial engineer and ran production at two component plants before setting up Cobalto in 2019. I know what it's like to get a customer calling about a delay at seven in the evening.\n\nThat's why I don't sell branded methodologies: I sell shorter lead times, measured with the data from your own ERP.
- Industrial engineer, 15 years in production
- Twelve projects closed with the target met
- In-house team training included
-31 %average lead time across the last twelve projects
Where I can help
Five assignments that come up in almost every plant I work with.
Lead time reduction
12-week project
Value stream mapping, bottlenecks and machine load replanning.
True cost per product
from €6,500
Real costings, with measured rather than estimated times. It usually changes pricing policy.
KPI implementation
€4,200
A weekly dashboard that fills itself in and a 20-minute meeting that actually works.
Handing over the business
from €9,000
For family firms: splitting responsibilities, a manual for every role and a year of support.
Two-day audit
€1,800
Two days on the floor and a twenty-page report with what I'd change and where I'd start.
Results from recent projects
Measured by the client, three months after finishing.
-34%
Average lead time
Metalwork shop, 40 employees
-18%
Cost of poor quality
Furniture manufacturer
+11 pts
On-time delivery
From 76% to 87%
14
Projects completed
Since 2021, all in Aragón and Navarre
What managers say
Clients who went through the full twelve weeks.
He came with a notebook and a stopwatch, not a slide deck. In three months we knew for the first time what each part cost us.
The best part is that our Monday meeting now lasts twenty minutes and something gets decided.
He trained two of our people and six months later the system was still running without him. That's what we wanted.
Shall we talk for thirty minutes?
A free call to see whether your case fits. If it doesn't, I'll say so and point you to someone who does.
Tell me about your bottleneck
Write to me with your plant size, your sector and what's costing you money right now. I reply within 24 working hours.
- hola@cobalto.consulting
- +34 600 000 000
- Zaragoza · Projects across Spain