An aerospace and defense company. The Challenge Our client, an aerospace and defense company, engaged TriVista to review the inventory control and management processes at their manufacturing facility. Inventory accuracy was reported between 10-20% after the previous 2 audits resulting in widespread material shortages. Planning and production teams were impacted daily by inaccurate inventories and… Read More

A label and packaging printing company. The Challenge TriVista was retained by a private equity firm that invested in a label and packaging business. The business had recently merged with a competitor, and our team was tasked with measuring and improving the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of their flexographic printing and rewind departments. Our Approach… Read More

A $58M private equity-backed manufacturer and distributor of surimi-based seafood products. The Challenge After acquiring a manufacturer and distributor of seafood products, a private equity firm wanted to identify labor productivity improvements at a west coast facility. As a secondary priority, the firm wanted to identify other barriers to growth. Through the initial assessment, we… Read More

Challenge A leading global provider of aerospace products faced decreasing inventory turns, high excess and obsolete inventory, and poor service levels. Key business issues described by management included: Forecasts of profit were regularly inaccurate Inventory turns were trending unfavorably High employee turnover While all these symptoms pointed to SIOP, there were several competing root cause… Read More

A $150M private equity backed building products company

A $250 million machined aerospace structures company with seven global production facilities serving both military and commercial aerospace markets had made multiple acquisitions each year for several years and had significant discrepancies in operational performance from factory to factory (7 total). Many of the acquisitions had been long time family run businesses that had limited operational best practice implementation or adaption. As a result, several of the facilities were operating at sub-optimal performance level. The holding company turned to TriVista, leveraging our expert team to identify manufacturing and inventory opportunities within two production facilities representing approximately $140 million in sales. A key deliverable was to determine why these two facilities, despite exceeding growth expectations on topline revenue, were lagging on margin, EBITDA and cash flow performance compared to the remaining five sites.

TriVista led efforts to drive process improvement, expand capacity and reduce inventory at a leading industrial equipment manufacturer. The Challenge TriVista’s client was a private equity owned $65 million manufacturer of industrial equipment.  The company was trying to explore ways to increase capacity without adding additional roofline – max capacity was reached at their existing facility… Read More

Orchestrating Process Improvement in an Automotive Component Factory Company Confidential is a privately held $100 million manufacturer of specialty advanced technology heat exchange devices for the automotive, truck, and mobile equipment market. Company Confidential serves both commercial and military markets, with market segments ranging from general passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, heavy equipment, personnel transport,… Read More

Leveraging TriVista’s Lean Six Sigma expertise, the client was able to generate $2 million in EBITDA and reduce working capital by $6 million. The Challenge A $65 million consumer audio electronics manufacturer specializing in high end luxury audio components was facing decreasing sales and declining margins. Although their products are sold through the largest electronics… Read More

TriVista identified over $1.0 million of EBITDA savings for a leading printing and packaging company. The Challenge A private equity backed custom printing and plastic packaging company was facing challenges attributed to a series of recent acquisitions, along with a sub-optimized inventory management and forecasting process. Despite a dramatic increase in sales over the past… Read More