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Case Studies

Eight engagements across eight industries. Each is anonymized and reported against the client’s stated objective — the capacity target, the cost reduction goal, the retention problem that needed solving.

8 published engagements
8 industries covered
Four-phase methodology throughout
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Each case study walks through the four-phase methodology — business assessment, workforce assessment, solution design, and implementation — and reports the outcome against the objective we were hired to achieve.

Food Manufacturing
Food Manufacturer Didn’t Need a 7-Day Schedule
The capacity gap was on afternoon shift, not weekends. Saved a $4.2M expansion that wasn’t needed.
Jim Dillingham Read →
Distribution / 3PL
7-Day Distribution Coverage Without a Weekend-Only Crew
Two 12-hour Day-only crews on a 2-2-3 pattern delivered weekend coverage without the two-tier workforce problem.
Dan Capshaw Read →
Pharmaceutical
Pharma Packaging to 7 Days With Cleaning Validation Intact
Validated cleaning cycles set the schedule. Production fit around them — not the other way around.
Ethan Franklin Read →
Automotive
6-Day Schedule Solved Capacity and Avoided Union Renegotiation
The difference of one day was the difference between an implementation and a contract reopener.
Jim Dillingham Read →
Chemical Processing
Specialty Chemical Plant Moved to 7-Day Continuous Operation
The challenge wasn’t production scheduling. It was redesigning maintenance windows built into the 5-day envelope.
Dan Capshaw Read →
Pulp & Paper
Paper Mill Cut Overtime by Diagnosing Real Root Causes
Three distinct overtime drivers operating at once. The redesign addressed each separately.
Ethan Franklin Read →
Mining
Mining Operation Cut Voluntary Turnover by Redesigning the Schedule
Management was certain compensation was driving the departures. The diagnostic told a different story.
Jim Dillingham Read →
Manufacturing
Manufacturer Improved Work-Life Balance Without Compromising Output
The business was running fine. The workforce wasn’t. The redesign improved life quality without breaking what worked.
Dan Capshaw Read →

How These Engagements Are Reported

Every case study in this collection is anonymized. No client names, no identifying facility details. Each is reported against the objective we were hired to achieve — not against a broader standard that would make the outcome look larger than it was.

The four phases appear in every case study because they appear in every engagement: business assessment, workforce assessment, solution design, and implementation preparation. The pattern holds regardless of industry or problem type.

Where a case study notes that a plan was avoided or a cost was not incurred, we state the projected figure from the client’s own planning documents, not an estimate we constructed after the fact.

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Industries represented across the current collection
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Phases applied consistently across every engagement
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Client names published without explicit permission
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Years of engagements the methodology is drawn from
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