Kreeger Operations ConsultingMichael Kreeger, Principal

Get your operation off the daily fire drill.

I help small and mid-size manufacturers build the planning, governance, and analytics that move them from today’s firefighting to a clear future state, then leave behind a team that can run it.

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Your operation current state vs. future state

Today

  • Expediting orders every week
  • High inventory and shortages at the same time
  • Projects started on gut feel
  • Reports nobody fully trusts

Future state

  • A monthly S&OP review that ends in decisions
  • One demand plan for sales, operations, and finance
  • Projects ranked by dollar value
  • Dashboards the team keeps current

Ways to work together

Most leaders know what’s broken. What’s missing is time to step back, a plan to fix it, and someone to see it through. Start small, or bring me in for the long haul.

Operations Assessment

I document how work actually flows today, find the gaps that cost you the most, and hand you a one-year roadmap to your future state, with priorities, owners, and measures.

2–3 weeks
Fixed fee

90-Day S&OP Launch

Stand up a monthly sales and operations planning cycle: demand review, supply and capacity review, and an executive meeting that ends in decisions. By day 90, your team runs it.

90 days
Fixed scope

Fractional Operations Leader

Senior planning and operations leadership without a full-time hire. I lead the work, coach your team, and build the processes you need while you grow.

1–2 days a week
Monthly retainer

AI Opportunity Assessment

Find where AI and machine learning can save real money in your operation, from inventory placement and freight costs to project intake, and get a practical plan to try it.

2–3 weeks
Fixed fee

How the work gets done

Every engagement follows the same six steps, refined over 25+ years of building processes at Qualcomm, DJO Global, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

  1. Assess

    Understand your challenges, goals, and the time and resources you can commit.

  2. Engage

    Agree on objectives, priorities, and how we’ll measure success.

  3. Define

    Map the current state, design the future state, and build an actionable plan.

  4. Implement

    Put the plan to work, and adjust as we learn.

  5. Measure

    Track results against goals and capture lessons learned.

  6. Enable

    Hand off a sustainable process your team owns.

The goal is always the last step: a process that keeps working after I’m gone.

Results

A few outcomes from processes I’ve built and led.

  • $10M

    in annual savings and 49,000 labor hours from the project funnel, governance board, and value model I built and led. Thermo Fisher Scientific

  • 383%

    revenue growth in the business unit supported by the executive S&OP process I built from the ground up. Qualcomm

  • ~50%

    improvement in year 2–5 forecast accuracy by bringing future products into long-range planning. Qualcomm

  • 10 days to 4 hours

    for sales commission processing after automating it, freeing the team for market analysis. DJO Global

  • 42%

    better on-time delivery within two months as a manufacturing supervisor, using MRP and Kanban. Huck International

You work directly with me

I’m Michael Kreeger. I started on the shop floor in aerospace and defense, learning Lean, Just-in-Time, and PICOS supplier development. Since then I’ve built S&OP at Qualcomm, rebuilt sales operations at DJO Global, and led project governance and analytics, including AI, at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Larger firms send a team. I do the work myself, with your people, and I’m done when your team can run it without me.

  • Thermo Fisher ScientificSupply chain analytics & portfolio governance
  • DJO GlobalSales operations
  • QualcommS&OP / SIOP and strategic supply chain
  • Hughes Missile Systems · General DynamicsProduction planning & control

Tell me what’s slowing your operation down.

A 30-minute conversation is free. You’ll leave with at least one idea you can use, whether or not we work together.

Michael Kreeger on LinkedIn Temecula, California. Serving manufacturers across Southern California and remotely.