Manufacturing Consultant UK
From the first diagnostic to ERP, digital systems and automation. Six specialist services delivered by a team of manufacturing consultants under one chartered engineer. No hand-offs, no long retainers.
MN Consultants offers six manufacturing consulting services across the UK: Lean transformation, quality and FMEA, production and process improvement, ERP and MRP implementation, smart automation, and interim operations leadership. Each is delivered by a specialist consultant in that discipline, led and quality-assured by Chartered Engineer Muti Nayyar, and most start with an on-site operations assessment.
The services fall into two groups. Operations assessment and improvement finds and fixes the losses in how the factory runs. Manufacturing digitalisation then puts systems and automation on top of a process stable enough to carry them.
Start on the floor. Measure, stabilise and optimise before spending on systems.
Embed 5S, standard work, visual management and daily problem-solving routines that sustain themselves after the engagement ends. Delivered for NHS Tier 1 suppliers, PE-backed manufacturers and automotive supply chains.
FMEA-led error-proofing, supplier quality controls and corrective-action frameworks that close the loop between field performance and the factory. Move from firefighting to prevention.
Line balancing, capacity planning, maintenance strategy and flow engineering that turn bottlenecks into throughput. OEE improvement and TPM for sustained gains.
Step in as Interim Operations Director or Head of Engineering to drive improvement from day one. Ideal for PE-backed transitions, post-acquisition assessments and rapid change programmes.
Systems, data and automation, sequenced so each step is built on a stable process.
Design and deploy ERP systems around error-proof processes, so data is accurate across finance, supply chain and production planning from day one. Specialism in Oracle NetSuite for UK manufacturing.
Replace manual processes with automation, but only once the underlying process is stable. Cobots, smart test rigs and automated assembly designed around your output targets, with the business case proven first.
A phased digital roadmap, MES readiness and shop-floor data capture, with funding routes such as Made Smarter where they apply.
The right consultant for each problem, all working on the factory floor alongside your team under one accountable chartered engineer. Real change needs real presence.
Every engagement follows Diagnose, Stabilise, Optimise, Digitalise and automate. No shortcuts. See the process.
Every recommendation ties to a financial outcome: £700K of cost removed, a £3.5M capex project delivered. Numbers you can take to the board.
Engagements are scoped for impact, not duration. Most initial diagnostics complete within two weeks.
Led by Muti Nayyar, CEng MIMechE, MSc Cranfield University. Academic rigour with factory-floor reality.
Healthcare supply, PE-backed manufacturers, automotive, oil and gas, modular construction. The same principles, applied with sector knowledge.
A Lean consultant works inside your operation to remove the eight wastes, embed 5S and standard work, cut changeover times with SMED and build a continuous-improvement culture. At an NHS Tier 1 supplier this delivered a 12% productivity uplift, and at a modular construction manufacturer it tripled assembly throughput.
It begins with a two-week diagnostic: value stream mapping, OEE measurement, root-cause analysis and stakeholder interviews, giving a priority improvement matrix. Changes are then implemented phase by phase with measurable outcomes at each step. See our process.
Yes. ERP and MRP design and deployment is a core service, with particular experience in Oracle NetSuite. ERP is implemented after processes are stabilised, which avoids digitising a broken process. See ERP and MRP implementation.
Yes. We can step in as Interim Operations Director or Head of Engineering during acquisitions, transitions or rapid change programmes. See post-acquisition assessment.
FMEA, or Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, identifies potential process failures before they happen, enabling error-proofing that moves a factory from reactive firefighting to prevention. FMEA-led improvement helped a PE-backed pump manufacturer reach 99.8% right-first-time across four production sites.
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Manufacturing operations assessment and digitalisation for UK manufacturers. Led by a chartered engineer. Stabilise first, then automate.
UK-based. Serving manufacturers nationwide.
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