Operational Excellence & Turnaround

When production falls behind demand, margins erode, or customer commitments become harder to meet, the next decision matters. Hiring more people or purchasing equipment can increase spending without resolving the underlying problem.

DCY Operating Partners LLC was founded to help manufacturers identify what is limiting performance and take action. Through consulting and fractional operations leadership, we work with owners, investors, and management teams on turnarounds, capacity expansion, manufacturing network design, and acquisition integration.

Scaling for Growth

For founder-led and growing companies, we establish the processes and management routines needed to reduce dependence on individual problem-solvers. The goal is to unlock growth, supported by capable leaders and consistent execution.

Optimizing

Costs, margins, and capacity are constantly being challenged. We work with your teams to accelerate improvements by offering technical support, coaching, and rolling up our sleeves to address your challenges.

Stabilizing

Struggling businesses are often dealing with multiple issues and it’s easy to get overwhelmed with where to start. We work with your team to review pain points, develop a strategy, and establish feasible action plans to get you on track.

Start Here

  • A structured process to understand your goals and opportunities. We work quickly, usually one to two weeks to complete this stage and establish solutions.

    Perform standard assessments and scoring of the business areas

    • Compliance and Asset Integrity

      • Safety

      • Quality Systems

      • Food Safety Practices

      • OEE Performance

      • Maintenance and Reliability

    • Management Systems

      • Tiered Meeting Approach and Action Tracking

      • Performance Visibility and KPIs

      • Standard Work

      • Financial Reporting and Review

      • Supply Chain Planning

      • Continuous Improvement

  • For clients that are being severely impacted by issues, the next step is picking 1-2 critical priorities and immediately developing a stabilization plan. We work hand-in-hand with your teams to get results until performance is predictable again.

    • Strategy developed from the assessment

    • Urgency around 1-2 top priorities

    • We act as a true execution partner

    • We build sustainability into the acton plans

Improve

  • Safety and Quality are ways of life in manufacturing and are a direct reflection of culture. We will help you be intentional with these improvements. Culture, structure, and improvement in these two areas will unlock other business benefits.

  • Sites often feel they need capital to grow when what they need is to better utilize the capacity they already own.

    • OEE Analysis and Countermeasures

    • Quality Improvements / Variability Reduction

    • Downtime Reduction

    • Rate Increases

  • Overall yield, plus raw material and product loss go directly to the P&L. These often move the needle as much or more than labor. We help you search for these opportunities and come up with solutions.


  • Unplanned downtime is a product of reactive vs. proactive maintenance. We can put management systems in place for you that allow you to increase productive time on assets.

    • CMMS Setup and Discipline

    • PM Procedure Creation

    • Spare Parts Strategy

    • KPI Development

Sustain

  • The ultimate goal is to create sustained growth, we work with you to make this a reality. A tiered daily management structure, the critical few KPIs that actually drive behavior, clear ownership at each level, and a cadence where problems surface within a shift instead of at month-end is what converts an engagement into a permanent capability.

    • Tiered management structure

    • KPI development, standardization, and visibility

    • Action item review and tracking

    • Financial performance / P&L reviews