Execute on the strategies you need to grow
Precision is critical for manufacturers.
To secure lasting success, you need to ensure you’re increasing quality while eliminating waste. Achieving greater efficiency, however, depends on having skilled professionals who can identify improvement opportunities, design effective strategies and lead successful implementation.
Wipfli’s outsourced operations for manufacturing services offer experienced, scalable talent capable of helping you drive operational excellence.
Why Wipfli?
Whether you need support for navigating changing regulations, new growth or modernization, Wipfli can provide the strategy and guidance you need to transform. Our extensive manufacturing experience gives us deep insight into the industry’s unique operational challenges and best practices.
How we help you
In today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment, agility is everything. Whether you’re scaling production, launching a new line or navigating workforce shortages, having the right talent in place is critical to maintaining momentum and meeting demand.
Wipfli’s staff augmentation services provide skilled professionals who can support you in critical areas, including finance and operations.
Our talent solutions are designed to help manufacturers in:
- Bridging skill gaps during peak production cycles or special projects.
- Reducing downtime by quickly filling vacancies with vetted, qualified talent.
- Maintaining compliance and quality with professionals who understand industry standards.
Whether you need short-term support or long-term strategic staffing, we deliver the people you need to build a more efficient and growing business.
Our manufacturing outsourcing services can help position your business for long-term success by delivering hands-on support and executional rigor.
We help you:
- Translate strategic goals into actionable steps that align with critical business objectives.
- Implement organizationwide goal setting to help drive accountability, cost reduction and performance.
- Guide annual operations planning cycles to support alignment, efficiency and readiness.
- Examine critical processes or areas of concern for your business.
- Provide day-to-day execution support for key initiatives that drive process improvement and enhance operational excellence.
- Track and document workforce productivity.
- Oversee performance management systems.
In addition, we help accelerate growth with support for:
- Customer journey mapping to help eliminate friction and identify growth opportunities.
- Execution of customer experience initiatives that strengthen loyalty and drive revenue.
Wipfli’s fractional chief operation officer services can help you drive performance and overcome barriers to growth by:
- Assisting in shaping and executing operational strategy in a way that’s aligned with your business objectives and market demands.
- Building your desired culture.
- Developing and implementing a clear organizational vision.
- Assessing workforce needs and structure.
We provide executive-level insights and hands-on leadership to help move your business forward.
Our team
Laurie Harbour
Laurie Harbour is a partner with more than 35 years of manufacturing and consulting experience. Prior to joining Wipfli, she was the co-owner of Harbour Results, Inc., and has spent her career helping clients develop strategies, improve operations, reduce risk and optimize business performance. Clients benefit from Laurie’s ability to work with leadership teams to assess the current state of their business and provide strategic and operation recommendations for improvement.
Scott Walton
Scott Walton is a partner with more than 35 years of manufacturing and consulting experience. Previously the co-owner of Harbour Results, Inc., he has spent his career helping strengthen the North American manufacturing industry through strategic and operational improvements and risk reduction. His experience in strategic planning, operations management, lean manufacturing, finance and supply chain management enables him to help clients navigate challenging business environments. Scott has expertise in restructuring businesses with a focus on quickly diagnosing issues and developing a turnaround plan to drive profitability.
Mike Devereux, CPA, CMP
Mike Devereux has identified millions of dollars in tax incentives for manufacturing clients, led hundreds of research and development (R&D) tax credit study engagements and demonstrated leadership and exceptional judgment in the tax structuring of various acquisitions. He speaks nationally to various professional and industry trade organizations and associations about opportunities to reduce federal and state tax liabilities and has written dozens of articles for trade publications.
Brett Polglaze
Brett Polglaze brings over 20 years of experience to Wipfli’s organizational performance management consulting team and has a passion for tackling complex organizational questions. From improving business process flows to assisting clients through complex system selections, his focus has always been to architect solutions that solve critical business issues. He has led all aspects of technology selection, implementation, and operations improvement initiatives.
Lisa Lehman
Lisa Lehman is responsible for attracting leads, securing new business and ensuring customer success. She leverages her experience and over a decade of traditional and non-traditional manufacturing sales knowledge to help Wipfli achieve its near and long-term business growth goals.
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