Services
Operations Consulting
Sometimes you need tactical execution.
We do both.
Lowering costs and improving efficiency from launch to end of life
Zebulon Solutions provides strategic operations consulting services, ranging from fractional or interim executives to outsourcing strategy and risk analysis. We’re data-driven, innovative and passionate, but unlike typical management consulting firms, our executives are industry veterans with decades of hands-on experience, not freshly-minted MBAs.
As independent experts, we provide balanced advice unencumbered by internal biases.
We integrate operations, manufacturing and engineering management with technical and business analysis and professional project management. Our team brings decades of experience on factory floors combined with managing large, complex teams to help you make the right data-driven decisions.
From new product introduction to end of life, Zebulon Solutions will help you lower product costs and improve manufacturing efficiency, no matter where you are on scaling your operation.
The formula for success
Innovation. Experience. Integrity.
We’ve ramped hundreds of products in manufacturing. Trust us with yours.
Strategy
We start with understanding your business and goals to develop a strategy that achieves both short- and long-term objectives.
Implementation
We apply our hands-on experience to tactically implement a strategy that gorws and supports your business.
Results
We focus on profitability by cutting expenses and mitigating often-overlooked costs in the supply chain and manufacturing.
Services
Fractional Executives
Hiring experienced, visionary leaders can be daunting. Zebulon Solutions provides operations and engineering executives on a fraction or interim basis. Our leaders bring decades of experience to your board room and manufacturing floor and we can help you hire our replacement when the time is right.
Project Management
Zebulon Solutions delivers expert project management to keep your program on time and on budget. We manage internal efforts or provide stand-alone support for product development and operations readiness. Our team builds and maintains detailed schedules, identifies risks early, and implements mitigation plans to keep your project moving smoothly.
Outsourcing Strategy
Outsourcing is complicated. Our experienced team navigates the often-conflicting challenges to help you engage with the right manufacturing partner. From negotiating favorable contract terms to stable and scalable production, we work through every detail to ensure your manufacturing partner is working for you.
Scaling Manufacturing
Aggressive volume ramps bring distinct challenges. Whether scaling from 1 to 100 or 100 to 10,000 units, Zebulon Solutions understands the shifting priorities. Early on, cash flow matters; at high volume, every fraction of a cent counts. Our team drives cost reductions as volumes grow while managing inventory and safeguarding quality.
Offerings
Cost Reduction Strategy
Zebulon Solutions includes cost reductions in every project. Whether it is leveraging volumes or competitive quotes or deep costing analysis, you will benefit from our critical eye on cost.
- Total cost of goods sold (COGS) analysis
- Redesign opportunities investigation
- Onshoring vs offshoring analysis
- Build vs buy analysis
- Competitive quotes
Contract Negotiation Coaching
Zebulon Solutions has negotiated dozens of master services agreements with contract manufacturers over the years. You benefit from our insights in sitting on both sides of the table. At a fraction of hiring a good manufacturing attorney (which you will need), we can guide you through the negotiation process to get an equitable deal.
- Review of existing contract terms and conditions (Ts&Cs)
- Support in negotiating new manufacturing contracts
- Price and delivery terms
Indemnification and excess inventory clauses
Risk Analysis & Due Diligence
Product development and manufacturing are fraught with risks. Zebulon solutions will analyze your risk profile and help you craft a balanced, data-driven solution to meet regulatory requirements or calm investor concerns.
- Risk analysis
- Risk abatement solutions
- Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Technical and operational due diligence
Investor Deck Support
Building an investor deck for a hardware product is not complete without a manufacturing strategy. Zebulon Solutions will provide an independent assessment and analyze the data to generate schedules and estimate costs to help build investor confidence.
- Create development schedule
- Development cost estimates
- Letter of support (LOS)
- Manufacturing strategy
- Volume cost estimating
- Independent product assessment
