Explore Our Services
PVR Consulting offer a range of services outlined below. But its not limited to these - if there is any aspect of your precision engineering business that will benefit from our know-how we’d be delighted to talk further.
Get in touch with your requirements for a no-obligation initial free consultation!
What We Offer
Manufacturing Optimisation
Do you want to do it better, faster, leaner?
Do you want a fresh pair of eyes and over three decades of manufacturing experience looking at your operation?
Its a fact of life that everything can be improved, but sometimes in the white heat of the day to day challenges, fulfilling customer expectations, whilst juggling schedules, manpower and resources we miss the opportunities for optimisation in our businesses.
At PVR Consulting we are passionate about finding ways to make your manufacturing processes and operations better. We look at the whole business, from order intake to dispatch - and look for efficiencies and savings that could be made and investment decisions that could streamline process, reduce WIP, improve margin and lower overhead.
Ask us for details of our services to review your operations and advise on improving your productivity!
“Take the best that exists - and improve it” - Sir Henry Royce
Capital Investment Project Management
Investing in your business is both exciting and scary - the pitfalls are many for the unwary.
Over 25 years experience of both of buying and selling high-end manufacturing technology gives us unique insight into the process from the perspective of both a supplier and purchaser. We know what a great win-win deal is. Because when you are making possibly the biggest purchase of your business life you really can’t afford to get it wrong.
If you are looking to purchase capital equipment for your business we can project manage this for you. It will allow you to concentrate on your day to day business, whilst we do the due diligence and bring together a range of suppliers, carefully screened for suitability and for their sales and service performance reputation. Buying your capital equipment is only half the deal - living with the consequences is the other half and once its installed - its mighty hard to undo a very expensive mistake!
35 years experience in production engineering allows us to delve deep into the technical requirement for your project - specification, trials, proof of concept, supplier liaison, financing and maintenance contracts. Experience in long gestation projects, government and defence projects, tackling the fine detail in a contract, managing Non-disclosure Agreements and safeguarding intellectual property are all benefits we can bring to your project.
Bringing the unique perspective of an industry insider also allows negotiation of a deal that works for both you and the supplier. Just slavishly beating the price down doesn’t work. Look at what the Value of the deal is - to both parties. Get this right and the outcome is always positive.
Tell us your requirements - and we will show you how we can manage your project to give you the very best outcome in your decision, whether it be modest or a multi-million pound investment.
Business Resource Planning
Are you looking ahead to the next 1 year, 5 years, 10 years of your business?
Do you have a game plan for your future success? Are you protecting yourself against potential threats to your business? Changing markets? Customer demands? Overseas competition? Are you planning for growth and future security?
PVR Consulting has years of first-hand knowledge of what makes a commercial success in the Precision manufacturing sector. We know good practice and business resilience when we see it - and we can communicate these ideas and strategies to you.
Knowing where you are going gives focus to business decisions - investment, recruitment, training, all aspects of business growth. Having a roadmap for your business isn’t just to keep your bank manager off your back. Its a tool to grow your business with risk and reward factored in to your planning that pays off in success and increased profit margins.
Its about competitiveness. Growing market share. Offering a USP to your Customer base. Its about helping you win!
Ask us how we can make your business plans a win-win reality!
Fail to plan - Plan to fail!
Preventative Maintenance Strategy
How many of you don't regularly service your car? Particularly if its a new purchase? Of course we service it! - to maintain performance and safety, and to prevent breakdowns at the most awkward and inappropriate times.
So why do so many companies neglect to maintain their machines and production equipment? The attitude is “we’ve got to keep running, we’re too busy to stop production”.
Then it breaks down. At the most inopportune moment. Production lost. Quality lost. Customer delivery expectations failed. Unhappy customers don’t come back if you keep letting them down.
And yet we think maintenance is just an expensive overhead that gives you nothing? Try running that nice Porsche of yours for 60,000 miles without a single oil change! Just how do you think that will go? yet we expect production equipment to do the same - how insane is that?
The answer is to implement a predictive and preventative maintenance program. We can help build you a cost effective plan for keeping your expensive investments at tip-top performance. Planned maintenance downtime works around production deadlines to ensure you still deliver on time. That the quality of your components is still the highest. Computer software that monitors machine condition can give you predictive failure modes and plan to address the problem before its a production issue.
Ask us how in conjunction with your suppliers we can bring a total quality aspect to your maintenance department. Not fire-fighting but planning to get to any problems in advance and minimise disruption!
Industrial Finance Partnering
Do you want to invest but need to finance your investments?
Perhaps you are not aware of the different products available and the vendors who specialise in industrial finance?
We have excellent relations with many of the specialist finance houses who can show you just how to take advantage of specialist tailored finance solutions, from conventional Hire Purchase to Operating Leases and Finance Leases, and the sector is constantly innovating. High street banks have virtually abandoned industrial finance and it takes brokers who understand the industry to come up with solutions for the precision manufacturing sector.
As you look at ways to develop your business you may be concerned that you don’t have the resources or collateral to make your purchase. Knowledgeable brokers can review your credit worthiness, innovative means to raise collateral, and advise on how best to take advantage of government initiatives and tax breaks.
Ask how we can introduce you to a range of reliable and knowledgeable broker partners who can make your plans reality, as an integral part of our joint team effort to make your investment ambitions happen!
Contractor Networking
In order to achieve best efficiencies and best margins for your business, it may be relevant to outsource parts of your production processes to the wider supply chain.
We have spent many years interacting with the UK sub-contract network and can help you find and liaise with a range of professional and reliable sub-contract partners that deliver a secure service, delivering cost, quality and delivery to meet your schedules and aid you to satisfy your own customer demands.
We believe in forging long term partnerships for you. Growing the network of UK based vendors who can bring security of supply to your business. Supporting UK manufacturing is something we passionately believe in and want to see growth in our domestic economy, despite the ambivalence of the corridors of power!
Ask how we may help you source key suppliers who bring value to your business!
“Phil’s attention to detail and commitment to full solution delivery truly stood out. We’ve already recommended him to others.”
— Former Customer