A Partner You Can Trust.
Just ask our clients.
The Solution
Traditional assessments rely on interviews and documentation. We go to the plant floor, the warehouse, and the back office to see how work really happens, then measure it against your goals, processes, and technology, so every recommendation delivers business value, not theory.
A prioritized roadmap ranked by business impact.
Clear visibility into where people, processes, and technology are out of alignment.
Quick wins your teams can implement within 90 days.
Long-term recommendations that support broader transformation initiatives.
Practical AI, automation, and Microsoft Copilot opportunities tied to measurable ROI.
Organizational change management and training recommendations that improve adoption.
The Challenges
Common operational challenges we uncover
Manufacturers often discover opportunities such as:
Manual workarounds slowing production and customer response
Duplicate work across ERP, spreadsheets, and disconnected systems.
Inventory and planning inefficiencies driving unnecessary costs.
Quote-to-order and order-to-cash bottlenecks delaying revenue.
Finance processes creating unnecessary approvals and rework.
Underutilized ERP capabilities limiting return on technology investments.
AI and automation opportunities hidden inside everyday processes.
The Audience
This engagement is designed for manufacturers who are:
Engagement Packages
Choose the Gemba Walk that's right for you.
Best for
Operations
Back Office
Systems
Deliverables
Timeline
Accelerated: 1-Week
A rapid, focused review producing near-term recommendations and a working backlog.
1 week on-site
Full: 3-Weeks
Organizations about to transform, or whose recent implementation didn’t return the value expected.
3 weeks on-site
Engagement Packages
Choose the Gemba Walk that's right for you.
A rapid, focused review producing near-term recommendations and a working backlog.
- Deep plant tour
- Operational stakeholder interviews
- Back office stakeholder interviews
- Solution blueprint review
- Findings & recommendations
- Heat map
- Backlog refinement session
Organizations about to transform, or whose recent implementation didn’t return the value expected.
- Deep plant tour
- Operational stakeholder interviews
- MRP deep dive
- Warehouse & operations shadowing
- Back office stakeholder interviews
- GL/AP/AR shadowing
- Learning & OCM interview
- Solution blueprint review
- Findings & recommendations
- Heat map
- Automation/Copilot recs
- OCM/training recs
- Two 2-hour backlog & coaching sessions
Why Quisitive
Quisitive is a proven partner to manufacturers.
1,000+ implementations and Gemba walks at real manufacturers — we know what broken processes look like in practice.
Most assessments cover one area. We cover all three, so recommendations come from the full picture.
Microsoft Frontier Partner with proven Finance & Operations and Supply Chain delivery.
ISO 27001-certified, so your data is handled in accordance with recognized standards.
FAQ
No. A traditional fit/gap assessment evaluates software requirements.
A Manufacturing Gemba Walk evaluates how your business actually operates across the plant floor, warehouse, finance, and supporting systems to uncover improvement opportunities that software reviews alone cannot identify.
