Project Showcase
The projects below illustrate the range of operational performance challenges Stratocube has worked on, across manufacturing, production, industrial and financial services, defence, and regulated environments. Each summary describes the problem, the approach, and the outcome.
For further details on each case, the operational context, what the diagnostic revealed, the approach taken, and the outcomes achieved, download the Project Showcase Pack below.It is designed to help you quickly assess whether Stratocube's experience is a relevant fit for the operational challenges you are currently facing.
Showcase: Plastics Packaging Manufacturing Operation - Process Efficiency & Profitability Transformation
A multi-process packaging operation was losing throughput, margin, and customer confidence due to poor flow control, avoidable downtime, and fragmented production sequencing. We stabilised the production system, removed the key constraints, and redesigned execution discipline across the full operation. The financial result was an 18% improvement in annualised NPBITD within nine months, with customer satisfaction improving to above 90% on delivery reliability. The details behind this turnaround are worth a closer look.
Showcase: Defence Manufacturing Process Industrialisation & Lean Transformation
Transitioning from prototype builds to repeatable, industrialised production of mission-configurable vehicles exposed significant gaps in planning, flow, quality control, and cross-functional coordination. We redesigned the production system from the ground up — stabilising material readiness, tightening build sequencing, and embedding a practical daily management cadence that connected the shop floor to leadership in real time. The result was a measurably more reliable and capable production operation, with quality and throughput gains that held after the engagement closed.
Showcase: Quality Excellence and Process Transformation in an Aeronautics Defence Manufacturer
In a highly regulated precision manufacturing environment, rework, inspection bottlenecks, and poor feedback loops between design and production were eroding delivery confidence and consuming capacity. We restructured the production and quality system, shifting from batch inspection to in-station control, introducing statistical process capability disciplines, and closing the feedback gap between engineering and the floor. Delivery predictability improved, rework and scrap fell materially, and the operation retained full compliance throughout. The full case detail illustrates how structured process transformation works in a high-consequence environment.
Showcase: Mission-Critical Credit Bureau Relationship Stabilisation & Operating Model Redesign
A long-standing structural breakdown between a financial services client and its most critical third-party data provider had resisted resolution for years — threatening service continuity and creating significant financial and compliance exposure. We diagnosed the root causes of the breakdown, redesigned the account and process architecture on both sides of the relationship, and implemented a sustainable operating model that eliminated the underlying failure modes. Service continuity was restored, aged liabilities were resolved, and the relationship was placed on a structurally sound footing. The full case is a useful illustration of how operational process thinking applies beyond the factory floor.
Showcase: Organisational Redesign & Governance Reform for an African Civil Aviation Authority
A civil aviation authority was being held back by structural fragmentation, unclear decision rights, and people-management practices that had drifted far from strategic intent. We reset the organisational foundations, clarifying the operating model, defining levels of work and accountability, and introducing governance and performance disciplines that gave leadership genuine leverage over the organisation. The result was a more coherent, better-governed authority with a platform capable of sustaining meaningful reform. Few operational transformation challenges are as complex as a multi-entity public sector redesign. The full case shows how it was approached.
Showcase: Catalytic Converter Manufacturer Operating Model and Process Transformation
Production leadership was losing significant time and management bandwidth to fragmented supply chain activity that should have been running systematically in the background. We redesigned the operating model to restore operational focus — establishing clear sourcing disciplines, spend visibility, and supplier governance that freed technical and production leaders to concentrate on delivery and performance. Cost and risk outcomes improved materially as a consequence of better operational structure, not just cost reduction effort. The full case illustrates how supply chain alignment supports rather than competes with operational performance.
Showcase: MRP Inventory Data Remediation & SAP Implementation Readiness Project (Cement Manufacturer)
A large cement group was approaching a high-stakes SAP implementation with inventory master data that was too compromised to support it: non-standardised, duplicated, and ungoverned across multiple factories and warehouses. We led a comprehensive data remediation programme, introduced internationally recognised codification standards, and established the governance infrastructure needed to maintain data integrity after go-live. Within two years, inventory stock levels had reduced by over 32%, releasing substantial working capital. The full case details how data and process governance combine to protect a major systems implementation.