Forward Deployed Performance
On-site engineering against an operating constraint. Riveltis measures the baseline, finds where value is lost, executes the intervention alongside your team, and proves the result against the number it started from.
- TYPICAL DURATION
- 4 to 8 weeks
- DECISION ANSWERED
- Where is profit or throughput disappearing, and what should change first?
Signals that this is the right engagement
- 01Margin is falling and the operating data does not explain why
- 02Throughput is capped and the bottleneck is contested between functions
- 03Rework and scrap are treated as normal cost
- 04Work stalls in handoffs and queues nobody owns
- 05A previous improvement programme produced slides but no measured change
What actually happens
One accountable owner carries the engagement end to end. Nothing below is optional.
Baseline
The current number, measured and recorded, before anything is changed.
Constraint map
Observed flow, queues, handoffs, and losses, built from operating data rather than opinion.
Intervention
The change executed on site with the owning team, not handed over as a recommendation.
Measured result
Outcome compared against the recorded baseline, including what did not move.
Operating handoff
Method, owners, and the measurement left with the team that runs it.
- Constraint map built from observed operating data
- Intervention executed on site, not recommended from a deck
- Measured result against a recorded baseline
- Operating handoff to the owning team
Riveltis will not claim laboratory accreditation, certification authority, formal audit authority, or regulated approval until the company or a named provider holds the required qualification.
Full independence policyForward Deployed Performance: common questions
- How is this different from management consulting?
- A consultant leaves a recommendation. Riveltis executes the intervention on site with the team that owns the process, and reports the measured result against a baseline recorded before anything changed, including the parts that did not move.
- How is improvement proven rather than asserted?
- The baseline is measured and recorded before the intervention. Any claim afterwards is stated against that number. If a change cannot be measured, the engagement says so rather than describing it as a success.
- What data access is needed?
- Whatever already describes the flow, which is usually production records, quality data, and scheduling. Where the operating data is incomplete, establishing a trustworthy measurement is part of the work rather than a prerequisite for starting.
- What if the constraint turns out to be somewhere unpopular?
- It is reported where the data puts it. Constraints frequently sit in handoffs between functions rather than inside any one of them, which is exactly why they survive internal improvement programmes.
- Does the improvement survive after you leave?
- That is the purpose of the operating handoff. Method, named owners, and the measurement itself transfer to the team that runs the process, so the result does not depend on Riveltis remaining on site.
Start with the decision you need to make
Scoping begins with the question, not a capability deck. Send the decision, the evidence you already hold, and the date driving it.