Top-decile performance isn't an event. It's a destination — and we know the way.
We partner with leadership teams to close the gap between where operations are and where they could be — in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people — then build the internal capability to hold that ground long after we leave.
FIVE DESTINATIONS · ONE NAVIGATED ROUTE TO TOP-DECILE PERFORMANCE
We help organizations deliver top-tier, top-decile performance — and build the internal capability to sustain it long after we're gone.
SQDCP — THE LEAN/OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STANDARD
Five destinations. One navigated route.
Each area stands on its own — but the real transformation happens where they connect. We help leadership teams see, and act on, the whole system.
Manufacturing Operations & Lean / OE
Daily Management · OEE · SMED · Minor Stops & Speed LossDaily management systems, Value Stream Mapping, SMED/Quick Changeover, OEE management, and minor stops & speed loss reduction — built from direct, hands-on deployment across decades and industries, from glass and brewing to food, chemicals, and advanced manufacturing.
Logistics & Warehouse Operations
OTIF · Network Modeling · 3PL/4PL · Turnaround TimeWarehouse efficiency and productivity, truck loading, transportation and logistics management, turnaround time, network modeling and optimization, and 3PL provider performance — proven through supply chain transformations that delivered tens of millions in cost reduction.
Maintenance & Reliability Practices
FMEA · RCM · Predictive Analytics · CMMSFoundational maintenance systems in planning & scheduling, materials management, and shutdowns & turnarounds, FMEA-based Reliability Centered Maintenance, condition monitoring and predictive analytics, Weibull modeling, and CMMS implementation — the discipline at the foundation of this practice, built and trained into organizations for three decades.
Leadership & People Engagement
Leader Standard Work · Coaching & Feedback · WorkshopsShop floor engagement systems, leader standard work, coaching & feedback, leadership workshops, and engagement action planning — drawn from personally leading teams of every size, from 1,800-person global operations down to small shop floor crews.
AI, Agentic & Automation
Robotics Strategy · Agentic Workflows · Advanced AnalyticsWe confirm the operational foundations required to sustain any digital investment first — then deploy AI, agentic, advanced analytics, and robotics solutions to advance already-sound operations, or to leapfrog approaches where maturity allows it.
From diagnostic to durable results.
A clear, staged path — scaled to the depth your organization actually needs, not a fixed template.
Diagnostic Assessment
A focused 1–4 week assessment, scaled to the depth required.
Roadmap & Initiatives
Prioritized initiatives and a clear implementation roadmap, sequenced to deliver results fast.
Topical Training
Internal teams trained to deliver the roadmap themselves — capability that stays after we leave.
Oversight & Coaching
Hands-on coaching and program oversight to keep the improvement program on track and accountable.
Leadership Development
Leadership training that locks in the transformation — so the gains outlast the engagement.
Advisory and Implementation at every level of the organization.
Transformation fails when it lives in a single layer of the org chart. We work all three — together.
Executive Advisory Services
Leading transformation from the top, where strategy and accountability begin.
- Identify top quartile and top decile performance gaps
- Design achievable, desirable business objectives and the levers to drive them
- Develop the strategic roadmap and programmatic improvement plan
Coaching & Delivery Oversight
Building the internal competency to run and sustain the program.
- Senior executive coaching
- Team leader standard work development and training
- Ongoing performance delivery oversight
Change Management & Training
Where transformation becomes daily habit, not a memo from leadership.
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly tactical plan delivery
- Shop floor team engagement workshops and capability building
- Organization-wide change communication and management tools
Built by someone who has stood in every role he now advises.
"Every lever we advise on today — from a single changeover reduction on a plant floor to a global supply chain integration — has been lived first-hand, somewhere along this path."
Reliable Performance Enterprises is led by Dan Roberts, who has real world experience as a machinist and tool-and-die maker, mechanical engineer, plant and utilities leader, global reliability and supply chain executive in the beer industry, top tier operations consultant spanning broad industries, and most recently Chief Supply Chain & Transformation Officer in fresh and frozen foods.
The path below traces how that experience was built — one continuous thread, every level of the organization, from the machine shop floor to the C-suite.
Your operation has hidden capacity. Let's find it — and make it permanent.
Whether you need a focused diagnostic or a full enterprise transformation, the conversation starts the same way: with a clear look at where you stand today.