About
The Mountain of
Continuous
Improvement
When working in the grinding lifestyle that is manufacturing, it can often be easy to fall into full firefighting mode with no end in sight. Often, the hardest task operational leaders are given is to prioritize continuous improvement (CI) somehow while still focusing on the pressing matters of day-to-day production. For this reason, continuous improvement can leave leaders feeling like they’re at base camp, looking up at a mountain to climb. This daunting outlook is why The Summit Strategists was created. We seek to provide a helping hand to guide the bold leaders in manufacturing with the vision for reaching the summit of performance.
At The Summit Strategists, we partner with manufacturing leaders looking to unlock end-to-end operational performance. Our approach consists of certifiable knowledge of the foundations of Lean, with newfound innovation, all with our customers in mind. We take every new project as an opportunity to build a long-lasting partnership with a client. We believe it is through our customers that we can build our brand and reputation. That’s why we emphasize the partnership that our firm hopes to build with those enlisting our help. Our end goal is to have repeat clients and referrals that provide the sales pitch our own members can’t give.
the Firm
What sets us apart
Lean Attention with
lean pricing
Our consultants dedicate themselves to one project at a time, ensuring undivided focus, faster results, and a deeper impact. With a small team comes no bloated corporate overhead, allowing us to offer premium, hands-on support at a fraction of the typical consulting cost.
Built for you
with you
We don’t believe in off-the-shelf fixes. We take “tailored solutions” seriously, generating new ideas that are custom-fit to your operations, culture, and goals. It’s through partnership and fresh thinking that we challenge your status quo. Your factory isn’t standard, and neither are our solutions.
Implementors
at our core
We’ve all heard of those “recommendations” consultants offer that never see the light of day. At The Summit Strategists, the job isn’t finished until after implementation. We stay to turn strategies into real, lasting change, working alongside your team to ensure follow-through and long-term sustainment.
Data-Driven
Decision Makers
As theorized by all great problem solvers and thinkers alike, problem definition is the most important piece of the problem-solving process. We leverage real-time data and modern digital tools to uncover insights, track performance, and ensure every solution is backed by evidence, not guesswork.
Mission
To deliver substantial, sustainable results to those daring greatly enough to chase actions they’ve never done before to achieve successes they’ve never achieved before.
Vision
To lead a disruption of the status quo of operational excellence for our forward-thinking partners that is great enough to inspire innovation on age-old processes and data collection in manufacturing. Let’s unite lean principles with advanced data collection for relentless execution on continuous improvement to eliminate waste.
Values
Our Founder
The story of The Summit Strategists begins with our founder Neal Sinha. Through his experience at multiple middle and large market manufacturers, he began to see trends plaguing the industry. Industry 4.0 and “Lean Manufacturing” have become buzzwords with little backing in an industry that desperately needs them. Stunned by today’s industry standards from the past, and experiences involving consultants with no interest in diverging from the consulting stereotype of “reading your watch back to you,” Neal decided to create a firm tasked with disrupting these norms.
With Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Neal has the technical engineering knowledge behind product design. This combined with his MBA coursework in supply chain management and certified lean knowledge, created a passion for innovation and improvement in the manufacturing industry he deems as the “heartbeat of an economy.” His dream is to build The Summit Strategists into a firm that is the go-to for ambitious operations leaders interested in combining proven, traditional lean solutions, with out-of-the box newfound thinking.