Continuous Improvement Consulting

Where the world's factories are being built, they need someone who's done it before.

MeridianOps brings Lean, Agile, and Theory of Constraints to manufacturing companies across Africa and South America. Built on a decade of process improvement at Nestlé, Starbucks, and Nestlé Health Science.

4.1% Africa GDP growth 2026
$61B Mfg consulting by 2032
10+ Years at global leaders
The Reality

Manufacturing in emerging markets runs on imported processes that don't fit.

01

Global consultants, local disconnect

Big 4 firms charge $500K+ per engagement and deploy analysts who've never set foot on a factory floor in Nairobi or São Paulo. Their frameworks assume infrastructure that doesn't exist.

02

Bottlenecks go undiagnosed

Theory of Constraints is barely practiced in these regions. Factories invest in capacity they don't need while the real constraint, often a single workstation or process, goes unaddressed.

03

Lean without localization

Textbook lean implementations fail when they ignore local supply chain realities, workforce culture, and regulatory environments. What works in Stuttgart doesn't automatically work in Kigali.

04

No sustained improvement culture

Consultants fly in, run a workshop, and leave. Without building internal capability and a continuous improvement mindset, gains evaporate within months.

Methodology

Three phases. Lasting results.

Phase 01

Diagnose

Map your value stream. Identify the constraint. Quantify the gap between current throughput and what's possible. No assumptions, just data from your floor.

Phase 02

Transform

Implement targeted Lean and TOC interventions. Eliminate waste at the constraint. Redesign workflows for flow. Quick wins in weeks, structural change in months.

Phase 03

Sustain

Train your teams to see waste. Build internal CI capability. Install management systems that make continuous improvement the default, not the exception.

Where We Operate

Two continents. One shared opportunity.

Africa

4.1% GDP GROWTH IN 2026 — OUTPACING GLOBAL AVERAGE

From Kenya's Safaricom applying lean to customer service, to South Africa's Gibela transforming rail manufacturing, to Ethiopia's emerging leather industry. The AfCFTA is creating a $3.4 trillion single market. Factories need operational excellence to compete.

South America

$29.9B CONSULTING MARKET — GROWING THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION

Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina are investing heavily in manufacturing to reduce import dependency. SMEs across the region need affordable, practical CI consulting that respects local realities and delivers measurable throughput gains.

Credentials

Not theoretical. Battle-tested at the world's largest manufacturers.

Nestlé Starbucks Nestlé Health Science Executive MBA Lean & Agile Theory of Constraints Trained in Spain & Italy Operations in Canada Rwandan Heritage

The next wave of manufacturing won't be built by copying the last one. It'll be built by people who understand both worlds.

MeridianOps exists to close the gap between world-class operational methods and the factories that need them most. Africa and South America aren't emerging markets. They're the markets.