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Production Performance
Bottlenecks, downtime, inefficient workflows, missed production targets, and unclear ownership.
Consulting + Academy • Built from the factory floor
Stronger People.
Better Processes.
Forward Progress.
Practical consulting for manufacturers. Real-world learning for the people who lead them. Two ways to move your operation—and your career—forward.
Factory Forward Consulting
Fix the systems that hold production back.
We focus on the problems that quietly erode output, quality, employee confidence, and customer trust.
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Quality & Escapes
Recurring defects, weak inspection points, poor process control, and costly customer-facing failures.
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Training Systems
One-day onboarding, tribal knowledge, inconsistent work instructions, and weak qualification methods.
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Frontline Leadership
Supervisor development, accountability, communication, coaching, and employee engagement.
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Operational Systems
SOPs, KPIs, standard work, escalation paths, audit routines, and continuous-improvement structure.
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Implementation Support
Turn recommendations into action plans with owners, milestones, measurable outcomes, and follow-through.
The Factory Forward Difference
We understand the floor because we’ve worked the floor.
Factory Forward does not approach manufacturing from a conference room. Our methodology is grounded in hands-on aerospace manufacturing, structures, integration, production leadership, quality, safety, and training.
Our Method
The FORWARD Method
A disciplined framework for finding the real problem, aligning the team, and sustaining the fix.
F
Find
Find the constraint.
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Observe
Observe the process.
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Root-Cause
Root-cause the failure.
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Work
Work the solution.
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Align
Align the team.
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Reinforce
Reinforce the standard.
D
Drive
Drive the metrics.
Flagship Engagement
Factory Forward Operational Assessment
A focused assessment designed to expose the highest-impact gaps in your operation and convert them into a prioritized action plan.
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Observe
Evaluate workflow, leadership, training, quality controls, production systems, and team dynamics.
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Diagnose
Identify systemic risk, bottlenecks, root causes, hidden rework, and accountability gaps.
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Build
Create practical recommendations, improved SOPs, training systems, and corrective actions.
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Move Forward
Deliver an implementation roadmap with owners, priorities, KPIs, and measurable next steps.
Factory Forward Academy · On Skool
Build the skills.
Lead the floor.
Practical manufacturing and leadership learning for technicians, emerging leaders, and supervisors who want to make a difference at work.
Explore the Academy on Skool ↗Academy membership
$29 / month
Monthly membership
Learn with Factory Forward Academy and connect with a community focused on manufacturing and leadership.
View membership on Skool ↗Enrollment, current course availability, and payment are handled on Skool.Understand the work.
Explore production fundamentals, standard work, and the habits behind consistent execution.
Develop your people.
Strengthen communication, delegation, coaching, and accountability on the floor.
Build better habits.
Develop a practical mindset for process discipline, recognizing risk, and continuous improvement.
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Founder
Jason Cohen
Founder · Consultant · Manufacturing Educator
Factory Forward was built from years of experience inside demanding manufacturing environments where production, quality, safety, schedule, and people all have to work together.
My background spans Boeing, Daher, Gulfstream, and Blue Origin, with experience in structures, integration, production leadership, quality, safety, and technician development. Through Consulting and Academy, I bring those lessons to businesses and the people who make them work.
Ready to Move Forward?
Let’s move your operation forward.
Factory Forward helps uncover them, solve them, and build systems that keep them from coming back.