We Fix What’s
Slowing You Down.
Quality Systems · Operations · People · Safety
Solvesmith partners with manufacturers to build the operational systems, trained teams, and management disciplines that drive consistent results — without the overhead of a large consulting firm.
Most consultants arrive with a methodology. We arrive with a flashlight. Every engagement starts with understanding your specific operation — not applying someone else’s template to it.
Built on the Shop Floor,
Not the Conference Room.
Solvesmith is a West Michigan manufacturing consultancy founded by Ben — a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with direct, hands-on background in quality management, metal fabrication, welding, powder coating, and OSHA compliance.
The difference between Solvesmith and most consulting firms is simple: we’ve worked the processes we’re improving. That means the systems we build are practical, the training we deliver lands with your team, and the recommendations we make account for how manufacturing actually works — not how a textbook says it should.
We work with small and mid-size manufacturers who need real operational improvements, not expensive reports that gather dust. Every engagement is scoped to your situation, priced based on what it actually takes to fix, and executed with the same work ethic you’d expect from anyone who came up through the shop floor.
“We don’t quote until we know.” Engagement cost is determined by your current state — your readiness, your complexity, your goals. A brief conversation tells us far more than a rate sheet ever could.
Four Disciplines.
One Consultancy.
Every engagement begins with understanding where you are. Scope and investment are determined by your readiness, complexity, and goals — not a rate card.
Build the documented, auditable quality management systems that protect your contracts, reduce rework, and open doors to certified supplier programs.
- ISO 9001:2015 Readiness Assessment
- QMS Implementation & Documentation
- Customer Requirements Review Systems
- Change Order & Scope Control Processes
- Nonconformance & Corrective Action Programs
- Calibration & Inspection Systems
- Internal Audit Program Development
- Certification Support (Registrar Prep)
Reduce waste, increase throughput, and build repeatable production processes that don’t depend on your best person being in the building.
- Lean Implementation (5S, Value Stream Mapping)
- Six Sigma Process Improvement Projects
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Production Workflow Design & Optimization
- Document & Work Instruction Development
- KPI Design & Performance Dashboards
- Capacity Analysis & Bottleneck Elimination
- Supplier Quality Management
Train the leaders, supervisors, and frontline teams that execute your systems. Operational improvements only stick when people understand why and how.
- Frontline Leadership Training
- Supervisory Skills Development
- Management Systems & Daily Accountability
- Executive Operations Coaching
- Lean Six Sigma Team Training (Yellow/Green Belt)
- New Employee Onboarding Program Design
- Cross-Training & Skill Matrix Development
- Change Management Support
Protect your people, reduce liability, and build safety cultures that go beyond compliance checkboxes into actual operational discipline.
- OSHA On-Site Assessment & Gap Analysis
- Safety Program Development
- Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
- Safety Training Program Design
- Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis
- Lockout/Tagout & Machine Guarding Programs
- PPE Assessment & Policy Development
- Regulatory Compliance Gap Remediation
Diagnose First.
Prescribe Second.
What You Can Expect
We’re not a firm that bills hours and disappears between invoices. You’ll know what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and what it’s producing — every step of the way.
Tell Us What’s Broken.
We’ll Tell You What It Takes.
Start With a Conversation
Every engagement starts the same way — a conversation about your operation. No intake forms, no sales funnel, no canned pitch. Just a direct conversation with Ben about what’s going on in your facility and whether we’re the right fit to help.
Fill out the form and we’ll respond within one business day to schedule a call. Or reach out directly — we mean it when we say there’s no sales team in the way.
To be and not to seem 