— Bay 44 Consulting LLC

Credibility earned on the floor, not the slide deck.

We work inside small to medium operations — embedded in the schedule, writing the procedures, solving the constraints that don't show up in a quarterly report. With big company experience, we wish to share our 100+ years experience with your operation to help compete in your market.

Close overhead shot of a shop floor workstation: a worn procedure binder open to a hand-annotated page, a steel measuring caliper resting beside it, and a machined part mid-inspection, ambient factory light from the left, concrete surface, no people, industrial documentary framing
Close overhead shot of a shop floor workstation: a worn procedure binder open to a hand-annotated page, a steel measuring caliper resting beside it, and a machined part mid-inspection, ambient factory light from the left, concrete surface, no people, industrial documentary framing
/ Our Philosophy

Procedures written. Problems owned.

Most operations run on institutional memory (aka tribal knowledge). Unfortunately, this knowledge sometimes lives with one or two people and disappears when they leave. We document what's actually happening on the floor, then build procedures that survive shift changes and personnel changes.

That documentation work isn't just a deliverable we hand off. It's the foundation every other improvement is built on.

How We Work

Embedded in the operation. Not on the org chart once a quarter.

Our operation is pragmatic and focuses on the actual process vs. the designed one. With your permission, we attend shift handoffs and production meetings to truly understand the issue(s). Then, we deepen our comprehension by interviewing the shop floor personnel doing the work, co-writing the possible solutions with your team leads.

Wide shot looking down a manufacturing production line from a mezzanine vantage point, conveyor and assembly stations visible in sequence, overhead fluorescent and natural side light, workers at stations in the middle distance, concrete and steel structure, muted industrial tones, no staged poses, trade-publication framing
Wide shot looking down a manufacturing production line from a mezzanine vantage point, conveyor and assembly stations visible in sequence, overhead fluorescent and natural side light, workers at stations in the middle distance, concrete and steel structure, muted industrial tones, no staged poses, trade-publication framing
Mid-Market Focus

Focused on small to medium manufacturing operations.

Startup playbooks don't fit a three-shift floor. Enterprise frameworks assume headcount you don't have. We work specifically with operations between 5 and 500 employees—where the constraints are real, the margins are tight, and the decisions land on a short list of people.