Shepherd Partnership
Helping manufacturing businesses in Thailand and the Indo-Pacific
Location
Relocating to Thailand?
County of Origin Shift?
China Exit?
Factory Layout?
Performance
Safety concerns?
Low productivity?
Quality problems?
Late deliveries?
People
Low morale?
People disengaged?
Staff show no initiative?
High staff turnover?
Cost
High overheads?
Too much inventory?
Rising inflation?
Uncompetitive?
“Shepherd Partnership should be contacted if you need operations help in the Indo-Pacific region. Working with Noah for over ten years I know he can help you deliver positive results”.
Robert Mather
COO, Justrite Safety Group
“Mr. Shepherd has an extensive and well founded expertise with expert leadership qualities”.
Julius von Resch
Managing Director, Gretsch-Unitas GmbH
Case Histories – Expect these kind of results
Attrition
This company had a 14% attrition rate.
Intervention
Established a comprehensive engagement program involving all employees at a cost of less than 0.1% of payroll.
Result
Attrition was reduced to less than 2% in under two years. The company is now an ’employer of choice’ in the local community.
China Exit
This company based in China was challenged by 25% import tariffs into the USA.
Intervention
Manufacturing was relocated to Thailand over a six month period with new key vendors developed.
Result
$6m saved in import duties with a bonus of 4% improved manufacturing productivity.
Cost
This company was facing rising costs from inflation and margins were driven down.
Intervention
A complexity reduction programme, product platforming, value added engineering and vendor localisation.
Result
Annualised 8% hard cost savings year one and 5% year two.
“[Noah’s] ‘can do anything’ attitude was contagious to all around and we’re all better because of it”.
Bob Scillia
Director, Kennametal
“Noah’s collaboration, leadership and ability to solve problems created enormous value for many years”.
Michael Prado
VP & CPO, Hillenbrand
About Us
It’s a tough world out there.
Things don’t seem to be getting easier. In the last few years, we have seen a pandemic, a supply chain crisis, wars, conflicts, inflation, prohibitive tariffs, threats of a recession, flatter markets and layoffs. You are probably expected to do more with less, while delivering better margins.
Fighting fires when you could be growing your business?
Moving your manufacturing to Thailand?
Just need help?
You have come to the right place. We have lived through your problems and we will help you solve them.
Blog/Vlog
- The Iceberg of Ignorance – I call BS! It’s a Management Myth!
- Some Software Can be a Waste of Time
- Are You Ready for the Technology?
- Do You Really Need the Technology?
“Noah’s years of selfless leadership is a legacy”.
Cary Cannon
President, Apex Service Partners
“Others can definitely benefit from Noah’ knowledge and experiences”.
Bryce Poland
VP, Microboard
Noah Shepherd, Managing Partner
Noah has been turning round, leading and starting businesses since the day he moved to Thailand in 1993. He has held country, regional and global responsibilities from SMEs to large multinational companies across a range of industries.
Before establishing the Shepherd Partnership, Noah lead operations transformation in Asia-Pacific for StanleyBlack&Decker – Leading Advanced Manufacturing, Lean Transformation, Industry 4.0 and Automation across 26 facilities in seven countries in the Indo Pacific, covering $US2.6Bn of manufacturing cost.
Noah is based in Bangkok, Thailand and is a naturalised Thai citizen.
Let’s have a chat and see how we can help you
Shepherd Partnership – Bangkok & Sri Racha, Thailand
+66 (0) 81 982 3864
admin@shepherd-partnership.com