Productivity in the manufacturing industry is not about working harder- it’s about working smarter using the right approach, process, system and execution. Many MSMEs and SMEs invest in manpower, heavy machines, and expansion but still struggle with high cost, wastage and low output. The real issue lies beyond the factory floor – in unclear process, weak structures, poor coordination, and instinct-based decision-making.

This is where management consultants take heroic entry. Unlike traditional advisors who only offer suggestions, modern consultants act as an execution partner. They identify operational bottlenecks, align teams with business goals, design standardized procedures, and implement the frameworks.

By focusing on process optimization, manpower alignment, data-driven tracking and analysis, and quality improvement, management consultants help manufacturers improve productivity and reduce wastage without any additional capital investment. In addition to this, they reduce owners’ dependency, establish good communication channels between departments, and build scalable systems for long-term growth.

At D&V Business Consulting, productivity is treated as a continuous process, not a one-time thing. Through hands-on implementation and close collaboration with MSMEs and SMEs across India, the firm helps businesses go from being busy to being efficient, consistent, and successful. In the manufacturing sector, productivity is not about how much effort you are putting in but about working smarter.

Across factories and production units, business owners often invest in hi-tech machines, manpower, and expanding capacity yet struggle with rising costs, underutilization of resources, low outputs, and operational inefficiency. The reason is simple: productivity leaks don’t happen on the factory floor alone—they happen in process, structure, and decision-making.

This is where management consultants for manufacturing come into the scene.

At D&V Business Consulting, we work hand in hand with manufacturing businesses across India to bridge the gap between their expectations and the output. As a hands-on management consulting firm for MSMEs and SMEs in India, our aim is simple: Create a system that results in improved productivity, reduced dependency, and ensured sustainable growth.

Common Productivity Challenges Faced by MSME Manufacturers

Through our work across multiple manufacturing units across India. We have often observed that most MSMEs faces challenges like:

• Production bottleneck that causes delay.

• Dependance on few people

• Improper organizational structure that results in unclear roles and responsibilities

• Poor coordination among departments like sales, purchase, production and accounts

• Lack of performance tracking and data management

• High wastage, low outputs, high defects and idle time.

These issues with time, slows down the manufacturing productivity, even if there is sufficient demand. Here the gap lies not in efforts but in the structure and execution.

Role of Management Consultants in India

In India management consultants are often misunderstood.

For many business owners – especially in family businesses, growing MSMEs and SMEs management consultant is seen as someone who:

Just sits in meeting and gives advice

Share ideas, deliver presentation

Ask for fee and leave

In short just an external advisor

This perception is not entirely the fault of business owners. From past many years,business consulting in India was limited to strategic decisions, recommendations and theories only. But modern management consulting is completely a different thing now.

Advisor vs Management Consultant: The difference most people miss

An advisor tells you what to do.

Management Consulting on the other hand, becomes your partner who works with you to:

• Identify the hidden bottlenecks in operations
• Designing the standardized processes, roles and responsibilities
• Align team with the business goal
• Improve productivity, profitability, consistency and scalability
• Stay involved until results becomes visible

Because most of the businesses don’t suffer from lack of decision making but because:

• Poor execution
• Lack of clarity and proper direction
• Unorganized processes and structure
• Decision based on instinct not data

This is where Management Consultants step in to guide you as well as execute the plan with you. They become not just your advisor but also problem- solving partner.

Why internal fixes don’t work

Business owner try to fix all these problems by hiring supervisors, increasing manpower, pushing team harder, automating.

But does it actually work?

The answer is clearly no. As without process clarity and operational structure these efforts are useless. May be for short duration it looks like a good move but can’t sustain for longer duration.

Internal team are usually

• Too engaged with day-to-day chaos
• Adapted to existing inefficiencies
• Lacking exposure to the best approaches across industries.

This is where productivity management consulting adds real value. We follow a practical and process-driven approach. Our role