Process Improvement, Quantified
Map the Bottleneck. Kill Waste. Measure It.
Every engagement starts with a diagnostic route-map—gemba walks, SIPOC scoping, and swimlane diagrams showing where your process actually breaks.
Measured Outcomes Across 200+ Engagements
- 32%
- Cycle time cut, Year 1
- 24%
- Overhead cost eliminated
- 88%
- First-pass yield post-fix
- 2-4x
- ROI in 12-18 months
Three Things Cilion Does Differently
- 01
Diagnostic Before Redesign
Every engagement starts with a route-map, not a recommendation. Gemba walks and SIPOC scoping reveal where your process actually fails—before anyone touches a whiteboard.
- 02
Measured Deliverables, Not Decks
Cilion delivers swimlane diagrams, VSM future-state maps, and quantified ROI projections. Strategy decks get shelved. Route-maps get executed on the floor.
- 03
Process Before Technology
Digitizing a broken process locks in waste at digital speed. Cilion fixes the workflow first—then specifies which automation tools multiply the gain instead of amplifying the problem.
Operators Who Ran the Route-Map
“Cilion found our three worst bottlenecks in two weeks. We had been chasing the wrong problems for a year. Order-to-cash dropped from 38 days to 19.”
“We almost bought a $200K RPA module to automate invoice processing. Cilion showed us the process was broken at the approval handoff. Fixed it first, saved six figures.”
“First-pass yield on order entry went from 68% to 93% in four months. The swimlane diagrams alone were worth the engagement fee.”
“Our gemba walk with Cilion revealed that 22% of engineering hours went to rework caused by spec handoff failures. Fixed within one quarter.”
“They delivered a complete value stream map and three kaizen events in 60 days. Raw WIP inventory dropped 35%. Real numbers, real fast.”
“Cilion mapped our entire quote-to-deliver process and fixed handoffs between sales, engineering, and production. Lead time cut 40%.”
Route-Map Questions Answered
What makes Cilion different from other process consulting firms?+
Measured process fixes, not strategy decks. Every engagement starts with a diagnostic route-map—gemba walks, SIPOC scoping, and Pareto analysis—identifying your three costliest bottlenecks before redesign begins. Deliverables include swimlane diagrams and quantified ROI.
How long does a typical Cilion engagement take?+
Diagnostic phase takes 2-3 weeks. Full redesign and implementation runs 60-90 days. Kaizen rapid improvement events deliver targeted fixes in 3-5 days. Cilion targets measurable improvement within the first 90 days of every engagement.
Which industries does Cilion work with?+
Mid-market B2B companies ($5M-$200M revenue) in US manufacturing, logistics, professional services, and technology. Cilion also handles FAR compliance for federal contractors and SOX 404 readiness for public and pre-IPO firms.
We already tried process improvement and it failed. Can Cilion help?+
Most transformation failures trace to people and behavior, not technical design. Cilion addresses root causes: missing executive sponsors, unfixed change management, and lift-and-shift process plagiarism. Every engagement validates C-suite sponsorship at kickoff.
Do we need to be a public company to work with Cilion?+
No. Cilion works with both public and private mid-market companies in the $5M-$200M range. SOX 404 and COSO framework services are available for pre-IPO firms building governance readiness.
What if we already bought automation tools and they are not delivering?+
Tool-before-process is the most common failure Cilion encounters. Digitizing a broken process locks in waste at digital speed. The diagnostic phase identifies whether the problem sits in process design or tool configuration.
Your Next 90 Days Start With a Diagnostic
Cilion maps your three costliest bottlenecks, quantifies the fix, and delivers measurable process improvement. No slide decks. No guessing.
About
Map the Bottleneck. Kill Waste. Measure It.
Cilion exists to give mid-market B2B operators the diagnostic rigor and quantified process redesign that enterprise consultancies promise but rarely deliver on the shop floor.
Founded by two ex-manufacturing COOs who spent a decade watching mid-market companies burn cash on ERP implementations layered over broken workflows. They built Cilion to diagnose before prescribing—route-mapping every process bottleneck before any redesign touches production.
Every engagement opens with gemba walks and SIPOC scoping, then swimlane diagrams exposing handoff failures across departments. Value stream mapping quantifies current-state waste before future-state design begins. No fix ships without a measured baseline and a 90-day ROI target.
Our path
- 2018Founded in Cincinnati with diagnostic-first methodology
- 2019Lean Six Sigma DMAIC integrated into engagement framework
- 2021100th diagnostic route-map delivered to mid-market B2B client
- 2023COSO and SOX 404 compliance practice launched for pre-IPO firms
- 2024500th process bottleneck identified and eliminated across portfolio
What we stand for
No fix ships without a complete current-state route-map. We identify the three costliest bottlenecks before proposing a single process change.
If we cannot measure ROI on a process change with hard operational data, we do not recommend it. Every deliverable includes a before/after metric.
We go where work actually happens—shop floor, loading dock, call center. Process truth lives at the point of execution, not in the boardroom.
We started Cilion because we kept seeing the same pattern: companies buying $200K automation tools to digitize broken processes and locking in waste at digital speed. Every engagement asks 'what does your data actually say?' not 'what tool do you need?'