Operations Advisory
Executive operating experience, measured in results.
How to read these results
Every figure below comes from Adam McCombs's executive operating roles, as president, CEO, managing director, or senior operating leader, prior to and alongside founding Lasting Progress. These are not Lasting Progress consulting-client case studies. Lasting Progress will build a separate, clearly labeled case-study section as client engagements are completed and approved for publication.
Situation, action, and result.
Somerset Hardwood Flooring, President and CEO
Situation
A roughly $100 million business was underperforming and losing profitability.
Action
Adam led a fact-based stabilization, realigned leadership priorities, and installed a disciplined operating cadence.
Result
Profitability was restored within eight months, and revenue grew from approximately $70 million to $100 million over the following two years.
Interroll, Managing Director
Situation
A business unit had growth potential that was constrained by operating structure and margin performance.
Action
Adam redesigned the operating model, strengthened commercial and operational execution, and improved margin discipline.
Result
Revenue doubled to approximately $75 million and EBITDA improved from 12 percent to 28 percent.
Executive Operating Role, Manufacturing
Situation
Capacity constraints and quality failures were limiting growth and damaging customer trust.
Action
Adam led a $15 million automation investment alongside a quality and lead-time improvement program.
Result
Capacity increased by approximately 80 percent, quality claims fell by approximately 95 percent, and lead times compressed from more than 90 days to approximately two weeks for 80 percent of SKUs, while on-time delivery improved from 8 percent to 92 percent.
Current Operating Leadership Role, Life Sciences
Situation
Laboratory turnaround time and failure rates were undermining commercial reliability.
Action
Adam led an operating redesign of laboratory workflow, quality control, and management routines.
Result
Turnaround time fell from approximately 40 days to eight days, and failure rates improved from approximately 60 percent to below 1 percent.
Additional approved figures, with context.
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