About Us
My name is Jeff Tweedy and I have been involved in the softgel industry for more than 40 years. I have had the good fortune of working for some of the top manufacturers in the industry and along the way have been trained and mentored by arguably the best the industry has to offer.
While it may hard to believe, my childhood dream was not to become a softgel expert. It just kind of worked out that way. My softgel career started with a part time job in 1979 while still in high school. My first job was cleaning parts for the purpose of rebuilding machines for resale. I then worked in production, R&D, and maintenance mechanic positions before given my first leadership opportunity. I have advanced through my career in roles of Production Supervisor, Production Manager, Director of Manufacturing Operations, VP of Production, and Chief Operating Officer.
My vast direct experiences at all levels provides me the ability to improve any organizational need from basic training programs for operators to development and implementation of strategic growth initiatives. I have a proven track record of realizing substantial cost savings for companies with which I have worked. I am now making my skills available to other manufacturers to help them achieve similar returns on investment.
Our Services
Services
If you are engaged in softgel manufacturing or any manufacturing, you most likely have opportunities to improve some parts of your process. These improvements will result in better quality, lower costs, reduced inventory, improved customer service, increased capacity etc. However, with the rigors of keeping up with the day to day business it becomes very challenging to focus on improvement efforts. That is where I come in. The services that can be provided include but are not limited to:
- Interim/Contract operational leadership roles.
- Start up assistance
- Operational and quality gap assessment followed with recommended actions report
- Quality system development and training
- Product specific troubleshooting / improvement
- Process specific troubleshooting / improvement
- Yield improvement
- Changeover reduction
- Cost reduction programs
- Training programs
- Customer service improvement programs
- Capacity expansion
- Equipment selection
- Raw material selection
- Planning / scheduling optimization
- Process flow optimization
- Reduction in process variation
Please feel free to contact me at your convenience.