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PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS BY MILLIKEN

CREATING LASTING IMPACT. TOGETHER.

What if you could transform every level of your operations? Our team of manufacturing experts' partners with you to drive lasting, sustainable changes that enhance safety, productivity, quality, and efficiency. With clients in over 100 locations across 28 countries and various industries, we are your ultimate performance partner.

Operational and safety excellence aren't just goals for your organisation—they're realities you can sustain for the long term. Discover our straightforward, replicable approach through resources, trainings, and expertise that you can leverage to amplify your manufacturing operations.

1,000+

Clients Served Worldwide

8:1

Average ROI Achieved By Client

67%

Improvement In Recordable Incident Rates

126%

Increase In Associate Involvement

WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING?

Every engagement starts with understanding your goals. Choose the area most relevant to your operations.

Improve Safety Performance

Build a zero-incident safety culture with a practitioner-led approach grounded in risk identification, leadership accountability, and frontline engagement.

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Achieve Operational Excellence

Harness the Milliken Performance System to drive sustainable gains in productivity, quality, and efficiency across your facility.

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Strengthen Maintenance & Reliability

Move from reactive repairs to a defined maintenance strategy that improves equipment uptime and long-term operational reliability.

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Develop Your Workforce

Empower frontline associates and managers to grow together through standardized training, continuous development, and measurable skill-building.

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Organize Your Supply Chain

Build agility, adaptability, and alignment into your supply chain tor educe cost and improve responsiveness.

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A PROVEN SYSTEM. PRACTITIONER-LED.

Performance Solutions by Milliken is built on the Milliken Performance System — a comprehensive, award-winning methodology developed over 25 years inside Milliken's own manufacturing operations. Our practitioners don't just advise. They've done the work. They've led plants, managed teams, and driven results firsthand. That experience is what makes the difference between a plan and a transformation.

We work alongside your team to build capabilities, change behaviors, and embed systems that sustain performance long after our engagement ends.

INSIGHTS FROM OUR PRACTITIONERS

Our experts share what's working in manufacturing today — from safety systems to leadership development.
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Safety

Understanding Risk Management Systems in Safety
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Workforce Development

How to Engage Senior Associates
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Operational Excellence

The Case for Operational Excellence
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Real Results. Real Partners.

When a global manufacturer needed to reduce workplace incidents and improve operational discipline, they turned to Performance Solutions by Milliken. Within the first year, our practitioners helped d3eliver a 79% reduction in total recordable incdient rate — reaching a TRIR of 0.0. That's what practitioner-led consulting looks like.

MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE RESULTS

Our practitioners bring decades of hands-on manufacturing experience. They've led plants, managed teams, and driven the results they now help you achieve.
Shawn Smith
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Shawn Smith

Oversees PSbyM North America; expert in lean, supply chain, and change across food, farming, and packing.
Dede Ericson
DIRECTOR OF CLIENT ENGAGEMENT

Dede Ericson

With 30+ years at Milliken, Dede leads teams in TPM, agile, and cultural transformation across industries.
Darren O'Connor
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EMEA

Darren O'Connor

EMEA lead for ops and safety excellence. TPM awardee with global supply chain expertise.

TRUSTED ACROSS INDUSTRIES

We partner with manufacturers across more than 28 countries and a wide range of sectors:

  • Aerospace and Defense
  • Agricultural
  • Automotive
  • Chemicals
  • Construction
  • Consumer Packaged Goods
  • Food and Beverage
  • Glass Manufacturing
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Mining
  • Oil and Gas
  • Metals
  • Non-Wovens
  • Packaging
  • Paper Manufacturing
  • Printing
  • Specialty Plastics
  • Steel Manufacturing
  • Textiles
  • Utilities and Energy

READY TO TALK?

Whether you're exploring options or ready to start, our team is here to help you take the next step. Tell us about your challenge and we'll connect you with the right practitioner.