MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING

Worldwide Leader in Manufacturing Technology Consulting

Manufacturing Technology Consulting focuses primarily on industry-specific consulting, where consultants have extensive experience in all functions, including manufacturing operations, marketing, new product development, and overall strategic planning. The focus is on manufacturers, suppliers, and others in the metal and ceramic industries, mainly in Investment Casting Industry.

An extremely important facet of our core skills is the way we assist companies to become more competitive through excellence in technology. S&A helps companies to identify their technical strengths and capitalizes on them, with an eye towards becoming and remaining, competitive in the long run.

Technology Enhancement resulting in Increased Profitability
People, Process and Equipment [PPE] Improvement resulting in Increased Market Share
Turnkey Approach resulting in Cycle Time & Cost Reduction
Automation resulting in Reduced Scrap
Process Control resulting in Faster and Reliable Deliveries
Ceramic Core Technology resulting in Lower Cost
Design Engineering Services resulting in Customization

Investment Casting

Investment casting is a manufacturing process with almost $14 Billion in revenue worldwide, supplying critical metal components to the aerospace, power, medical, commercial, and automotive sectors.

For more than 30 years, S&A Consulting Group LLP is the only consulting company, worldwide, which has focused on the investment casting industry. Our main focus is our clients’ need for improvement and to become more profitable. We do not represent any other materials/equipment company.

We have served companies as small as $2 million in revenues to Fortune 500 companies. Our clients are in North America, Europe, and Asia and are in the Aerospace, Industrial Gas Turbine, Medical, and Commercial casting sectors.

Our Global Impact

As a token of our gratitude please accept our thanks for the great support provided to us for our investment casting business. You have provided outstanding performance in technical and marketing consulting for our Okegawa Plant. We have learned many things under your guidance on our business with engine manufacturers all over the world.

When my company needed help with our quality system for the investment casting industry, we called Nip and it proved to be the best decision we ever made. Nip’s experience and reputation give all of his clients' instant credibility. His tireless involvement and board position with the Investment Casting Institute has made Nip one of the most knowledgeable and influential members of our industry.

In the 30+ years I have had the pleasure of knowing Nip and the privilege of working with him, I have found that he has always maintained a strong and vocal advocacy of the importance of the Investment Casting Institute and its members. We all should be indebted to this vision and his commitments to the Investment Casting Institute.

Nip’s passion for Process Control was realized with the creation of the ICI Process Control Standards Program [PCSP]. Nip was the driving force to make this happen. As a Board Member working with Nip, it was gratifying to observe Nip’s dedication to our industry. As a friend and colleague, Nip is the best!

Nip and I had overlapped on the ICI Board for probably decades and worked together on many subcommittees over those years. The most notable compliment I can give to Nip over all of those years was that his true passion was always driven to make the industry stronger AND more importantly to educate. I consider Nip a friend and a mentor and tip my hat to his years of service! Cheers Nip!

Nip first was elected to the Board of Directors when I became the Executive Director in 2002. He has consistently gone above and beyond to share his knowledge and mentor the next generation. His passion for learning and teaching has left a lasting impact on our industry.

Product/Process Development

The process is defined as the output of material, equipment, and people. With 400 years of collective experience within our consultants, representing almost all major sectors of the investment casting industry- aerospace, power generation, medical implants, commercial, and others.

We are in a unique position to augment a client’s technical personnel for short and long periods.

Our Global Impact

This is to acknowledge the contributions of S&A Consulting Group and Nip’s support towards the successful marketing of aerospace industries and lost wax process improvements. Nip has been instrumental in establishing a strong relationship between MMC and several customers making a huge contribution to our business growth. As a technical consultant, he has contributed to the improvement of our casting manufacturing process by your abundant experience and managing leadership.

We decided that some external help might be appropriate. We contracted with Nip Singh of S&A Consulting Group LLP to identify the underlying problems and suggest solutions, particularly in our shelling area. We were pleased with the results. Nip's knowledge of Process, Product and Equipment along with his interpersonal skills allowed him to get his findings over to every level of our organization.

Scrap/Cost Reduction

The majority of our projects start with high scrap and cost issues of the cast parts. With our expertise in process and product details, not only can we identify the issues but also offer short- and long-term solutions. We work patiently and diligently with personnel on the production floor, engineering, and management to find, innovate, and implement modified processes.

Our Global Impact

Your “all in” dedication and deep technical expertise in all aspects of the investment casting process was invaluable. With your assistance, we were able to navigate the most direct route possible to our single-crystal proof of concept business challenge. Your ability to advise us on strategic decisions as well as get into the details of troubleshooting some issues we had with our ceramic shell slurry kept us on our very challenging timeline.

I am proud to have known and worked with Nip Singh for many years. From a business standpoint, Nip applies his wealth of foundry experience and knowledge in a straightforward practical manner that is appreciated and respected by his customers and industry peers.

Market/Technology Research

During our last 30+ years of consulting, we have performed unique and focused market research for our clients. These specific reports are then used to develop strategies for the short or long term.

We work with foundries and suppliers of materials/equipment to develop unique technology and products. This not only helps a specific client but also enhances the overall quality of the investment casting industry.

Our Global Impact

Mr. Singh’s background and knowledge of the metal casting industry from the technical and marketing standpoint has proven valuable in advancing efforts toward a successful conclusion. In addition, the operating methods and philosophies instilled by Mr. Singh throughout the S&A Consulting group staff facilitate the working relationship between our companies and ensure customer satisfaction at every point of contact. We benefited immensely from these interactions and look forward to working with him and S&A in the future.

You have been of tremendous personal inspiration over the years we have worked together, and you have provided guidance and thought-provoking challenges to me professionally. We also understand and appreciate that your interest in the new material and technology we are developing has grown to be personal and that you have worked hard to "make it happen".

Strategy & Innovation

Strategies for product/process rationalization, expansion, and specific market entry, etc. are some of the reasons to develop a detailed road map with financial goals and a timeline to accomplish it.

In many cases, our clients may not have the time, ability, or resources available to perform a full-fledged marketing strategy analysis and report. As investment casting experts, we undertake this responsibility for clients and aid them to develop short and long-term strategies to achieve financial and other goals.

Our Global Impact

Mr. Singh has demonstrated excellent qualities such as innovation, leadership, integrity, and quality of workmanship that makes him an outstanding consultant. His personal relationships and respect in the investment casting industry are things to be admired. Everyone relishes the chance to meet, do business with, or to even say, “I know Nip”

Nip has an appealing way of working with individuals, and in sometimes difficult "turf" battles he has the ability to put reluctant associates completely at ease. His network of contacts in the field has produced several new suppliers of critical products that enhance our process. He also brings a lot of the new organizational development concepts to the table when discussing problems."

Green/Brown Field Projects

For the past 30 years, we have been helping our clients in many greenfield and brownfield expansions in their foundry operations. These projects vary in size and nature and are customized based on certain situations and range from $1-100+ million projects. These projects are in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Our Global Impact

It gives me immense pleasure to write a reference for Mr. Nipendra (Nip) P. Singh of S&A Consulting Group LLP. Nip has assisted us in many different fields, but this reference is for specific assistance in ceramic core used in Investment Castings. His approach to Automation based Process Control has yielded many improvements in total plant and our expansion plant.

Mitsubishi Material Corporation is one of his clients and he started to support us on the technical side at the beginning and I was the first contact with him. We worked together, and we could solve many problems with his knowledge and his leadership in marketing and technology. Together we have approached to complete and most automated Investment Casting foundry in the world.