Operational excellence consulting
Young Industries Unlimited helps food, beverage, and industrial operations raise throughput, cut waste, and build safety cultures that last — led by a plant manager who has done it on the floor, not just on the slide.
What we do
Value stream mapping, kaizen events, standard work, and waste elimination that move throughput and cost — measurably.
From firefighting to planning: preventive maintenance systems, work-order discipline, and downtime reduction.
Safety cultures the workforce owns, leader standard work, and engagement programs that improve retention.
Rail and warehouse optimization, vendor-managed inventory, and scheduling discipline that cut carrying costs.
Results
Flour milling
Reactive maintenance was costing a facility more than 20 hours of emergency downtime every week. A planning-led maintenance system cut that to under 5.
Flour milling
Production bottlenecks were capping throughput and limiting what the mill could promise customers. A redesigned product flow raised capacity 29% inside the same walls.
Food & beverage packaging
A packaging line was missing its output targets. Time studies, workflow analysis, and role standardization lifted daily production 15% with the same crew.
“Rodney is a strong performer and an excellent leader… He listens and learns, and he helps others to improve and grow.”
Dan Dye — Retired CEO, Ardent Mills (2014–2024)
Who you'll work with
Rodney Young spent a decade leading food and industrial manufacturing operations — from the mill floor to plant manager — before founding YIU. Meet Rodney →
A 30-minute discovery call — your operation, your numbers, and where the opportunity is. No obligation, no deck.
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