Insights & Resources for Programme, Project and Transformation Management Consultancy 

Transformation tends to fill the space with activity, but activity isn’t the same as progress. You can fill rooms with workshops, produce forests’ worth of reports, and still feel that nagging sense that something isn’t quite landing. Most leaders know this feeling. It’s the moment you realise activity isn’t the same as progress, and progress isn’t the same as value. That’s why the most effective transformation programmes don’t obsess over volume. They focus on a handful of m

At its core, Just In Time (JIT) production is a management philosophy and not a technique

Walk through any factory long enough and you’ll notice something interesting. The machines hum with a kind of steady confidence, the operators move with practiced rhythm and the whiteboards still carry the scars of yesterday’s production battles. Yet somewhere in the background there’s always a conversation about digital transformation. It’s become the phrase everyone uses and almost no one feels entirely comfortable with. There’s a truth we don’t always acknowledge. That dis

Quality assurance and quality control are two terms that may sound very similar, but the two concepts are not exactly the same. Understanding the difference between the two is important to harness the full benefit of both. Although they are similar, and sometimes used interchangeably, they are two different ways of ensuring consistent levels of quality are delivered in products and services. There are multiple factors that distinguish each practice from the other, and it's us

There’s a moment in every complex engineering project when the plan stops behaving. It might be a supplier delay, a tolerance stack-up, a test failure or a design decision that suddenly reveals a dozen hidden dependencies. Whatever the trigger, you feel the heat. The project that looked stable on paper starts to wobble in your hands. I’ve lived through enough of these moments to know they’re not anomalies. They’re signals. They tell you whether the project is being managed by

In the realm of manufacturing, ensuring quality is absolutely essential. It's not just about producing a product; it's about ensuring...

Change has a strange way of arriving uninvited. Sometimes it creeps in silently, almost politely. Other times it barges through the door with the subtlety of a jet engine spool‑up. Senior leaders in heavy-industries know this better than most. Regulations change, supply chains wobble, technologies mature or stall and entire programmes hinge on decisions made under pressure. Yet for all the noise around change, the fundamentals of how people respond to it haven’t evolved as qu

Are you tired of juggling multiple projects and struggling to stay organized? Are you yearning for more time to dedicate to your core...

At Alphacron®, we specialize in providing exceptional project and programme management consultancy services specifically tailored for...

I’ve spent much of my career moving between projects, programmes and the grey space in between, especially in sectors where the stakes are high and the margins for error are slim (for instance in aerospace or manufacturing). Over the years I’ve noticed something curious: even seasoned leaders sometimes use “project” and “programme” as if they’re interchangeable. They’re not. And the difference isn’t academic. It shapes how organisations deliver change, how they allocate resou

Alphacron® is proud to announce a new agreement with Siemens Energy to provide consultancy services in 2023. This partnership will allow...

Alphacron® has reached an incredible milestone! The top-notch management consultancy firm is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Founded in December 2012, in the past decade, Alphacron® has grown from a small start-up to a highly regarded provider of management consultancy services. The company has grown to become one of the most renowned and prosperous consultancy firms in the aerospace, engineering, manufacturing and energy industries. Alphacron® specializes in providing proj

A few proven ideas on how to manage projects in the manufacturing sector the right way.

Modern engineering projects can benefit greatly from adopting flexible methodologies. By opening your project up to multiple different...

The agile working model has its roots in IT, but its effectiveness means that it can be beneficial to many other projects, including...