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Testimonials
Read genuine testimonials and success stories that highlight how we have driven growth, improved efficiency, and unlocked potential for businesses across diverse industries.
Brian helped M&R with Space planning for the new facility and higher-level hires. His analysis created good flow and prevented us from doing construction in the wrong area of the building. He even helped us overcome errors made by the architect. His greatest value is his deep industry knowledge and experience applying his skills in both small and large companies. If you are looking for outside services, I recommend Brian hands down. He’s open minded and not afraid to ruffle feathers if it is the right thing for the business and professionally provides a fresh perspective.
Steve Brownstone President
SPL’s Strategic Business Assessment helped us greatly as a company. It uncovered many new things that we were unaware of and helped us apply concepts we hadn’t really ever thought of before. Strategic Planning, improving processes through Kaizen’s and using Behavioral Science to strengthen our team were key for us. His leadership in developing a Strategic Plan and guiding continued validation of actions taken had a tremendous impact on our performance and making changes stick. We increased productivity to the point we had to reduce the time estimated to get the work done. SPL has become a valued partner we will continue to use into the future.
Chris Worachek President & Owner
Creative Labels has had the privilege of working with Brian Van de Water and SPL Consulting, LLC. for many years, and each experience has provided lasting value. He takes the time to understand the organization, its people, its challenges, and its goals before recommending a course of action. Brian has become a trusted advisor who genuinely cares about the success of our business and the development of our team. He has a gift for identifying leadership potential, coaching individuals to become more effective leaders, and bringing teams together around a shared vision. His integrity, professionalism, experience, and ability to build strong relationships make him someone I would confidently recommend to any organization seeking to strengthen its leadership, improve its operations, or prepare for future growth. We are grateful for the positive impact Brian has had on Creative Labels and look forward to continuing our relationship with him in the future.
Chris Martin President & Owner
Congrats, Brian! Having experienced your help first hand on multiple occasions, this is not surprising. You have a unique style and ability to get a team focused on what’s important and collectively resolute on making and sustaining improvements.
Jeff Kerlin | President
Excellent. Brian is a hands-on guy and a straight shooter.
Marty Ochs | Founder
It's okay to be skeptical, but never cynical. Let the facts speak. Brian has helped our company several times. With his outside perspective, he ensured that each kaizen event stayed on track, bringing fresh ideas and keeping us focused on continuous improvement.
Gavin Bence | VP Operations
Brian’s knowledge and expertise that he shares opens many new avenues that has driven our entire staff in a positive direction.
Jeff Cripe | CEO
Brian greatly helped our company, opening up capacity and showing us how to look at processes with a constant eye for improvement. We were a great example of the "how we've always done things" mindset, and Brian showed us how looking at our processes from a different point of view, and aggressively seeking meaningful improvement via strategic change can transform our business. We highly recommend!
Kevin Weeks | Director of Operations
I have worked with Brian on a number of process improvement events. It is hard to believe that an “outsider” of our business could really drive change for the better. But there is great value of having an outside, impartial prospective that Brian brings when working him. We have had so many enlightening moments during our cross functional events that really got the core of issues and truly helped our teams understand how their actions impact others. Not only did we walk away with ways to improve, but even better than that, we came out a more educated, unified team who has a deeper appreciation for each other - and that value can’t be measured. We couldn’t have achieved that without Brian.
Keri Smith | Operations Management
Congratulations Brian, having had personal experience with how you move companies to the next level, I would highly encourage anyone struggling to contact you!
Becky Smith | Director of Sales
Brian knows how to get people to realize how to find their inefficient “way they’ve always done it” and get things done faster with less wasted energy!
Christopher E. Doerr
TLMI Members who have worked with Brian have improved their business and achieved the desired results. Highly recommend!
Linnea Keen | President
Brian Van de Water changed our company! Capacity was opened, productivity increased 40%, lead times went from 40 days to 14. SPL Consulting is like no other!!! I encourage every business owner to hire him! You won’t be sorry!!
Karen Cripe | President
I've got to say, our team connected with you immediately. They embraced your presence, they were comfortable talking with you. He moved the needle quite quickly.
Donna Fortune | HR Director
Doubts can certainly be a driving force for discovery! What those seeking to understand about you and SPL Consulting, LLC will find is your expertise and results-driven approach, which many of our FLAG Members have experienced first-hand. Whether it's kaizen, lean manufacturing, leadership, or operational efficiencies, your step-by-step guidance and accountability for action are what DRIVE RESULTS QUICKLY. Full speed ahead Brian! We are proud to have you as part of our Vendor Partner network supporting Flexo Label Advantage Group LLC (FLAG) Members and their businesses!
JC McKay | President
Companies should choose SPL Consulting as a partner if they are definitely interested in evaluating processes for improvement. Especially as it relates to improving efficiency, improving capacity and driving immediate action, not action six months from now.
Travis Borchardt | VP Reg Affairs
The Improvements have really shown up in our financials.
John Frey | COO
Brian is the best investment I have ever made for my company. Investing in equipment can help grow capacity but without smooth operational processes and better communication, we honestly don’t take advantage of those investments and you have taught us “often we can do more with less ".
