Is your garment factory losing money to inefficiency every single day?
PMSS helps UK apparel manufacturers improve line efficiency, reduce cost per garment, and build the operational systems that let your factory compete and grow. We work on your shop floor, not from a boardroom.
Book a free 30-min factory call10%
Average efficiency gain delivered
$100k
Cost savings through IE projects
2 hrs
QCO reduced from 4–5 days
20+
Years in garment manufacturing
Experience from: Ford Motor Company | Nestlé UK | Crystal International | Brandix
The AURA Process
How we deliver real, lasting results on your shop floor
AUDIT
Diagnosis before solution. We identify the real constraints first, before recommending anything.
UPLIFT
Targeted implementation on your shop floor, with your team, not from behind a desk.
RESULTS
Every change measured. Real numbers, real savings. Not estimates.
ANCHOR
We build your team's internal capability so results last without us.
We don’t just advise.
We build with you.
Three Pillars of
Manufacturing Excellence
Our integrated approach addresses every dimension of manufacturing transformation, from operational foundations to digital innovation and human capital development.
Operational Excellence
Where the real money is found
We improve sewing line efficiency, reduce cost per garment, cut style changeover times, and eliminate rework. Using GSD, VSM, Kaizen and TPM: the tools that turn a struggling line into a competitive one.
What We Deliver
Sewing line efficiency improvement using GSD and time study
Value Stream Mapping to identify and eliminate waste
Style changeover (QCO) reduction
Rework and defect reduction using quality systems
Performance culture and KPI-driven floor management
Data-Driven Manufacturing
From gut feel to real numbers
We help your factory move from gut feel to data: simple dashboards, real-time efficiency tracking, and KPIs your supervisors can actually use. No complex systems. No expensive software. Just clear numbers that drive better decisions every shift.
Our Focus Areas
Real-time production efficiency tracking
Simple supervisor dashboards and daily KPI boards
Cost per garment and indirect labour ratio analysis
Shift-by-shift performance reporting
Data systems your team can run independently
Organisational Capability
Building teams that sustain results
We don't fix and leave. We train your supervisors, engineers and managers so your team can sustain results independently. Led by Subandi Silva (MEd, Sheffield Hallam), our capability programmes are built for the shop floor, not the classroom.
Our Focus Areas
Supervisor and line leader training programmes
Lean practitioner development for internal engineers
Structured knowledge transfer and documented SOPs
Change management and team buy-in
Anchor phase: capability building that lasts without us
Meet Your Consultant
Paul Mendis
Founder & CEO, Manufacturing Transformation Consultant
Paul Mendis is the Founder and CEO of PMSS. With over 20 years in garment and manufacturing operations across the UK, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, Paul has delivered measurable results at some of the world's most recognised organisations.
Former Industrial Engineer at Ford Motor Company (Halewood, UK) and Manufacturing Excellence Manager at Nestlé UK. Paul brings a rare combination of automotive precision and consumer goods efficiency to apparel manufacturing.
As General Manager of Industrial Engineering at Crystal International, he led continuous improvement across six factories, delivered 10% efficiency improvements, $100,000 in cost savings, and trained 1,200+ employees in Lean manufacturing.
Ford Motor Company
Nestlé UK
Crystal International
Brandix
MBA, Anglia Ruskin University
BSc, RMIT Australia
Licensed GSD Practitioner
Lean Brown Belt
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