WHAT WE DO

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Manufacturing IQ helps manufacturing and industrial businesses improve performance, execute strategy, navigate change and accelerate profitable growth through operational leadership, strategic advisory and board-level support. 

Manufacturing IQ was founded by Halil Bedevi, a Chartered Engineer and manufacturing leader with more than 30 years’ experience across engineering, manufacturing, strategy, transformation, international trade and finance. He brings practical, experienced, and commercially focused advice and support to business leaders, boards and investors across the UK and internationally.

Halil’s experience spans engineering, manufacturing operations, business strategy, transformation, international trade and industrial growth, gained through start-ups and SMEs, as well as FTSE 350 and FTSE 100 multinationals, across engineering, manufacturing, consulting and senior management roles. He combines hands-on operational leadership with strategic insight and an extensive global network across industry, academia, government and finance.

Manufacturing IQ works with SMEs, scale-ups and larger industrial organisations, helping leadership teams improve performance, deliver transformation, navigate growth and strengthen governance during periods of change and increasing operational complexity.

Experienced manufacturing leadership when you need it most.

Practical Manufacturing Experience

• More than three decades of frontline engineering, manufacturing and leadership experience across SMEs, scale-ups, and global organisations.

Strategic & Commercial Perspective

• Experience spanning operations, engineering, strategy, banking, industrial growth, and international trade.

Trusted Ecosystem Relationships

• Strong relationships across manufacturing, industry bodies, academia, government, investors, and innovation networks.

Independent & Flexible Support

• Tailored support designed around the needs of each business — from one-off strategic input to ongoing advisory, interim and fractional leadership. 

You don't necessarily need another consultant. Sometimes you need experienced manufacturing leadership, an independent perspective or simply someone who has been there before. 

Manufacturing IQ is often engaged when businesses are:

• Seeking growth or operational improvement

• Facing manufacturing or supply chain challenges

• Scaling operations

• Requiring experienced leadership support

• Navigating transformation or change

• Preparing for investment or acquisition

• Looking for strategic challenge and independent perspective

• Needing additional executive bandwidth or expertise

• Looking to manufacture their product - innovation to industrialisation

• Delivered double-digit year-on-year sector growth for seven consecutive years at a major global company, tripling income. 

• Led major business transformations, increasing turnover by 74%, restoring underperforming businesses to profitability, delivering 20% sales growth, and improving departmental output by 214%. 

• Established a multi-million-pound UK-German joint venture manufacturing plant on time and on budget.

• Broke company output and profit records and exceeded profit targets by 173.1% and 49.8%. 

• Drove breakthrough operational innovation, reducing assembly lead time from 24 hours to one minute, enabling rapid expansion, increased market share, and multi-million-pound savings.

• Saved company over £1 million in one year through manufacturing improvements and capacity utilisation.

• Helped manufacturer find and onboard five key overseas customers and managed the relationships.

• Ensured manufacturing company increased capacity and developed the capability to meet record orders during busiest period in its history.

• Contributed to UK industrial strategy and finance policy through contributions to the Bank of England, UK Government, industry consultations, commissions, task forces and guidance.