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Allen & Fontaine Inc. is a business advisory firm providing personalized and customized services to small and medium sized companies. Our experienced team of professionals uses its unique methodology to examine the operations of a business and the resulting financial impact, with the goal of helping our clients achieve sustainable improvement in operations, resulting in increased profitability and growth.

We provide value at all stages of the business cycle, from start-ups, to growing companies, to turnarounds and as well in formal insolvency proceedings, which are managed through Don Allen & Associates Inc.


NEW COLLINGWOOD OFFICE OPENING
Allen & Fontaine has opened a new office in Collingwood, Ontario, to serve Collingwood, Barrie, Orillia, Owen Sound and surrounding areas.  The office is located at 391 First Street, Suite 303, Collingwood L9Y 1B3.  Please call... Read More »
Current Levels of Insolvency
Canadian consumers last year had their highest rate of insolvency since 1987, when the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB) began publishing its statistics. New Superintendent of Bankruptcy data show that in the 12 months ended June 30,... Read More »
Does your organization have a supply chain risk management team?
Automotive supply chain risk management practices are being reviewed by other larger scale manufacturing organizations. The lessons learned in the automotive supply chain and the related risk management practices that have been developed to manage... Read More »
Large OEM’s revisiting low cost country sourcing strategies...
Over the last few months, we have seen a renewed focus on the effectiveness of low cost country sourcing. The reduced volume cost of transportation and inventory are all being reviewed. More importantly, the lower volume projections and continued... Read More »
Automotive suppliers continue to struggle.....
as depressed unit volumes at the OEM level continue to impact  revenues, with, in some cases, as much as 40-50% reductions in planned sales. With this adjustment comes huge cash flow and liquidity challenges. We feel this will continue to... Read More »

Tier 1 Industrial Building Components Supplier
Global supplier optimization and improvement initiative.
Global Sports Flooring Sales and Operations Planning Initiative
Phase 2 of a 3 phased plan to re-set the operational plan, ensure capacity and operations planning is optimized based on new forecasts. Continue to implement and monitor Phase I inventory reduction tasks.
US Based Precision Machining Company
Providing support during Chapter 11 , working with all stakeholders to develop a emergence plan complete with cash flow analysis and profitability analysis. Simultaneously developing “go forward” operational plan, with product and... Read More »
Chrysler Canada
Provide on-site team to support assembly plants “launch readiness activities” Team is managing “launch readiness” activities and working with plant cross functional team to ensure plant is ready to execute aggressive new... Read More »
Ford Motor Company - Assembly Plant Quality Intiative
Provide on-site team to support intensive quality blitz ahead of new model launches. Detailed process mapping of both internal and external metrics to map and identify “hot spots” for cross functional teams to establish priorities,... Read More »
Ford Motor Company - Distressed Supplier Risk Management Engagement
Providing on-site operations teams to manage and coordinate bank build, resourcing activities, tool audits and capital moves.

Porter Engineered Systems - Karl Murphy - Director of Engineering/Operations
The work the Allen & Fontaine team did at our plant in Ohio, resulted in us retaining a key program and customer. This bought us time to revisit our overall manufacturing strategy. The speed at which we were able to implement the lean... Read More »
US Based Precision Machining Company - Paul Barberton - President
We wish we had met the Allen & Fontaine team much earlier. The support they are providing now is helping us develop a plan to emerge from a very difficult time. If we had engaged them 2 years ago we would never had been in this position.
Chrysler Canada - John Francistis - Plant Industrial Engineering Manager
The Allen & Fontaine Team understands our launch process better than we do.  You stay focused and provide valuable risk management to the entire team. The Allen & Fonatine team is part of our team - we will continue to engage them... Read More »
Ford Motor Company - Dan Jowiski - Plant Manager
Your team hit the ground running and started to add value within days and demonstrate a deep understanding of assembly operations.  The Team was not afraid to professionally challenge my team and hold us accountable for our piece... Read More »
Robbins Sport Flooring - Jay Stoehr - President and CEO
When we first met the Allen & Fontaine team, we felt you were a consulting firm with somewhat of a focus on larger capitalized heavy automotive companies. We were impressed with your operational skills anddecided to hire you. We made... Read More »
A Helping Hand
I would like to take this opportunity for commending Don Allen regarding the assistance he provided when I consulted him about the future direction of my service. His thoughtful and insightful approach facilitated my ultimate decision regarding the... Read More »
Sayers & Associates Limited
We would like to thank you for the professional assistance you have provided to us over the past four months in our restructuring and turnaround. Your efforts have allowed us to stabilize our operations and move forward with renewed confidence in... Read More »

 
 
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