Pavel Kuviarzin | Senior Consultant
Pavel Kuviarzin is a Senior Consultant with over 15 years of experience supporting manufacturers to improve operational performance, increase throughput, and strengthen supply chain reliability. His work spans a broad range of industrial sectors including engineered products, metal fabrication, food processing, heavy industry, and high-mix manufacturing environments.
Pavel combines Lean manufacturing principles with Theory of Constraints (TOC) methodology to help organisations identify systemic bottlenecks and focus improvement efforts where they generate the greatest impact. He works closely with executive leadership and operational teams to align strategy with daily execution, ensuring improvements are practical, measurable, and sustainable.
His experience includes production system redesign, inventory optimisation, demand-driven flow implementation, distribution centre transformation, and ERP/WMS system integration. Pavel is known for his structured, data-driven approach and his ability to translate complex operational challenges into clear, actionable improvement plans.
Pavel holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration and Management, and is professionally certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM).
Expertise
- Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement & Change Management
- Theory of Constraints (TOC) Implementation
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Inventory & Supply Chain Optimisation
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Operational Strategy Deployment
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Production Flow & Bottleneck Management
Experience
Lean Manufacturing Consultant
Pavel has delivered operational excellence consulting services to manufacturers across the United States and internationally, supporting sectors including metal fabrication and precision machining, food and beverage, furniture, oil refining, electrical equipment, semiconductor, and heavy industrial operations. He has worked across a broad range of production environments, from continuous flow and high-volume manufacturing lines to intermittent, batch, and high-mix job-shop operations.
His engagements have included operational diagnostics, value stream mapping, constraint identification and exploitation, production planning redesign, and warehouse and distribution centre layout optimisation using heat mapping to improve material flow and efficiency. He has implemented Theory of Constraints–based closed-loop planning systems, supplier pull systems to reduce working capital, changeover optimisation to improve equipment effectiveness, and automation solutions such as carousel picking and flow rack systems—delivering measurable improvements in throughput, inventory performance, on-time delivery, and overall productivity.
Florida Makes – Business Advisor
Pavel serves as a manufacturing business advisor supporting small to mid-sized industrial firms to strengthen competitiveness and operational performance. He works directly with leadership teams to assess operational maturity, identify improvement opportunities, and guide implementation of structured Lean transformation initiatives.
Noble Corporation – Operations Manager, Distribution & CI
During his 9.5 years at Noble Corporation, Pavel led distribution and Lean transformation initiatives, increasing inventory turns from 2.5 to 4.0 and reducing shrinkage by 30%. He directed 8 direct and 300 indirect reports and led a $30M integration project including ERP/WMS and warehouse automation, improving on-time delivery from 70% to 97%.
