Introducing ZenithMOS™ · Digital daily management

Big-plant discipline.
Small-plant simple.

The digital Management Operating System for growing manufacturers: the structure and discipline of a world-class plant, without the enterprise price tag. Tiered daily meetings, KPIs against goal, automatic escalation, and the problem solving that follows. Pulse, Solve, Project and Audit, the first ZenithMOS™ modules, are now in beta.

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Pulse Tier 2 plant board showing seven PSQDICM columns with status colors
Column scorecards with a stacked bar per KPI showing days met, near and missed goal
Delivery column focused with KPI trends against goal shown as bars and lines, plus tier actions
Maintenance column with downtime, PM and OEE charts and an action timeline
Downtime by machine ranking and automatic escalation cards
Shift entry in one column with a progress bar, results against plan and misses split across several reason codes
Cause analysis: downtime minutes by reason and machine, with a Pareto and every occurrence listed
Solve CAPA: a guided A3 with the problem statement filled in from tier board data, containment and root cause
Solve search across every field of every CAPA, with matches highlighted, a stage strip and filters
Project multi-level Gantt: WBS tasks and subtasks, summary bars, stage-gate milestones, dependencies and the critical path
Audit dashboard: completion by checklist and area, weekly pass rate and most-failed questions
Audit on the floor: pass, fail or N/A, with a note on the failed item
All actions grouped by source: projects, CAPAs, KPI cards and audits, worst first, with overdue counts
Daily plant report summarizing KPIs met, missed and what needs attention
ZENITHMOS™ BETA · SAMPLE DATA
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Every PSQDICM column, green, amber or red against goal, with open actions and escalations up top.

Products · ZenithMOS™

The digital tier board big plants use, built for yours.

Digital visual management is replacing the whiteboard across manufacturing, but most platforms are built and priced for large, mature enterprises. ZenithMOS™ is for the small and mid-size shops that need the same structure and discipline without the price tag or the IT project: structured tier meetings, KPI tracking (PSQDICM, SQDCP or your own) and automated escalation, built from the operating systems we've installed on the floor. Pulse runs the daily meeting. Solve fixes what it finds. Project plans the bigger work, and Audit checks the standard is held.

Pulse

BETA

Daily tier board · PSQDICM · Tier 1 by area and shift, Tier 2 for the plant

Built for the tier meetingFollows the PSQDICM board you already run. Not a generic dashboard.
From miss to fixA miss asks for its reasons, split by amount when there are several; repeat misses escalate to an owner with a due date.
Cause analysisEvery reason tied to the KPI or machine it hit: how often, how much, each occurrence, and an Excel export.
Small-plant simpleNo install, works offline, set up in an afternoon, data to Excel anytime.
Honest numbersPercentages from counts, correct roll-ups, saved results protected.
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Solve

BETA

When a miss needs more than a quick fix · corrective and preventive action

Corrective and preventive actions5 Why, PDCA, A3 or 8D, with fishbone, Pareto from your board data, containment, and verification against the KPI.
One click from the tier boardSend any escalation or tier action to Solve. The problem statement fills in from your data.
Proof the fix heldVerification reads the KPI after the fix, so you know the problem stayed solved.
Search the past, catch repeatsEvery field of every CAPA is searchable, and a repeat issue shows the root cause and fix used last time.
Repeat audit failsWhen the same audit question keeps failing, open an A3 with the history attached.

Project

NEW · BETA

Improvement, capital and startup projects · a real multi-level plan

A true GanttTasks, subtasks and summary roll-ups, with milestones and stage gates, the way MS Project lays it out.
Dependencies and critical pathTasks move when the work before them slips, and the critical path shows in red.
Templates to start fastSix Sigma DMAIC, general, capital and startup, or blank, with charter, gate sign-offs and benefits.
Baseline vs actualSave the plan, then see exactly how many days the finish has moved.

Audit

NEW · BETA

Layered process audits, 5S and your own checklists

Built for the floorPass, fail or N/A on a phone, with a note and a photo for every fail.
Layers that roll upSupervisors daily, managers weekly, the plant manager monthly, with completion by area.
Fails become actionsFixed on the spot, or raised as a tier action with an owner and due date.
Patterns, not one-offsPass-rate trends and the questions that keep failing, one click from a CAPA.
Every action in one placeAll actions opens on what is due today across every module, groups the rest by project, CAPA, KPI card or audit, worst first, and reminds owners in one click.
One setup for every moduleYour areas, shifts, people, KPIs and fiscal calendar, set once and shared.

More modules to follow: Kaizen, Standard Work, Skills and Uptime (maintenance). Beta testers help decide what we build next.

Free self-assessment

How strong is your plant's daily management?

Ten questions, three minutes. Get a maturity score and the three gaps to close first, each with a first step for this month.
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2-minute tour

See a full tier meeting's worth of data in 2 minutes.

The plant board, KPI trends with miss reasons and shift notes, top causes, escalations, every open action, and the one-click report.

Built around your factory

Your plant, your tiers, your KPIs.

No two plants run the same tier meeting, so ZenithMOS™ isn't one-size-fits-all. Every board is configured to match how your operation actually runs, and your demo is too.

Your tiersTier 1, 2 or 3, matched to how your meetings cascade from the shift to the plant to the site.
Your columnsPSQDICM is the starting point, not a rule. Run SQDC, SQDCP, or the categories your plant already uses.
Your KPIsAdd, remove or rename KPIs, and set the goals, units and calculations that fit each one.
Your plantYour areas, lines and shifts, your fiscal calendar, production days and holidays.

How your custom demo works

1
Tell us about your plantFill out a short intake: your areas, shifts, tiers, the columns you run and the KPIs you track.
2
We build your demoYour board, configured with your tiers, categories, KPIs and goals, loaded with realistic sample data, ready within 7 days.
3
Walk through it togetherA short screen-share to tour your board, then keep the file to explore with your team.

Coming next for ZenithMOS™: scheduled report delivery by email and Teams (preview in the demo), ERP-ready imports, and a hosted multi-user version.

Services

Consulting for metals, critical materials and manufacturing.

We partner with metals producers and manufacturers to improve operations, scale production, and develop technically demanding markets.

01

Metals & Critical Materials Operations

Plant leadership and operating improvement across melting, refining, casting, forming, powder processing, and high-temperature production systems.

02

Industrial Market Development

Technical-commercial qualification, application alignment, account development, and U.S. market-entry support for specialized industrial suppliers.

03

Greenfield & Brownfield Startup

Capital planning, commissioning, operational readiness, and ramp execution from equipment installation through stable production.

04

Operational Excellence & Operating Systems

Lean improvement, standard work, performance metrics, daily management, and accountability systems built for sustained results.

05

Production Scale-Up & Reliability

Capacity, maintenance, engineering, quality, and supply-chain support to increase output while protecting process stability.

06

P&L & Site Leadership

Interim or fractional operating leadership for plants, business units, and industrial organizations in transition.

Tools & methods we deploy and sustain

Lean Six SigmaKaizen Events5S & Visual ManagementValue Stream MappingOEE / TPMSPC & FMEAHoshin KanriDFSSStandardized WorkManufacturing Operating Systems (MOS)
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Practical thinking for complex manufacturing operations.

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Kenneth Harrison, Founder of Solstice International

About

Kenneth Harrison

Founder & Creator of ZenithMOS™ · Solstice International, LLC

I am a materials engineer and manufacturing executive who has designed, built, commissioned, led, and improved factories and production systems across advanced ceramics, ultra-high-purity metals and alloys, rare-earth magnetic materials, critical materials, and precision manufacturing.

My direct operating experience spans metal refining, alloy casting, vacuum induction melting and casting, forging, rolling, powder metallurgy, high-temperature thermal processing, precision machining, coatings, and product qualification. Through Solstice, I apply that plant-level perspective to operating strategy, production scale-up, equipment reliability, capital planning, and technical-commercial market development. ZenithMOS™ puts the same operating discipline in the hands of smaller plants.

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Materials, process & operating system experience

Metals & AlloysRare-earth metals and alloys, copper alloys, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, and refractory metals.
Powder & Magnetic MaterialsRare-earth powders, sintered permanent magnets, and powder-metallurgy feedstocks.
Advanced CeramicsEngineered ceramics, formed and sintered products, and precision ceramic components.
Coatings & Surface FinishesThick-film metallization, electroplating, anodizing, and ceramic plasma-spray coatings.
High-Purity MaterialsHigh-purity materials and precision components for semiconductor manufacturing environments.
Precision Components & MachiningPrecision machining, dimensional control, process qualification, and production of technically demanding finished components.
Lean Processes & ToolsLean Six Sigma, kaizen, 5S and visual management, value stream mapping, standardized work, OEE/TPM, SPC and FMEA, and Hoshin Kanri.
MOS DeploymentTiered daily management, KPI cascades, leader standard work, and escalation and accountability systems deployed across multi-site operations, the foundation of ZenithMOS™.