Scale with clarity and confidence.
Hands-on consulting and fractional COO support that helps growing manufacturers build clarity, systems, and performance — without adding complexity or burning out key people.
Growing Fast, But Feeling Stuck?
You're adding customers and revenue — which is great. But growth without systems creates problems that compound:
✗ Your team is drowning in firefighting instead of building for the future
✗ Key people are burning out carrying institutional knowledge in their heads
✗ Bottlenecks appear faster than you can fix them
✗ Sales and production aren't aligned, causing missed deadlines and frustrated customers
✗ You're becoming the bottleneck because too many decisions require your approval
And the worst part? You can see the problems clearly, but don't know where to start fixing them without everything grinding to a halt.
Every month of delay means more waste, more stress, and more opportunities missed.
How We Help
Operational Improvement Consulting
Fix bottlenecks, reduce waste, and build clearer, repeatable workflows.
Fractional COO Partnership
On-site, embedded leadership to align teams, install accountability, and scale operations.
Commercial & Growth Leadership
Strategic support that aligns marketing, sales, and capacity
Our Approach: How We Work
We follow a clear, four-phase process that ensures results stick:
1. Diagnose Together
We assess your current state with your team, identifying the real bottlenecks.
2. Design the Path
We build a practical roadmap that fits your capacity and culture.
3. Execute Alongside
We implement side-by-side with your people, transferring knowledge as we go.
4. Sustain the Gains
We ensure systems outlast our engagement through built-in accountability.
You stay in control. We provide the structure, experience, and momentum.
What Makes This Different
An embedded partner — not a traditional consultant.
We Execute Alongside Your Team
No conference room consultants here. We're on the floor, in the meetings, doing the work with your people — driving real change, not delivering binders that sit on a shelf.
Experienced in Regulated Markets
We've worked in ISO 9001 environments and understand how to improve operations without creating compliance headaches.
Systems That Stick After We Leave
We don't just fix problems — we build repeatable processes and transfer knowledge so improvements outlast our engagement.
Rooted in the Pacific Northwest
Based in Portland, Oregon and serving manufacturers across the region with responsive, local partnership.
Who You're Working With
Dogwood Growth Consulting was founded by Cameron McKillop, a former VP of Operations who's led cross-functional teams in manufacturing that supported regulated industries including pharma, biotech, and semiconductor customers.
Cameron has walked the path you're on — aligning sales and production under tight deadlines, installing software systems that actually work, and driving Lean improvements on the factory floor.
Every engagement is led personally by Cameron, supported by a trusted network of specialists when needed.
That means you get executive-level insight and hands-on execution — without the overhead.
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Ready to turn chaos into clarity?
Schedule a 30-minute Growth & Systems Diagnostic — a complimentary working session to identify your biggest operational bottlenecks and where better systems could create immediate momentum.