Group service · programme management, not just parts
For programmes that run over months, not weeks.
Some jobs are one tool and one delivery. Others are a programme: prototypes, first article, tooling, launch, ramp-up, refresh. We run the schedule so you don't have to keep asking where things are.
When it's right
Four situations where this service earns its keep.
A product launch with a fixed date
Trade show, retail launch, regulatory submission. We work back from your date and flag any risk to it early.
A ramp-up plan
Fifty parts in month one, five hundred by month six. We plan tool capacity around that, not around a single order.
A multi-tool family
Five variants of the same part, each with their own tool, going into the same line. Coordinated build so nothing bottlenecks.
A programme with regulatory checkpoints
Where paperwork stages have to be completed before the next phase can start. We line them up to the schedule.
How it flows
Four stages, in the usual order.
- 01
Kick-off
Half a day. Every stakeholder in one room (or one video call). Scope, dates, risks captured.
- 02
Running schedule
Weekly update, or milestone-by-milestone if that fits better. Written record retained.
- 03
Change control
Every scope change captured, priced and signed off. No surprises when the invoice comes.
- 04
Programme close-out
At the end, everything filed. If you come back for a refresh in two years, we can pick it up.
What we need from you
To scope it properly.
A decision-maker on your side. One name we can call when things need signing off, or when scope changes.
Your immovable dates. Regulatory submissions, launch windows, seasonal peaks. Everything else, we can flex around.
Your escalation path. If we need to raise a risk, who do we take it to and how fast.
Go deeper
3 ways this service is usually put to work.
Each has its own page with the detail: what's involved, when it fits, and when it doesn't.
One project manager holding the whole programme.
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FAQs
Common questions.
Do you charge for project management separately?
For long programmes, sometimes. For most jobs it's folded into the price. We'll be clear before we start.
What tools do you use for scheduling?
Whatever suits you. We're not going to make you learn a new platform to work with us.
What happens if a milestone slips?
You'll hear about it early, with a recovery plan. Not on the day it was due.
Related
Where to read next.
One phone call, one engineer, however many divisions it touches.
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One quote. Itemised by division. Nothing rolled up to hide the…
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UK-designed, UK-made, coordinated from one Warwickshire workshop.
Our design and development sits in Bidford-on-Avon. So does the majority of our moulding. Some higher-volume production…
The group
This service sits at the group level
TCI Group is the umbrella brand. The specialists behind this service work across all four divisions.
Get in touch
Not sure which division? Tell us what you're making.
Send us a sketch, a photograph, or a paragraph. We'll come back with the right division, the right route, and an honest sense of what it will take.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Group, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- Five brands, one teamMoulds, culinary, construction and contract products, all run from Bidford-on-Avon. See the divisions.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
TheodoreEmployee Welfare