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SOLSTEIN

On-site diagnosis and transformation of your maintenance operations.

Operational consulting or transition management, in France and internationally. From a few days to several months, scaled to your situation.

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Years of field experience
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Focused on concrete results
Areas of expertise

A rare dual expertise: technical and managerial

What sets me apart is my ability to align technical, organizational, and human factors, with immediate field credibility.

Technical expertise

  • Industrial maintenance
  • Equipment & utilities reliability
  • OEE / performance optimization

Field experience

  • Technical & production management
  • Industrial site operations
  • Strong operational culture

Management & leadership

  • Multidisciplinary team management
  • Team rituals & facilitation
  • Skills development

Transformation & change

  • Industrial reorganization
  • Lean management / TPM
  • Change management

Performance management

  • KPIs & dashboards
  • Gap analysis
  • Structured action plans

Projects & investments

  • CAPEX management
  • Multi-stakeholder coordination
  • Cost / timeline assurance
When to reach out

When maintenance breaks down, the entire site's performance suffers

Do you recognize any of these situations? It's time to act.

Poorly organized maintenance

Reactive, not proactive maintenance

Misaligned teams

No management or methodology

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Our services

Three engagement formats, scaled to your situation

Every engagement starts from your context. In France and internationally.

A few days to a few weeks · On-site

Short assignment — Diagnosis & Scoping

An outside, structured, no-nonsense look at your maintenance organization. To objectify, decide, convince.

  • On-site diagnosis and root causes
  • Prioritized action plan
  • Executive-level debrief

1 to 6 months · Hybrid on-site / remote

Long assignment — Support & Performance

I structure your maintenance over time. You stay in charge, I build with your teams.

  • Clarified roles and processes
  • Operational management rituals
  • Team skills development

3 to 6 months · Full-time on-site

Transition Management

Key position vacant or urgent critical situation. I ensure continuity, stabilize teams, get the site running again.

  • Immediate operational continuity
  • Team stabilization
  • Handover to successor

Expertise details

Diagnosis & Scoping

Understanding operational reality before acting. An external, objective, and structured perspective to identify dysfunctions and their root causes.

  • Maintenance performance diagnostics
  • Organization maturity audits
  • Process and operating mode analysis
  • Maintenance management system evaluation
  • Maintenance / production / support collaboration assessment

Your performance trajectory

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Understand

Objectify dysfunctions and their causes

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Structure

Clarify roles, processes, and cross-department collaboration

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Accelerate

Reduce breakdowns and secure production

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Sustain

Build a management plan to ensure continuity

Results-driven approach

Concrete, measurable actions tailored to your environment. Every engagement aims for visible and rapid impact.

  • Quick wins identified within the first weeks
  • Tracking indicators set up from the start
  • Regular and transparent reporting
  • Knowledge transfer to internal teams
  • Field support until full autonomy

Support and performance

Structuring high-performing maintenance, clarifying roles, optimizing processes, and improving cross-department collaboration for a lasting impact on your performance.

  • Maintenance organization structuring
  • Defined process implementation
  • Management rituals and operational practices setup
  • Cross-department coordination facilitation
  • Skills development and autonomy building

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Transition management

Industrial & technical interim leadership

Operational transition management missions to ensure continuity, stabilize, and restore industrial performance. Fast, operational, and results-oriented intervention.

Key roles covered

Industrial Director
Plant Director
Maintenance Director / Manager
Operations / Production Manager
Strategic Project Manager
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Urgent replacement

Unanticipated departure, extended absence, critical vacancy. Objective: ensure continuity and restore performance.

Degraded situation

Team disorganization, declining performance, conflicts, or loss of managerial direction. Objective: stabilize quickly.

Continuity · Rapid stabilization · Return to performance
Royal CaninKraft FoodsNestléLa Cure GourmandeConserves FranceNestlé Waters
Patrice Carle

Patrice Carle

Founder, Technical & Maintenance Director

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The founder

An operational profile, forged in the field

With over 30 years of experience in technical management and maintenance in the food industry, I have developed a unique expertise combining technical mastery, team management, and performance management.

My pragmatic, results-oriented approach gives me immediate field credibility with both teams and executives.

SOLSTEIN draws its name from the solarsteinn, the stone used by Viking navigators to find their way at sea even without visibility. In an industrial environment that is often complex and uncertain, companies also need a reliable reference point. With SOLSTEIN, I bring this ability to read field reality, clarify direction, and align maintenance strategy with the pursuit of overall performance.

Objective: stay the course and transform industrial performance in a concrete and lasting way.

Technical + management
Field credibility
Concrete results
Technical, organizational & human
Let's talk about your project

Ready to transform your maintenance?

Diagnostics, organization, transition management. Let's discuss your challenges and together build the trajectory tailored to your site.