Manufacturers and shops
Machining · electronics · fabrication
- The problem
- Quotes, travelers, and inspection records get keyed in again at every handoff.
- The fix
- We connect the handoffs. The data gets entered once and follows the job.
Intake form
Automate the burden. Engineer the systems. Direct the quality.Old systems? People doing a machine's job? Undocumented tribal knowledge?
Free · 30 minutes · no commitment.
480.331.4205Based in Arizona · Nationwide service.
What came out of the work behind this page
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ASQ Certified Quality Auditor
Active · Verify the credential on ASQ (opens in a new tab)
- 10-figureexposure avertedBoeing
- 57supplier auditsAerospace, medical device, electronics
- 14 → 3days, dock to shipTier 1 commercial aerospace
Receipts
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Confidential · Tier 1 commercial aerospace
90% backlog cleared
Cleared 90% of a returns backlog in two weeks.
- Eight-figure revenue impact · change & obsolescence management, past-due supplier recovery
- 90% of outstanding RMAs cleared in 2 weeks
- Dock-to-ship: 14 days to under 3
Boeing · Aerospace prime
50 FTE reclaimed
Automated manual work worth 50 full-time jobs.
- 10-figure exposure averted · exposed 8-year ERP / IT / Inspection void via Supplier NOE
- 50 FTE reclaimed via Power Automate
- 57 supplier audits · exposed internal NC: 90%+ on-time suppliers mis-scored by the dock's own delay
FiberSense · Distributed acoustic sensing
2.5 yrs on a 6-month contract
Hired for six months. Kept for two and a half years.
- 50 controlled QMS documents · 4 departments
- Doc Control System · RTN QMS product predecessor
- UK-to-USA tech transfer · 10 units qualified
- 6-month contract ran 2.5 years
Stryker · Medical device
3 → 1 systems, planned
Planned the move from three old systems to one during a $4B acquisition.
- M&A change management · $4B Wright acquisition
- Multi-site change-control gap analysis & migration plan
- Teamcenter, MasterControl, Arena → Stryker onePLM
HighRel · Burn-in design / test
~60% cost cut
Cut the cost of a static-control flooring plan by about 60%.
- ISO 9001:2015 certification · led to close, accredited registrar
- ESD flooring plan · ~60% cost cut vs original
- 20% YoY calibration savings
Amphenol · Electronic interconnect
60% backlog cut
Cut a backlog of open problems by 60% in two months.
- 60% CAPA backlog cut in 2 months · 95% on-time delivery
- Critical satcom product issue resolved at low cost
- Lean Six Sigma 6S · cable & wire-harness mfg
Emerald EMS · Electronics manufacturing
$150K saved per year
Saved $150K a year by fixing problems before production.
- $150K/yr saved · problems solved before production
- DP2020 NPI · 15-year customer, 8 prototypes
Astronic · Aerospace contract mfg
$200K saved per year
Saved $200K a year by reworking workflow and policy.
- $200K/yr saved · workflow & policy optimization
- Trained 15 staff on new capital-equipment procedures
- Astronic customer programs: Arrow, Dolby, AeroVironment
Blue Origin
- As the EMS supplier's QE · Blue Origin New Shepard PCBA manufacturability specs
Roles span employee, contractor, supplier, auditor, and consultant. Measured against the cycle time, workload or error rate the client was already tracking. Logos mark organizations worked with - not clients of, or endorsements by, RTN Consulting.
What we do
Skilled people, stuck doing a machine's job.
Clinics and health offices
Dental · veterinary · medical · therapy
- The problem
- The front desk spends the day on intake and reminders.
- The fix
- Intake and reminders run on their own. The front desk gets its day back.
Professional firms
CPA · law · engineering · insurance
- The problem
- Engagement letters, document chasing, and retyped client data fill the hours between billable hours.
- The fix
- Engagement letters fill in from the client record. Document requests follow up on their own. The data gets typed once.
Contractors and trades
GCs · HVAC · electrical · plumbing
- The problem
- Bids, change orders, permits, and job-cost paperwork pile up after the crew goes home.
- The fix
- Bids and change orders come together from the job's own numbers. Job costs update as the work happens.
Any other business: if the work repeats and still gets done by hand, we can fix it. The free call is where it starts.
For quality managers
The quality project nobody has time for.
Hand it over. We scope it in writing, close it out, and leave it documented.
Supplier audits
AS9100D, ISO 9001, or ISO 13485, with findings the supplier can act on. Nearly sixty done so far.
CAPA backlog
Open corrective actions worked to root cause and closed. One backlog dropped 60% in two months.
Document control cleanup
Procedures, revisions, and approvals brought under control on tools already owned. We developed a Microsoft 365-based document control system, deployable in less than 30 days.
Audit and certification prep
Gap analysis and the fixes before the registrar arrives. We audit present methods. Then we engineer automated, traceable, compliant solutions that reduce administrative burden.
How it works
Start small. Scale to a system.
The call
Free, 30 minutes. A walk through the goal, how the work gets done today, and where it breaks.
Two options
Option A and Option B follow the call. Each comes with a scope, a price, and a timeline. Need more depth first? A paid day goes up to eight hours into the real problem.
The build
Fixed price, written scope. Tools already paid for come first. AI does the heavy lifting on the build, so it ships in a fraction of the time. Whether it stays in the finished tool depends on the job. The document control system was built leveraging AI. Its users do not touch AI.
Proof it runs
Every build is verified before go-live. It is shown working before the business depends on it.
Pricing
Four ways to work with RTN Consulting.
Every price is fixed in writing before work starts.
The call
Free30 minutes
Which job costs the most hours, and whether we can fix it.
The first day
QuotedOn the call · pricing subject to change
Up to 8 hours inside one problem, with the real systems and data. A written plan for the full fix follows, with scope and price.
The first build
Fixed priceScoped in writing
The quote, intake, report, or handoff that eats the most hours, automated end to end.
The retainer
ScopedTo the operation
- Advisor
- Fractional Technical and Quality Director
- Embedded Operator
This typically requires three employees. Hire RTN Consulting and get all of it in one.
For the curious
The work, in detail.
24/7 Server Fleet
Live production platform
See how it was built9 min read
Microsoft 365-based Document Control
Deployable in less than 30 days
See the system and the offer2 min read
Closed audit finding
V-22 Osprey, an 8‑year gap closed
Read the investigation2 min read
Controlled procedure
How every M365 deployment is checked
Read the procedure3 min read
Sketch to cut files
Steel plate rack in 48 hours
Read the build2 min read
In the queue
Next project
~Q4 2026
Leadership
Fundamentals first. Tools second. Outcomes always.
Vincent M. Ruvolo is the Principal of RTN Consulting. A decade plus in quality: medical, electronics, aerospace. He has audited nearly sixty suppliers. His work averted 10-figure exposure on an aerospace program. Every company he worked with saved more than the work cost. He cuts through red tape by flying his own flag: RTN Consulting.
He is an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor and a systems engineer. He reads a quality system the way an engineer reads code. Point him at a broken process; he finds the systemic failure. Plan, do, check, act: objective evidence, not subjective opinion. His findings end in solutions proven to prevent recurrence. He does not search for findings; they are right there in front of him. Call it natural acuity.
Based in Arizona · Nationwide service.
- ASQ Certified Quality AuditorActiveVerify the credential on ASQ (opens in a new tab)
- Lead auditor training, aerospace and medical deviceCompleted
- Nearly sixty supplier audits
- Decade plus in quality management systems
- 20+ years in IT
- Server administrator
- Community manager
Live production platform · figures as of 2026-10-09
- 2,224 users
- 3,367 usage hours
- Users up 5.9x in 3 months
- 89 nights of offsite backups, none missed
Credentials in full
- ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA)
- AS9100D & ISO 13485 Lead Auditor training · SAE/CALISO · 32 hr · 2019
- medical device · electronics · aerospace
- 20+ years in information technology
You may ask...
What is RTN Consulting?
Ruvolo Technical Network (RTN) Consulting is a full-suite solutions engineering firm. When a job needs more hands or a specialty, we may subcontract to trusted partners in the network. Working with RTN Consulting opens that network up.
We already have an IT person. What is different?
IT keeps the systems stable, secure, and running. We work on the job that happens between them, and whether anyone verified the handoff. The V-22 Osprey incident is a case study answering a question the technical committees behind modern international standards failed to ask. How can IT policy affect product quality? Vincent M. Ruvolo, Principal of RTN Consulting, uncovered an industry blind spot permeating nearly every organization in the 21st century.
We tried automating this before and it broke.
Automation runs a process - regardless of its stability - and it simply runs a broken process faster. We review the architecture orchestrating the systems, the systems hosting the processes, and drive the process to its core.
Do I have to buy new software?
Tools already paid for come first. Sometimes a license or an open source piece is the right call, and that gets said before anyone spends.
Is automation taking jobs away?
We work with companies that promote a culture of opportunity for their people. We take a strong stance against automation targeted toward workforce reduction. Should a role be rendered obsolete, we encourage repurposing that talent to unlock new growth potential. That is Kaizen. That is continuous improvement.
What happens to our data and IP, and do you sign an NDA?
We do not want your data. We do not want your IP. What you make and how you sell it is your business, and we have no interest in competing with it. Our job is to enable businesses to run the way their leadership envisions it. We sign an NDA on request, before any access, and the work runs inside your own accounts.
What if you are not available?
RTN Consulting is available 24/7/365. Everything we build is documented and handed over. The goal is a system the business runs on its own. The team runs it day to day, without waiting on anyone.
What solution can we engineer for you?
30 minutes. No cost. Two options follow the call.
