Cannabis operational consulting
Facility planning, SOPs, production workflows, and implementation support with Niles Christodoulidis.
Connect the business decision to the day-to-day operation.
Facility plans, production workflows, staffing, documentation, and product decisions affect one another. Consulting can start with an early business idea, a facility you want to plan, or a problem in an existing operation.
You do not need facility drawings, a business plan, SOPs, or a complete set of records to contact Niles. If you need help figuring out what to prepare, that can be part of the consulting work. Start with an idea, a question, or a problem.
Where Niles can help
Facility planning and implementation
Develop or review the operational brief, workflow, equipment needs, and implementation priorities. You can begin before drawings exist; identify design, engineering, and other specialist needs as the scope takes shape.
Standard operating procedures
Assess where documented procedures are missing, unclear, or disconnected from actual practice. Define the SOP development or review needed for the agreed process.
Production workflow and logistics
Examine handoffs, inventory movement, scheduling, and bottlenecks. Separate what is documented from what still needs to be measured or confirmed.
Product and packaging development
Review how product and packaging decisions fit production capabilities and operating priorities. Identify the technical, commercial, and compliance questions that affect implementation.
Examples of issues we can help assess
This scenario illustrates a potential engagement and is not an account of completed client work.
Bottlenecks between production stages
A cannabis business experiences delays, unclear responsibilities, or inventory discrepancies as material moves through production, packaging, and distribution. A review could map those handoffs, assess existing SOPs, and identify documentation or coordination gaps. A potential deliverable is an implementation plan identifying priorities, responsibilities, and measures for tracking progress.
Explore your operational question
- Packaging, storage, and handling
- Product development and production readiness
- Distribution and inventory handoffs
- Hemp processing operations
- Indoor facility operations
- Outdoor and harvest operations
- Operational readiness for licensing
Experience across cannabis and business operations
Niles founded Rebel Roots Farms in 2016, developing its business plan and building its facility. As CEO and founder of Delta Alternatives from 2019 to 2023, his work included SOPs, product lines, packaging, and risk and compliance evaluation.
His earlier experience includes financial advisory work at Merrill Lynch and The SMC Group, plus restaurant operations management. He holds a BBA in Business Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Memphis. Read his professional background.
What an engagement can produce
Depending on the agreed scope, work may include a findings summary, a prioritized action list, a workflow or SOP review, or implementation support. Deliverables and the information needed to produce them are specified before work begins.
Start wherever you are in the process
- Describe the business and its location.
- Explain the decision or operational issue you need help with.
- Mention any known deadline. Existing records or plans are optional for the first conversation.
- Describe what a useful outcome from the consulting engagement would look like.
A brief overview is enough to begin. If you are unsure what you need, say so. Planning, documentation, and identifying missing information can be part of the agreed work.
Fees and timing
Fees depend on the scope, information to review, deliverables, deadlines, and any on-site requirements. Availability, scope, and fees are agreed before work starts.
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