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Quality. Efficiency. Results.

Increasing your productivity, profitability and sustainability is our favorite type of challenge.
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Manufacturing plant

Business Strategy Deployment

Interim executive

Lean & Six Sigma Technical Problem Solving

Manufacturing training

Training & Education

Manufacturing research

Automation and Innovation Support

Results You Can Count On

  • We've led productivity improvement initiatives
    that resulted in a 30.1% increase in productivity over
    a four-year period in a successful aerospace organization

  • We've led cost reduction projects that
    resulted in $1.2 million dollars of annualized cost savings
    for a manufacturer of aluminum components

  • We led multi-discipline improvement program
    to increase throughput by 15.2% and sales by 21.7% in
    an organization with $120 million annual revenue.

Manufacturing results

BUSINESS STRATEGY AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

IS YOUR BUSINESS STRUGGLING TO DEFINE YOUR SHORT AND LONG TERM STRATEGIES AND ESTABLISH KEY PROCESS INDICATORS AND METRICS TO MONITOR THE RESULTS?

We provide a critical outside perspective combined with a proven template and tools to support your strategy deployment efforts.  In addition, we provide a path to developing strong operational metrics and benchmark the data to support monitoring for business improvement.

KEY PROCESS INDICATORS AND BUSINESS METRICS

Let us do the heavy lifting – we will facilitate team selection of KPIs and metrics and perform the data analysis to provide feedback on the proposed indicators.  We will make the process as easy as possible to allow your resources to focus on company performance.

STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT

You understand the need for a cohesive and thoroughly communicated strategy for running all aspects of your business.  You’ve already identified team members and are ready to move forward but need help creating and completing the right action steps.  From the beginning development of your strategy plan to execution and completion – consider us your go-to partner.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

This is our team’s full-service package to help your company “move the needle”.  We integrate ourselves into your company with an intense analysis, project plan, execution, and review to ensure real results in a timely manner.

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Interim executive

Lean & Six Sigma Technical Problem Solving

Structured Approach for Complex Manufacturing Problems

Don’t take short-cuts when identifying, diagnosing and implementing solutions to your most impactful problems.  We will provide a structured framework and work with your team to resolve the obstacles to success that keep you up at night.  Your company is counting on you to ensure problems do not recur.

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Why Hire an External Technical Resource?

CRITICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING PROJECTS

When your company’s performance results are on the line and you need quick resolution to your toughest issues, you want an external resource to perform an unbiased assessment of an underperforming process and partner with your team to ensure that real improvement is achieved.

LACK OF INTERNAL RESOURCES

Oftentimes a company doesn’t have a suitable internal resource to take on a tough problem.  This can be due to labor constraints or training gaps.  We can help not only by taking on your problem-solving project during this period but also by mentoring a high potential employee to handle complex issues going forward.

TIME CONSTRAINTS

Don’t make the mistake of assuming your current resources can take on additional workload! When a permanent headcount add is unnecessary or hard to find on short notice, we can offer a short-term solution to give your team the time to focus on their current responsibilities.

Manufacturing training

Training & Education

Invest in Your Greatest Asset: Your Employees

Off-site seminars or training for multiple days is not always the best option even if it’s desperately needed. We’ll come to you to make the most of your valuable time and resources.
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  • ADVANCING A PROBLEM-SOLVING CULTURE FOR SUPERVISORS
  • OPERATIONAL TOOLBOX TRAINING FOR OPS LEADERS
  • RECLAIM CLARITY: LEADER SELF CARE STRATEGIES
  • MANAGING UP” FOR MID-LEVEL LEADERS
  • CUSTOMIZED TRAINING UPON CLIENT REQUEST
  • Effective Team Communication
  • The Ideal Team Player and Team Roles
  • Eliminating Silos and Team Collaboration
  • Team Member Engagement and Motivation
  • Giving and Receiving Workplace Feedback
Pricing starts at $1,500 for a class of 15 participants or less
Manufacturing research

AUTOMATION AND INNOVATION SUPPORT

AUTOMATION AND INNOVATION PROJECTS CAN PRESENT A LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY AND BURDEN THAT CAN CHALLENGE ANY MANUFACTURING TEAM

Companies implement manufacturing automation projects for many reasons.  We know exactly what it takes to successfully implement your vision for the future.  We have extensive experience that is crucial to avoid common pitfalls that can derail your automation and innovation projects. We can partner with you to provide proven methods to ensure you get the results you expect.

  • SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE REQUISITIONS AND ROI CALCULATION
  • PROJECT PREPARATION CHECKLISTS THAT EVERY COMPANY NEEDS
  • PROCESS REVIEW AND ANALYSIS USING LEAN PRINCIPLES
  • SCOPE OF WORK TEMPLATES
  • PROJECT PLANNING AND EXECUTION
  • STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATOR SELECTION AND POST IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
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THE GAP ANALYSIS CHECKLIST EVERY PLANT MANAGER NEEDS

We recommend a gap analysis be performed a few times a year, especially when metrics aren’t being met and tensions are running high.
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