Get Organized
1. Work Measurement Studies
- Perform Work Measurement Studies for productivity improvements, resource planning and product costing, manpower planning & capacity planning.
2. Facility Layout
- Develop a Facility Layout for new and existing manufacturing and distribution facilities that reduce travel and wasted work space and improve the flow of work.
3. Get Organized
- Workstations (shop and office)
- Warehouses: Raw materials, Packaging supplies, Finish goods, Workstations
- Departments: Production operations, Maintenance Storerooms, Tool Cribs, Maintenance Shops, Quality Control inspection and test areas, Quality control Lab areas, Receiving areas, Shipping areas, Dock operations areas
- Equipment: Changeovers and carts, equipment setups and carts, storage areas
- Facility: Relocation, Consolidation, Facility layout and work flow, Office layout and work flow
- Trucks: Service Trucks/Service Vetches, Parts Trucks, Appliance repair, Phone Company
- Data / Numbers: We make them talk to you
- Records and information: Offices, Maintenance of equipment and facility, Equipment manuals, Asset Records, Employee training, Performance Measurement, Quality, Scrap, Financial
- Employee: Work assignments, Labor Standards, Job Training instructions
4. Situation Analysis Studies
- Conduct an Operation’s assessment to identify root problem causes for:
- Quality defects
- Bottlenecks in flow of work
- Lost production / work time
- Waste/Scrap losses
- Excess inventory in:
- Work in Process
- Raw materials
- Finish goods
5. Lean Manufacturing
- Work with the company to develop an overall plan to increase productivity 20-25%, reduce work in process inventory 50-60%m reduce work floor space 20-30%, and reduce customer lead-time by 50+%.
- The waste of over production, scrap, rework, delays, travel, wasted motions, and unnecessary processing tasks.
6. Increase profits
- Make the work process more efficient, and more responsive to customer needs.
7. Process Improvement
- Plan and organize kaizen events to implement corrective action to eliminate/reduce bottlenecks and waste.
8. Problem Solving
- Define where the problem is, what it is, when it occurs, the extent of the problem, and what changes have occurred, and when.
9. Employee Training and Coaching
- Educate employees on the tools, concepts, and ideas of Lean Manufacturing, process improvement, and good work practices for manufacture and distribution operations.
10. Special Project Management
- Special Project Management for:
- New facilities
- Facility relocation
- New product start-up
- Automation projects
- Facility consolidation
- Operations expansions
- Problem Solving and brainstorming
- Employee Training and coaching
- Business Planning
