Diagnostics & Operational Audits

Identifying the hidden costs and bottlenecks before spending money on fixes.

  • Service Offerings:

    • Value Stream Mapping (VSM): A ground-up analysis of material and information flow.

    • Process Bottleneck Analysis: Identifying and eliminating production line friction to maximize throughput and efficiency.

    • COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality) Assessments: Calculating the true price of scrap, rework, and waste.

    • OEE Data Validation: Moving past "gut feelings" to hard machine/line efficiency data.

    • Deliverables: Operator Balance Charts (OBC), Capacity Charts, Labor Scrolls, Software Simulation.

Strategic Implementation

Hands-on execution to stabilize and improve the floor.

  • Service Offerings:

    • Kaizen Events: Targeted, 3-to-5-day intensive "blitzes" for immediate ROI.

    • Cellular Design & Line Balancing: Physical reconfiguration of the floor for better Takt time alignment.

    • Quality Management Systems (QMS): Building robust FPY (First Pass Yield) tracking and corrective action loops.

    • Visual Factory Setup: Implementing 5S and real-time performance dashboards.

Identifying the hidden costs and bottlenecks before spending money on fixes.

  • Service Offerings:

    • Value Stream Mapping (VSM): A ground-up analysis of material and information flow.

    • Process Bottleneck Analysis: Identifying the "Station 4" in every line (referencing your chart).

    • COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality) Assessments: Calculating the true price of scrap, rework, and waste.

    • OEE Data Validation: Moving past "gut feelings" to hard machine/line efficiency data.

Specialized Training - Lean Boot Camps

Advisory & Retainer Services

Ongoing expert oversight to ensure the plant doesn't revert to old habits.

  • Service Offerings:

    • Fractional Quality/Operations Management: Expert leadership without the full-time executive salary.

    • Sustaining Audits: Monthly or quarterly check-ins to verify Lean maturity.

    • Executive Coaching: Working with plant leadership on culture shift and KPI alignment.