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If your managing time in all sectors of the business, from Sales, Product Development and Production it will result in shorter planning and development cycles, as well as less process time in manufacturing. Whether you’re a manufacturer making computer components, tin cans, widgets or an individual working…

**No images or Business Name as Customer NDA in place** Opportunity This Private Equity owned business was under performing against budget. Particular attention was required within the operational areas with Productivity and On Time Delivery drifting. The Managing Director required a system to: communicate the strategy, allocate…

Getting your teams SEEING & ELIMINATING WASTE is a grass root fundamental in business nowadays. Sounds obvious really, but how many people came to work today to spend their time on waste? Some maybe! But not most. So what is waste, and how do you identify it?…

Now most of us know and understand Standard Work, and hopefully when I say standard work your thinking of Process Capacity Tables (PCT), Standard Work Combination Tables (SWC), Standard Work Layout (SWL) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and NOT just standard operating procedures????. As a refresher PCT…

Committed LEADERSHIP is essential to success Maintaining a strong CUSTOMER FOCUS assures we’re fixing the right things and going in the right direction Effective PROCESS MANAGEMENT accelerates improvement & helps us keep ahead of our competitors Drive improvement goals through the enterprise using effective STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT &…

Standardised Work is one of the most powerful but least used tools within business, yet it is one of the foundations to Lean Manufacturing From my experience “without standards we do not have continuous improvement only chaos”. The declarations I have heard, “we don’t make cars”, “You…

Over the last few months I had a number of discussions regarding what I call “Performance Rooms” others call “War Rooms” (never really been keen on that expression but as long as the process is followed what does it matter) or the Japanese term “Obeya Rooms”. I…

Some contacts asking about A3 Problem Solving, I thought I would do a quick overview. Problem solving is about thinking, but writing things down can help thinking as well. Using the A3 process we can document key information and decisions each step of the way which can…

It’s been an interesting month, great meetings, new contacts and one of the most interesting presentations I‘ve given regarding Operational Excellence and Problem Solving. The presentation was given to the Manufacturing and Construction sectors as part of a Seminar/Workshop. The comments at the end we’re ones I…