Our Services:
Complimentary problem validation and scope of work development.
Problem solving methods
Quality improvement strategies
Root cause & defect elimination
TRIZ
Advanced analytical methods
Measurement systems analyses (MSA)
Capability assessments
Basic statistical methods
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Process and design optimization
Reliability Methods
Reliability modeling
Total Asset Utilization modeling
Weibull analysis
FMEA & FTA |
System of Daily Management
Lean methods & tools
Value Stream Mapping
5S, Standard Work, SMED
Transactional Process Improvement
Lean product development system
Kaizen facilitation
Customized training and employee
coaching
Quality Management System auditing
Project Management & MS Project |
Lean Methods
Lean and Six Sigma methods are not in competition but complementary strategies and tools. Lean methods are used to design new and improve existing value streams and material flow.
They also help reveal situations where excessive
variation, defect rates or poor reliability create performance issues. In these cases Six Sigma methods and other advanced problem solving tools can improve flow to enable further value stream improvements.
Our methodology incorporates lean methods
to validate problem solving scopes of work to ensure that the client gains significant financial
benefit from the work.
TRIZ
TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) addresses the science of technological evolution and represents a systematic means of developing
innovative problem solutions and intellectual property.
Genrich S. Altshuller (a Russian patent clerk) discovered general patterns of innovation
based on an intensive study of worldwide patents. One of his breakthrough contributions was to develop a process to attack difficult problems in a systematic way.
The discipline of the process typically resolves as many as 50% of the problems addressed
in either the definition or current state analysis phases.
The remaining problems are attacked by methods specifically developed to look for and break contradictions that are revealed during the process.
Contact me for a complimentary overview of TRIZ.
Design of Experiments (DOE)
DOE is an exceptionally powerful tool used to develop answers to client’s research questions relative products and processes that lead to improved performance.
We employ structured DOE planning methods to design and plan experiments that:
- Answer the client’s research questions rather than forcing the client to change his questions to accommodate a convenient “out-of-the-box” design.
- Provide protections against internal and external threats to validity.
- Include procedures for conducting the
experiment that can enable explanations of unanticipated results.
- Include provisions to study random and fixed factors and their effects related to both means and variability.
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Daily Management
 The system of Daily Management based on the work of Luftig & Warren International allows organizations to manage the day-to-day operation of departments or cells at the lowest possible level by the process owner.
It provides the means to improve performance on an ongoing basis and lock in the hard won gains.
After establishing ownership, roles and responsibilities for the unit, processes are established to:
- Define and standardize unit processes,
- Monitor and control the unit performance,
- Continuously improve processes, and
- Communicate unit activities to all stakeholders.
Daily management focuses on successful,
consistent and timely execution by the unit, KPI linkage between related units, and associate empowerment.
Contact me for a complimentary overview of Daily Management.
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