Process Improvement Consulting-customized to your needs

 Sometimes you know basically what needs to be done, you just need the expertise to pull together a "quick strike" team with a well defined project to knock it out.  A Kaizen (Japanese for "change for better") is the tool for this and we have been doing them for years. 

We help you define the expectations and scope of the effort and bring in our organizational and technical skills to facilitate a single or multi day Kaizen event with your team to get results.

To improve you need two things, an understanding of where you are, and where you want to be. At the process level, this is the tool for uncovering both. This robust tool is a systematic method of breaking down and defining your processes into a flow type diagram to quantitatively identify opportunities for improvement and define a superior target process.

This typically takes only a few days and gives you a deliverable, both clear and concrete, to increase your understanding and expectations for your next level of performance.

Scientific in its footing and cultural in its essence, Kata focuses on envisioning your desired destination (Challenge) and then taking consistent steps, both experimental and scientific, to progress toward it, one meaningful step at a time.

A daily cadence is best, with a qualified coach mentoring people in your organization and close to the processes. 

Taking the "one bite at a time" approach of continuous improvement, it promotes a culture of thoughtful experimentation and consistent progress in a scientific framework.

We will get you started and then coach your learners every step of the way.

Systematic problem solving is one of the most ignored tools in business.  We guess and jump to quick answers that don't solve real problems. 

We come on-site, using industry proven methods, to facilitate resolution of problems which are not getting fixed.  We will select the tool best suited to the situation such as:

Fishbone diagrams

Design of Experiments

8-D

5-Why's

Root Cause Analysis

Let us help your people define, find, understand and fix the problem, and in the process, teach them how to do it for next time.

 Continuous Improvement begins with understanding where you are now. Diving into the books with data mining and you will understand your baseline. Then we formulate "next steps". Our services include:

Data Mining

Using our industry honed researching and mining knowledge, we breakdown your current performance in all key areas.

Process and Systems

We can create your process flowcharts and documentation to help your employees follow consistent processes and standards.

Financial Statements
We can help to compile or review your accrual-based financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Budgets & Projections
We can help you prepare your annual budget, monthly forecasts and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

 Accounting & Bookkeeping 

We offer an array of services from invoicing your customers and reconciling your accounts to preparing your journal entries. 

Corporate Governance
We can help you create company policies and procedures.

Presentations
We can present to your bank, investors or Board of Directors.

Training
We can provide accounting or process and system training to your staff.

You know there is money to be saved, but you just don't have the expertise in house to do it.

We will come onsite and help you implement tools such as:

Set-up reduction (SMED)

Heijunka System Development

5-S System

Kanban-Pull Systems

One Piece Flow

Visual Workplace

Bottom line, lets get the waste out and get to your next level of performance!