Solutions and Results

Identify Problems › find Solutions › get Results

• The following table shows products and programs to improve business-performance
• Clients can chose from four support-modules to meet their needs for control/impact:
• Executive Management, Process Reengineering, System-Design, Knowledge Transfer

Problem	Solution	Support	Result
High inventory, overhead, backorders	Lean Transformation Program (LTP) to implement Lean in factory and office		+ Efficiency + Speed - Inventory
Unacceptable rate of downtime or defects	Kaizen Blitz (KZB) to fix a dysfunction within 5 days		+ Yield + Speed + Uptime
Product or process is too complex, expensive, or slow	Radical Redesign (RRD) to break and rebuild for extreme improvement (Kaikaku)		- Waste - Steps - Parts
Declining margins, risking costs, declining competitiveness	Cost Reduction Program (CRP) to reduce material and labor-content		- Fixed Cost - Variable Cost + Profitability
People lack skills and knowledge to improve quality	Six Sigma Certification (SSC) to develop quality improvement and leadership		+ Knowledge - Defects - Variability
Unknown cause for existing problems, unclear what to do about it	Operations Diagnostics (OPD) to identify structure, gaps, causes and impact		› Gaps defined › Causes clear › Impact known
When an accepted strategy exists but execution fails, performance is stagnant, losing edge	Change Management Program (CMP) to implement a shift or entirely new strategy		+ Change + Results › on Target
Capability, conditions, capacity are unknown for target factory	Guided Plant Tour (GPT) to evaluate capacity and capability during factory-tour		› Capacity › Capability › Opportunities
Disorganized and inefficient workplace, frequent incidents	Workplace Organization (WPO) to clean and structure plant and office		+ Discipline + Visibility - Searching
Capacity-loss from frequent downtime	Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to improve reliability and uptime of equipment		- Downtime + Capacity + Return ROA
Traditional project-management delivers late and over budget	Critical Chain Management (CCM) to deliver strategic projects on time and budget		+ Delivery - Risk + Speed
New products are introduced too late, flop on the market, or lose money	Innovative Product Development (IPD) to accelerate innovation and introduction		+ Speed + Sales + MarketShare
Delivery and quality-problems with parts from low-cost suppliers	China Sourcing Program (CSP) to get reliable quality from low-cost sources		+ Delivery + Quality - Cost
Decisions based on best guesses, solid information missing	Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to manage resources to maximum effectiveness		+ Effectiveness + Visibility + Reporting
Inconsistent, unpredictable results, long time to learn job	Business Process Management (BPM) to standardize processes and automate work		+ Efficiency + Speed + Consistency
Products are late or miss the market	Product Development System (PDS) to control R&D-projects from concept to launch		+ Speed + Delivery - Launch-Time
No simple way to measure and track business-performance	Scorecard for Excel (LeanTrack) to measure up to 50 business-metrics		› 50 Metrics › Targets › Trends
No simple way to understand Lean and reduce waste	Lean Tools for Excel (Translean) to reduce waste and cycle-time		+ Speed + Efficiency + Analysis
No simple way to understand Six Sigma and reduce variability	Six Sigma Tools for Excel (Lean6) to reduce variability and defect-rate		+ Quality - Variability + Sigma-Level