Here is a sampling of projects we have done for our clients during the past 30+ years:
- Directed Value Chain Management implementation, reducing product cost 30%.
- Guided Lean Manufacturing rollout, generating outstanding customer response and $800 million in new business.
- Expedited Continuous Flow Manufacturing implementation, raising profits from a negative 20% to a positive 20% margin within one year.
- Implemented Strategic Sourcing best practices, reducing raw material costs 10% and improving quality.
- Utilized key suppliers in product design, saving $20 million and cutting development time by one year.
- Reduced new product introduction cycle time by 30% and cut order lead-time by 40% using Lean Manufacturing and Lean Development toolkits.
- Increased output 60% and reduced defects 10X within a month with existing equipment.
- Accelerated adoption of Lean Manufacturing by a large customer, growing sales to them by 50%.
- Integrated five acquisitions with combined sales of $250 million into acquirer’s operational framework.
- Reduced inventory by 50%, cycle time by 40%, and improved productivity 20% within three months through implementing Lean Manufacturing.
- Improved logistics management, generating a 10% cost savings with a 5% on-time delivery increase.
- Devised agile supply chain with 15% lower costs and faster time to market by expanding TQM and JIT initiatives with a broader Supply Chain Management approach.
- Increased throughput for an integrated supply chain via Lean Manufacturing, raising total revenue $3 billion.
- Reengineered order fulfillment process, saving $5 million while improving customer satisfaction.
- Customized ERP implementation approach for a “pull” environment on a “Six Sigma” roadmap.
- Achieved 600% capacity increase with minimal capital investment by building a simulation model combined with Lean Manufacturing best practices.
- Improved safety performance using Lean Manufacturing tools, reducing injury rate 90%.
- Implemented a supply chain pull system with SPC that reduced finished goods inventories 30%, increased on-time delivery 10%, improved product quality 50%, and generated record profits.
- Integrated Lean Manufacturing, ISO 9000, QS-9000, Baldrige and ERP initiatives, improving quality 50%.
- Developed new measurements and management system that improved first pass quality yields 10X, and increased on-time shipments 9% with 25% lower inventories.
- Directed a reengineering project spanning distribution, production, purchasing, sales and marketing, increasing market share 60%.
- Implemented various Lean Manufacturing, CFM, WCM, TPS, CIP and Kaizen tools, cutting environmental wastes 10%, improving quality 25%, and reducing supply chain cycle times 70%.
- Developed a comprehensive space and rearrangement plan, eliminating the need for building additional office space, and generating improved operating efficiencies for the office staff.
- Devised and implemented a new business development approach which eliminated an operating loss and improved the average profit margins by 20%.
- Integrated multiple competing improvement initiatives, enabling the enterprise to cut overhead costs by 10% while increasing continuous improvement activities by 30%.
- Implemented Integrated Product and Process Development best practices, cutting engineering costs by 25%.
- Directed the rollout of Lean Manufacturing to key suppliers, cutting costs by 20%.
- Drove continued cost and cycle time reductions of 25% per year by expanding Lean Manufacturing initiative into Lean Development, Strategic Sourcing, Integrated Logistics, and Customer Value Management.
- Outsourced various production and support operations, cutting out-of-pocket costs by 20%.
- Increased research and development achievements with $10 million worth of effort by key suppliers.
- Mentored Six Sigma Master Black Belts and Black Belts in improvement methods beyond Six Sigma curriculum.
- Improved productivity and reduced overhead costs, increasing a division’s sales per operations employee by 50%, as well as improving customer service.
- Devised and implemented an improved I/T strategy, saving $20 million while accelerating process improvement.
- Developed strategy and leading expansion into value-added services, increasing sales by 20% per year.
- Streamlined material management processes, cutting time and costs by 75%.
- Developed analytical methods to optimize the tradeoffs between inventory, on-time performance and lead-time.
- Increased productivity at construction projects 30% through utilizing improved Supply Chain Management, Project Management and Lean Enterprise toolkits.
- Guided development and implementation of an E-Business strategy that reduced costs and increased sales.
- Improved the quality of I/S support by 50% while reducing support costs 20%.