Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement involves a commitment to consistently better results through a dedicated practice of never-ending development.
In the simplest sense, this old adage spells out the ethos of this practice in a motivational format: “Good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is better, and your better is best.”
Our Continuous Improvement Practice:
Key Components in our Continuous Improvement (CI) program encompasses services such as training and project execution, total productive maintenance, and robotic process automation (RPA) for back-office processes in order to establish a continuous improvement culture.
Lean / Six Sigma Project Execution
We lead projects to help businesses solve their most critical challenges utilizing the proven Lean and Six Sigma toolkit.
Kaizen Event Facilitation
We guide teams through a rapid improvement workshop – enabling quick identification of root causes to problems and immediate implementation of tangible solutions.
Program Deployment
We assist organizations with establishing or elevating Continuous Improvement programs – leveraging our tried and true best practices to help you navigate your culture change journey successfully.
Lean / Six Sigma Training & Coaching
We train and coach leaders, managers, and employees at all levels to utilize the Lean & Six Sigma toolkit – covering the White Belt, Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt, and Master Black Belt levels, resulting in industry standard certifications through hands-on training and project coaching.
Total Productive Maintenance
We help companies implement sustainable improvements in equipment reliability, productivity, and product quality – ultimately achieving world-class manufacturing performance by building a clear step by step, measurable plan to transform the workplace and increase capabilities across the entire value stream.
All Capabilities
We bring the expertise, experience, and energy necessary to tackle whatever challenges our partner companies may be facing, working hands-on with each team to generate measurable value through defined solutions and Continuous Improvement opportunities.
Lean Six Sigma Training
Meaningful employee engagement relies on adequate training. We help boost confidence and maximize performance through industry-standard Lean Six Sigma trainings, offering belts at all levels—from White Belt to Master Black Belt.
Leadership Coaching
Drawing on industry experience and domain intelligence, we offer strategic advice and leadership coaching to strengthen company culture and performance at all levels.
Change Management
Keep up with the rapid change of a quickly growing business and the ever advancing technology of our time. We facilitate multilevel conversations and trainings to ensure smooth, sustainable change in the face of company-wide challenges.
Innovation & Design Thinking
Become faster, more flexible, and better connected to your customers. We help teams innovate new ways of working in pursuit of adaptability that will both enhance the customer experience and enrich company culture.
Quality & Risk Management
Compliance and quality issues quickly lead to financial loss. Employing the SCRUM framework, we help our clients identify areas of risk and reduce risk potential through a budget-considerate lens.
Logistics & Distribution Optimization
When production time is increasing and production value decreasing, waste is often at the core. Using Lean principles, we target opportunities for waste elimination to maximize efficiency across distribution.
Inventory Management
Improve your inventory-to-sale ratio. Through a tailored application of industry-standard models, we help product-focused companies optimize planning, purchasing, and all aspects of inventory management.
Supply Chain Forecasting
The supply chain is directly subject to so many of the world’s disruptions. We help teams build resilience and navigate the wide ranging options to forecast stable supplies, while balancing delivery time, cost, and quality.
Big Data Analytics
We help companies turn meaningless data into meaningful stories that generate smarter decisions at all levels of management.
Spend Assessment
Our process begins with a thorough assessment, enabling us to prioritize strategies and uncover vital connections across categories, enhancing your sourcing approach. With our detailed analysis, we provide valuable insights that empower you to save costs, streamline procurement, and allocate resources efficiently.
Strategic Sourcing Solutions
We excel in boosting procurement value through strategic sourcing, harnessing spend analytics, pinpointing category opportunities, and spearheading sourcing initiatives. By customizing proven strategies to your goals, we employ a total cost approach to amplify savings and enhance stakeholder satisfaction.
Supplier Relationship Management
We thrive in assisting clients with supplier development, customizing management programs, and fostering innovation-centric relationships. Our services encompass strategic insights, assessments, and skill development to optimize value. Developing suppliers aimed at providing competitive solutions, global responsiveness, strategic alignment, and high quality.
Category Management
We collaborate with clients to evaluate the existing status of the category, design strategies to meet the unique needs of the organization and oversee their implementation with a plan for continued management. Projects range from focused topics within particular spending areas to the entirety of category management, ensuring comprehensive solutions tailored to each client’s needs.
Contract Management
We offer comprehensive contract management services designed to boost speed to market, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and maximize commercial value. We streamline processes and improve contract quality, enhancing visibility, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction while reducing risk and increasing operational resilience.
Acquisition Partnership
Delivering customized procurement solutions for acquisition targets. We specialize in identifying synergies within mergers and acquisitions, enhancing cost efficiencies and operational performance, ensuring seamless integration, and maximizing value generation for our clients.
Performance Metrics
We help leaders to identify where they are winning or losing daily, weekly, and monthly by defining standard metrics for performance evaluation; and to put structures in place for responding to benchmark evaluations.
Leverage your collective brain power. Through the strategic facilitation of focus groups and hands-on application, we help teams build, test, and refine process solutions that realize a quick yet sustainable return on investment.