Well-managed operations are the cornerstone of any profitable company. Whatever the industry - from a barge/transportation provider to a product manufacturer or to a logistics provider - operational inefficiencies drag down financial performance.
Performance Improvement, LLC has a unique combination of experienced, hands-on, globally based senior executives who can partner with your management team to:
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Assess the existing situation to gain a clear understanding of the current state and your own goals.
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Apply sufficiency planning techniques to create a prioritized strategy for positively impacting operational performance in Quality,
- Delivery and Cost.
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Improve Execution - engineered and executed by an experienced team of Lean practitioners that will result in the implementation of
- the sufficiency plan.
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Providing the knowledge to allow management to measure and operate the revised systems independently and effectively through
- sustainable techniques.
Our hands-on execution can seamlessly enhance your team on a variable cost basis providing immediate measurable results without adding permanent fixed costs that will negatively impact cash flows.
We can provide the variable cost solution that is occasionally needed without fear that P.I., LLC will negatively impact business flows.
We have a reputation (and a track record) of driving a stronger ROI for our clients by driving a value proposition as an active partner in the continuous improvement process.
A hallmark of today's marketplace is globalization. And P.I. is right where you need us to be. Our team of C-Suite executives is on the ground ready to go to work for you in North America, Europe, India and China.
As we move into a period of economic expansion, operational performance improvement is becoming a key to reinvigorating growth. Are your operations making a maximum contribution to earnings? Will your suppliers be able to provide the parts you need? Can they achieve expected high quality levels? Do they have access to adequate funding levels to finance stepped-up demand? Are raw materials available for processing?
In order to answer these and many of the other challenges facing your company today P.I. offers a number of solutions that can be customized to meet your specific needs.
The objective of this service offering is to gain a clear understanding of the current state of manufacturing performance (Value Stream Mapping), create a clear vision of the desired future state, create a prioritized, customized strategy (Sufficiency Plan) for positively impacting your company's operational performance.
The next step is hands-on implementation of the Sufficiency Plan by experienced Lean practitioners. The right element applied at the right time to ensure maximum positive impact.
And finally, establishment of the appropriate metrics to allow management to measure performance and ensure continuous improvement.
In all instances, each of these steps is conducted in tandem with your own operations team under P.I.'s leadership.
- Kaizen Bursts (Improvement With Energy)
- A hands-on execution of actions identified in the Sufficiency Plan to create localized transformations of the current state to future state that positively impact Quality, Delivery and/or Costs.
Deployment of a hands-on team to energize the change process. Typically lasting 2-3 weeks, the Blitz creates maximum energy and focus around change activities to drive improved Quality, Delivery and/or Costs.
P.I. will examine your entire supply chain process, which includes planning and benchmarking; spend transparency and analysis; strategic category sourcing; supplier development and rationalization: contract governance and payment disposition.
We will assess your planning and execution involving order configuration and entry; the prioritization of orders and subsequent scheduling, sequencing and component allocation - through finished goods inventory and distribution.
Assurance and management of raw material and component supply coming into the operation along with optimization of material handling, storage and presentation throughout the fulfillment processes.
Actions and plans involving carrier sourcing and administration, warehouse planning and management, optimization of goods distribution and a returnable container program management.
As always, this assessment is conducted in tandem with your Supply Chain Team under P.I.'s leadership.
P.I. will lead the analysis of actions and plans related to performance feedback and management, development of quality plans based upon process knowledge, technical problem solving, and continuous improvement and execution.
- Value Analysis/Value Engineering
Assess and ensure design for manufacturing and production processes are optimized
Deployment of BBK's deep manufacturing experience on an interim basis to jump start performance enhancement.
