- Next Generation Manufacturing Services
- Systemic Continuous Improvement
- Customer Focused Innovation
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- Advanced Talent Management
- Customer Focused Innovation
- Extended Enterprise Management
- Global Engagement
- Sustainable Products and Process Development
- Systemic Continuous Improvement
- Sadoff & Rudoy Scraps Waste
- Centerline Machine: Lean = Triple-digit growth
- Dalco Metals: Lean Office Cuts Processing Time 50%
- Design Specialties, Inc.: Lean Reduces Inventory by 80%
- GenMet Revs Up Sales with Lean
- Gusmer Enterprises: Reduces Setup Time by 70%
- Marsh Electronics Surges with EBT
- Bachhuber's Strategic Planning Reveals Profit
- Berntsen Reaches Summit with Strategic Planning
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Accelerate
The Accelerate process introduces small-to-medium sized manufacturing businesses to a simple process they can use to identify, implement, and measure improvements to their entire production process. Two powerful tools are used in this process:
Value Stream Mapping (VSM): VSM depicts the flow of information and materials required to process an order, procure materials, produce the product, and ship the product back to the customer. The data associated with each icon in the map allows everyone to easily identify and discuss opportunities for improvement.
Manufacturing Critical-path Time (MCT) metric: MCT quantifies VSM’s true lead time in calendar days, which represents the customer viewpoint.
Click on the link below to access a VSM Guidebook