Resource Dynamics has a cadre of highly experienced experts who are able to assist companies across diverse industries to leverage appropriate improvement approaches for maximum benefit using Lean/Agile Enterprise, Six Sigma, Total Process Management, Cycle Time Compression, Integrated Supply Chain Management, Capacity Centered Maintenance and Information Technology enabling tools.

OVERVIEW:

• Lean processes can help tap "hidden" productive capacity by increasing throughput and productivity while reducing waste, cost and inventory.
• Agile concepts can provide flexibility and the capability to reconfigure products at a competitive cost, leading the way to mass customization.
• Six Sigma methods can improve quality by reducing variation and defects.
• Total Process Management and Cycle Time Compression can increase customer satisfaction by streamlining non-value-added costs, improving responsiveness and leveraging speed throughout the enterprise.
• Integrated Supply Chain Management can improve performance across inter-connected business partners to reduce Total landed Costs.
• Capacity Centered Maintenance can increase equipment reliability and productive capacity while reducing Cost of Ownership.
• Information Technology can provide enabling tools to optimize business processes.

Lean/Agile Enterprise
Six Sigma Total Process Management
Cycle Time Reduction
Integrated Supply Chain Management Capacity Centered Maintenance Information Technology

Lean/Agile Enterprise is both a philosophy and set of improvement processes, based on the Toyota Production System, that can be applied across the enterprise in a wide variety of production and service settings to increase quality, productivity and customer satisfaction. By focusing on eliminating wasted time, materials and resources in every step of the value stream, companies can give customers what they want, when they want it, at the highest quality and most affordable cost. By building quality into workplace systems, perfecting business processes at the micro-process level, and finding low-cost yet reliable alternatives to expensive new technology, they can also develop a learning culture for continuous improvement and reduce the need for investment in new equipment.

Six Sigma is a rigorous, data-based approach to improving quality by increasing process capability and reducing variation and opportunities for defects. It is usually applied as a project-by-project, expert-driven approach to solve complex problems, as prioritized by the magnitude of potential savings. It requires formal training in problem solving and the use of advanced tools such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiment (DOE), and Failures Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), but can also involve the participation of employees at all levels. Resource Dynamics has the capabilities to help companies develop a Six Sigma infrastructure, train Six Sigma practitioners, as well as help support the application of Six Sigma methods to generate measurable results.

Total Process Management comprises an integrated set of tools based on Business Process Redesign, Reengineering and Value Analysis that can be applied to office and knowledge worker environments to streamline or eliminate non-value-added steps, reduce opportunities for defects and improve quality, productivity, cycle time and service effectiveness.

Six Sigma, Total Process Management and Lean Manufacturing provide a rich set of tools that are complementary but different. Lean provides a Do-It-Right-The-First-Time focus on eliminating waste at the micro-process level that can be broadly utilized by employees throughout the company. Six Sigma provides statistically-based approaches to reduce variation and opportunities for defects, and is often expert-driven on a project-by-project basis. Total Process Management provides techniques to streamline business processes by reducing or eliminating steps that don't add value. When applied effectively in a balanced way, the impact of these tools can be synergistic. However, since they represent improvement processes that require organizational resources and energy, their roles can sometimes become confusing, overlapping or even competing. Resource Dynamics has the expertise to help clients understand when and where each set of tools is most appropriate, and determine how to best apply them in complementary ways that maximize value and lead to sustainable results.

Rapid Response Cycle Time Improvement Techniques:

A Delta T
Cycle Time Compression
Set-up Reduction
Rapid Response Technology
Just-In-Time (JIT) Replenishment
Synchronized Manufacturing
Process Automation
Demand Pull Scheduling (DPS)
Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Pre-Production Planning
Concurrent Engineering

Integrated Supply Chain Management includes the strategic integration, alignment and management of transactions across the entire value chain, from supply to fulfillment, distribution and logistics. It can optimize responsiveness, inventory deployment and Total Landed Costs, Resource Dynamics has the capability to help companies apply Integrated Supply Chain Management approaches to create capabilities that can be leveraged in the marketplace.

Capacity Centered Maintenance Improvement Techniques:

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Preventive Maintenance (PM)
Predictive Maintenance (PDM)
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Computer Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Relevant Case Studies:

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