Operational Excellence
Ready to streamline and supercharge your operations?
IALS Consulting brings proven strategies to guide your team towards excellence. We’ll help you cut waste, boost quality, and make your customers smile. You want to improve performance across the organization but don’t know where to begin? We can help you find your way.
What data is critical to track versus nice to look at?
- Let’s define the KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) for the business and drill down to ensure that they are measurable and easy to report the data.
Are folks trained on tracking the data and looking at control charts?
- We will help you shift the mindsets and behaviors on this.
Do you have a deep bench in your organization and plan to retain them?
- Technology career ladder development planning and training can be tailored for your organization
- Technology staffing plan analysis can be conducted to identify key gaps
The quest for excellence is never-ending
We dive into your organizational structure and business needs to figure out what type of program is best suited for your team.
Are you a small shop that just requires some Lean training on 5S and the 8 types of waste?
Do you need Root Cause Failure analysis and incident investigation training to determine the root cause and improve performance?
Or are you thinking about a full Six Sigma certification program?
Do you need targeted improvement programs such as Kaizen event facilitation can assist there.
Each business is different and there is no “one size fits all” program. We can help define a path to meet your needs for each level of the organization.
Example
Upon review, one key process indicator was not routinely tracked in a systematic fashion across the plant sites. Many teams had a different definition of ‘uptime’ and ‘yield’.
The processes were reviewed in depth, and a standardized definition of the KPIs were developed. The team ensured that measuring systems were in place to accurately track and report the data, and personnel were trained on the definitions and how to track the data and view the control charts.
Consistency is key
We’ll identify areas where standardization can simplify your work, reduce errors, and free up your team to focus on what matters most. As your business grows, standardization will be key in ensuring business success. This can have a positive impact on defining equipment reliability programs, spare parts ordering, standard operating procedures and training programs.
Example
Many processing units had their own ‘mini-store’ of critical spare parts that were stuffed in a shed or room. Finding critical spares in the middle of an emergency could be difficult, especially if there wasn’t a maintained inventory list. This resulted in lost time waiting for the right part to show up.
The team identified critical spare parts that were common to each unit, and standardized across the business. They developed a list of critical spare parts and inventory needs, and the Procurement teams were able to then get better deals for the business.
This process can be facilitated via a series of workshops at your plant site or headquarters, and an action plan can be developed for the business needs.
