Today, the necessity to produce quality products at acceptable prices is self-evident. The challenge for production companies is how to reduce overall lead time and inventory under the maxims: manufacture more cost-effectively, serve customers faster and react more quickly to market changes.
The answer lies in the "ruthless" analysis of all processes and their radical and continuous improvement.
Even in top companies the pure value-added time for information and material is around 2-3 %! What remains is either a "necessary evil" or waste.
This is where the greatest untapped potential lies in any company! KPC lean consultants are specialised in analyzing this potential and activating it with their lean management method.
What is value-added time?
Make problems visible
The water line of long lead times and high inventory conceals many of the company's underlying problems.
Lowering inventories and reducing lead times make these problems visible.
It is not enough just to increase machine productivity or write about the theories of quality assurance. These are often used to conceal a lack of willingness to employ the concepts of continuous improvement in the process flow.
Our lean consulting services focus on localizing problems in the processes and coaching employees on how to effectively eliminate them.
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