Discipline Counts: Raising the Bar for Lead Time, Cost Savings and Throughput
CBS Consulting worked with a private equity client to greatly improve their operational performance for a recently acquired company. The company was previously family-owned and a quality leader in their industrial equipment market. After our initial assessment, we targeted production costs, production lead time, and capacity/throughput. Additionally, the company lacked several basic business disciplines, like: […]
Jennifer Peoples, CPA, CGMA
01 Associations Member of the AICPA and NJCPA Trustee for Women Rising – a nonprofit supporting victims of domestic violence Trustee for the NJCPA Scholarship Fund Chairperson for the Volunteer Relations Committee for the NJCPA Member of the Nominating Committee and Student Programs Committee for the NJCPA 02 Expertise Union negotiations – from a financial […]
Keith Yeater
“One of the things I’m most proud of working as a consultant and helping my clients is those “aha moments”, those moments when someone who has been struggling to understand their challenges comes to the realization that we can help, accepts the help, embraces the changes and begins to see the results.” 01 Industry Experience […]
Bryan Ward
“Growing up I was a kid who loved airplanes. That love has carried me through the 23 years I’ve spent in the aerospace industry through to today as a consultant where I love to watch processes and people come together.” 01 Industry Experience Aerospace & Defense Power Generation & Utilities Oil and Gas Industrial Fabrication […]
Steve Dowzicky
“I found out early on while working in the industry that I could successfully lead any team to drive change, so it became natural to me to become a consultant. For the clients I’ve served, from the factory level to the leadership level, I’ve built and sustained trusted relationships while becoming part of their teams […]
Edward Hoffman
“Ethics, honesty, competency—these are the core principals of our consulting business. And what every client can expect from us.” 01 Industry Experience Aerospace and Defense Power Generation & Utilities Industrial Equipment Construction Medical Device Electronics Metal Fabrication Private Equity 02 Professional Experience Director of Operations and Central Services at Lockheed Martin Manager Mfg at GE […]
What a Great S&OP Process Looks Like…
5 Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover
SOLUTION AREA: Leadership and Change Management
In 2018, workplace turnover reached an all-time high. According to a published report by Compdata, turnover hit 19.3%, with a 22.9% increase since 2014. The report indicated a variety of reasons why employees had left their workplaces, with some of the most common issues being “unsupportive managers,” “a lack of training and development” and “decreased opportunities for advancement.”
Lean Transformation: Three Truths A&D Manufacturers Can’t Afford to Ignore
SOLUTION AREA: Operational Excellence
In many ways, the aerospace industry is its own animal—with improvement challenges that can be deeper, broader and more difficult to resolve when compared to other manufacturing environments. Aerospace executives who seek to increase output, speed time to market and improve the bottom line with Lean and Six Sigma techniques must keep three important truths in mind and implement an improvement strategy that reflects them.
Why Do 70% of Lean Transformations Fail?
SOLUTION AREA: Program and Project Management
If failure is the best teacher, most leaders attempting Lean transformation have earned PhDs. Successful, sustainable change begins by identifying and prioritizing grass-roots issues that truly drive improvements across your organization.
Four core “must-do” principles are essential to assure long-term success. For executives who want to create a real-world competitive advantage for their businesses, these indispensable ingredients will help you leap barriers to create successful, sustainable turnarounds to Lean transformation.