Overview A CBS client manufactures machined assemblies in the aerospace and defense industry. The receiving function was creating a significant bottleneck in the operation and causing delays at multiple points in the production process. The solution required input from several functions and needed to overcome multiple process challenges to be effective and sustainable. CBS recommended…
It is common for organizations to run into the everyday routines with the same problems affecting production, processes, or services, and learn to cope and live with them for months or even years. Ever ask yourself how your organization got there in the first place? Even more important, is there a way out of this…
Toyota and Danaher are just a couple of companies that are held up as examples of world-class operating systems and best-in-class lean organizations. While there is much to learn from these companies, I contend business can learn as much by benchmarking good sports teams. In fact, most average sports teams have exceeded some of the…
SOLUTION AREA: Operational Excellence, Program and Project Management, Leadership and Change Management, Supply Chain, Acquisitions and Integration
There is no shortage of advice on how to solve a problem. However, for anyone in a position of responsibility—from a CEO to a floor supervisor—the real challenge becomes which problem to solve first.
SOLUTION AREA: Operational Excellence, Program and Project Management
Life is full of examples where people have confused confidence with competence. Too often in business and industry, the consequences can be long lasting.
SOLUTION AREA: Operational Excellence, Program and Project Management
I am often asked to tour factories and provide opinions regarding the overall productivity and state of operations. Being a student of Lean principles and having a background in industrial engineering, I can quickly analyze and perform the detailed work to calculate answers.
SOLUTION AREA: Operational Excellence, Leadership and Change Management, Acquisitions and Integration
As companies move forward with strategic planning, we often find disconnects between their goals, the actions or plans to achieve those goals, and the metrics used for tracking the performance of those actions.
Same-day cancellation of surgeries is one of the biggest wastes of resources for a health-care organization. Understanding the immediate need to improve, the leadership and the CBS consultant evaluated several potential approaches and determined that engaging a team of employees was the best way to solve this problem.
An electronics/defense organization located in Camden, NJ, was struggling to meet increasing customer demand. The client was the sole source for a critical classified component, and pressure to increase production throughput caused leaders to contact Competitive Business Solutions (CBS) to help solve the issue.
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