Two Quick Key Indicators for Assessing the Health of a Company Before Acquisition
When you’re thinking about buying a company, it’s important to look at more than just the financials. You also need to assess the company’s operational health. What’s amazing is that two of the best metrics for gaining a valuable amount of information on the operations side of things–namely, inventory levels and workforce engagement–can be gathered […]
Driving Strategic Change Through Culture
We have a saying around here: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. In every industry, culture is a powerful force that can either propel or hinder strategic change initiatives, but nowhere is it more apparent than in manufacturing. And as the saying above suggests, a well-crafted strategy alone will not guarantee success unless it’s supported by […]
Is Your Organization Lean—or Lagging?
Is your manufacturing operation using space efficiently? Are you leveraging data to gauge month-over-month improvements? Take a few moments to answer five key questions to best determine if your organization is lean or lagging.
Tier 1 Component Supplier Increases Throughput and Returns to On-Time
After years of cost cutting and loss of experienced “Tribal” manufacturing knowledge, a CBS aerospace client was not able to support increasing customer demand. Though they continued to make promises to return to on-time delivery, they continued to run 9 months delinquent to customer demand. Based on our prompt assessment of the situation, CBS developed and implemented an improvement plan that brought the client back to on-time and full condition.
Surviving the Tsunami of Labor Shortages
Competitive Business Solutions has years of hands-on skills identifying performance issues like labor shortages and other challenges facing companies today. The Key to success in many cases is a lean and sustainable operating system that gives the management team new skills to successfully operate the company.
Dennis Kelley
“I have been fortunate to be able to work with some great companies and people. Being able to teach the importance of operating within a system that continuously improves in every aspect of the business is very rewarding. Doing so has led me to the most important thing that drives me to do this work, […]
Share Available Improvement Opportunities With Potential Buyers
Thinking about selling your company or if you want to explore how simple it can be? Preparing an operational improvement plan is key. Competitive Business Solutions can help you prepare to sell.
The Art of the Possible: Using Capability Modeling to Drive Business Change
Based on proven CBS methodology, this valuable summary will help you build a three-phase capability model that clearly demonstrates what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can be improved and how to achieve operational excellence.
The Fifth “S” and Why It Should Be the First…
“Stick Rate” is a term often used to describe the ability of a change to a process to remain in place over time. There is no more evident and frustrating example of this than when companies attempt to implement a 5S program. Anyone in the manufacturing sector that has experienced a 5S program rollout will […]
Bob Morin
“Bringing a team together and watching them build confidence while problem-solving solutions is extremely rewarding… this has always been so satisfying and continues to drive me. When we start seeing waste as the enemy, we begin to foster a consciousness of continuous improvement.” 01 Industry Experience Consumer Products Aerospace & Defense Medical Device Industrial Products […]