Applying Lean Construction Methodology to Ship Repair Reduces Delays and Overages
Overview An executive, having previous success with Competitive Business Solutions (CBS), once again engaged our team to provide support for a repair shipyard. Before our arrival, a corporate team had conducted a large Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) event in response to the site’s poor performance of contracted repairs. This was evidenced by significant cost…
Read MorePartnering with Suppliers to Bring Them Back to “Return to Green”
CLIENT INDUSTRY:Manufacturing – Aerospace
SOLUTION:Supply Chain
CBS worked with a Tier 2 client to help struggling suppliers and bring them “Return to Green”. One of CBS’s clients was struggling to meet customers’ expectations, which often leads to customer oversite and additional statusing requirements. CBS partnered with their
client to understand the root cause of the delinquent performance and went to work solving the two main issues, both tied to supplier performance.
Accelerating AS9100 Implementation Using Lean
Overview Agile Space Industries (ASI) entered a significant growth mode and was challenged to achieve AS9100 Quality Management System (QMS) certification within a 10-month period to gain access to several new opportunities. As a small business, where people wear many hats, resource availability added another layer of complexity to the implementation process. The result was…
Read MoreBusinesses Need to Start Benchmarking Sports Teams
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…
Read MoreA Practical Approach to Problem Solving
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.
Read MoreTim Mason
With an impressive career spanning over three and a half decades, Tim Mason, Vice President of Consulting Services, brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to his role at CBS. A seasoned mechanical engineer and Lean transformation expert, Tim thrives on dissecting processes, eliminating waste, and injecting efficiency into every facet of an…
Read MoreSupermarket Enables Reliable Flow of Components to a Single-Piece Flow Assembly Cell
Overview A CBS client manufactures extremely complex, high-tolerance products and operates in a very competitive market with high-delivery demands from its customers. The company was under severe cost pressures as profitability and cash flow were not meeting corporate expectations. Additionally, their backlog and their delinquencies were significantly increasing, such that the customer was considering offloading…
Read MoreDo Not Confuse Confidence with Competence
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.
Read MoreHow to get product and services to flow—Take friction out of the process
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.
Read MoreBottom-up Metrics Approach
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.
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