Manufacturers

Supermarket 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…

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Culture | Leadership and Change Management | Operational Excellence

Do Not Confuse Confidence with Competence
ByKeith Yeater July 23, 2021June 15, 2026

By Keith Yeater | July 23, 2021

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.

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Operational Excellence

How to get product and services to flow—Take friction out of the process
ByEd Hoffman June 24, 2021June 15, 2026

By Ed Hoffman | June 22, 2021

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.

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Culture | Operational Excellence | Visual Management and Control System (VMCS)

Bottom-up Metrics Approach
ByJorge Sandoval June 4, 2021May 20, 2026

By Jorge Sandoval | June 2, 2021

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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Reducing Work Hazards, Developing Standard Work and Creating Additional Storage Capacity

A CBS client manufactures complex product and operates in a very competitive market with high delivery demands from its customers. Additionally, the company is under severe cost pressures as profitability and cash flow are not achieving the desired results.

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Rapid Modeling Reveals Gaps in Supply Chain

A CBS client machines complex engine components for commercial and military jet engines. This facility supplies critical-path final assembly parts and aftermarket spares inventories for worldwide distribution centers.

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CBS Engages with Client for a Quick Four-week Return on Its Investment

A CBS client manufactures engineered-to-order, low volume, heavy steel fabrication and welded products with high delivery demands from its customers. The company was under severe cost pressures as profitability and cash flow were not achieving expected results. The client consistently missed labor estimates even though time observations indicated they were attainable. In addition, the client consistently experienced material cost overruns because key components or requirements were omitted during the estimating/quoting process.

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Contract Demand ≠ Work Cell Capability

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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Client is King

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Understanding Change Management at the Leadership Level

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