CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Engineer & Consultant Services UK

We Help People in Manufacturing Improve Processes, Productivity and Profits – Reduce Costs – We Are Continuous Improvement Engineers & Consultants UK

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Business Support For The UK Manufacturing Industry:

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LEAN Engineering – Time & Motion

We Are LEAN ENGINEERS Specialists in improving manufacturing processes, productivity, efficiency. With a continuous improvement strategy to reduce costs. Business Support for 30+ years.

  • We design and organise factories to improve processes.
  • We find, drive and implement process improvements.
  • We implement improvements to increase profits.
  • We Can Help You Reduce Costs
  • Tell Me Your Ideas – I Can Help You Achieve Them

How Can I Help You Improve Your Business ?

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Continuous Improvement Methodologies and Project Management Services:

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Change Management…6 SIGMA

  • Define- The Project Improvement Plan
  • Measure- The current process. Collect data
  • Analyse- The data to verify root causes and ideas
  • Improve- The process from ideas produced – Implement
  • Control- The process. Create Standard Operating Procedures
  • YOU – Benefit From Improved Processes and Reduced Costs

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Non-Value Reduction…TIM WOOD

  • 1.Transportation- Excessive movement of “anything”.
  • 2.Inventory- Over Stocked “Stuff” on a shelf collecting dust.
  • 3.Motion- Movement of the body. Reaching, Bending, Walking.
  • 4.Waiting- People Idle not producing. Waiting for parts or people.
  • 5.Over Production- Making too many or too much, parts not required.
  • 6.Over Processing- Too many operations in the process. End-to-End.
  • 7.Defects- Re-Works, Repairs, drawing mistakes, machining error.
  • 8.Resources- People. The 8th Waste…  People Idle.

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Production Floor Organisation…5S

  • 1.SORT. What is Needed, Remove what is not…
  • 2.SET. Organise What is Needed.
  • 3.SHINE. Tidy Area and Keep Clean.
  • 4.STANDARDISE. & Reduce Variation.
  • 5.SUSTAIN. Maintain with Process Controls.
  • 6.SAFETY. A Place for Everything – Everything in it’s Place
  • 7.SELL. Everything today has value to someone.

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Inventory Organisation…KANBAN

  • Optimise Stock Levels
  • Management of Stock Levels
  • Organise & Optimise Pick-Zones
  • Controls that Improve Cash Flow
  • De-clutter work areas and stores

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Single Minute Exchange of Die.SMED

  • Reduction of Non-Value
  • Reduction of Changeovers
  • Reduction of Machine Set Up Time
  • Increased Production and Productivity
  • De-clutter work areas and tool store

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Total Planned Maintenance…T.P.M

  • To Improve Machine Up-time
  • To Keep Machines Hitting Targets
  • To Increase Production and Productivity
  • To Increase Sales from Global Business Growth
  • To Reduce Manufacturing Unit Costs

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Key_Performance_Indicators

  • Production Production Numbers
  • Quality Yield Numbers
  • Downtime Pareto
  • Rejects Pareto
  • The Cost of Rejects

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85% OF BUSINESS PROBLEMS ARE WITH THE SYSTEM

Edwards Deming said:-

Adopt The New Philosophy:

  • Design products and services to meet customers’ needs.
  • Put your customers’ needs first, rather than to competitive pressure.
  • Look at how the process is carried out – Not just numerical targets.
  • Provide support and resources so that production levels and quality are achievable.
  • Create your “Quality Vision” and implement it – “Fit For Purpose” not cheap and nasty.
  • KEEP IT SIMPLE – REDUCE VARIATION – INCREASE PRODUCTION – INCREASE SALES

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Non-Conformance-Report…NCRs

NCRs:- customer complaints – poor quality product – poor customer service – supplier issues – internal issues. drawing not correct – parts not to spec – mistakes made by human error etc, etc…

  • The cost of doing nothing – will cost the business BIG MONEY
  • The cost of doing nothing – would cost £££ in customer complains
  • The cost of doing nothing – could cost in lost customers & business

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We Offer You Hands-On-Help to Improve Processes and Reduce Costs

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REDUCING COSTS: Is About “Reducing Non-Value Waste”

Reducing Waste: STARTS WITH “A FRESH PAIR OF EYES” And Experience

Over the years we’ve generated for clients £50k to £2.0M per project. Ave Return On Investment 13/1

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  • We offer hands-on-help to Identify Opportunities – Measure present state. Analyse, Develop New ideas. Implement Sustainable Change. Reduce Costs
  • Process Mapping – Plant & Factory Layout Design – Time and Motion – Work Study – Method Study… Warehouse Organisation – Quality Awareness – Data Collection On Machine Down-time – Cost Reduction

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With a 10 minute conversation – A Reduction of meetings increased production valued at circa £187,000

With a 5 minute conversation we helped a company improve production & reduce costs by circa €500k

We helped a company reduce Customer Complaints by analysing NCRs – valued at circa £88,000

We helped a company increase production by circa 30% by implementing quality improvement

We helped a company reduce machine breakdowns, circa 31% by implementing TPM

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Tell Me Your Ideas – I Can Help You Achieve Them

Please Contact Us:- UK – 07300 788 486 – or by E-Mail