CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT – Engineer & Consultant Services

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

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Continuous Improvement Methodologies.

WE ARE “LEAN ENGINEERS”:- Specialists in improving manufacturing processes, productivity and business efficiency. With ideas and a strategy to reduce costs and improve your business and growth potential.

We help our clients using some of the following methodologies…

 

6.SIGMA:..Opportunity to Change

  • Define- Benefits to the customer and the Benefits to the company.
  • Measure- Aspects of the current process and collect relevant data.
  • Analyse- The data to verify root causes  and ideas for change
  • Improve- The process based on data collected.
  • Control- The process. Create Standard Operating Procedures.

TIM_WOOD:..The Reduction of Non-Value Waste

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

5S Cell Improved Lean-line

5S:..Organisation of Everything

  • 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.

KANBANS:..Organisation of Materials

  • Optimise Stock Levels
  • Management of Stock Levels
  • Organise & Optimise Pick-Zones
  • Controls that Improve Cash Flow

SMED TOOLING

SMED:..Single Minute Exchange of Die

  • Reduction of Non-Value
  • Reduction of Changeovers
  • Reduction of Machine Set Up Time
  • Increased Production and Productivity

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T.P.M:..Total Planned Maintenance

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

Visual.Management: K.P.I’s: Key_Performance_Indicators

  • Production Target / Achieved
  • Quality Yield Numbers
  • Downtime Pareto
  • Rejects Pareto
  • The Cost of Rejects

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Services We Offer:

Continuous Improvement Methodologies and Project Management:

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Methodologies:- “The Reduction of Non-Value Waste.” We have been helping companies for over 30 years with small and large projects to improve processes and to reduce costs.

Just recently we helped a company save circa 500k euro with a five minute conversation…

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Atherton Management Services Ltd

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If You Have Any Questions, We Are Happy To Help:

We’ve generated for our clients between £50k and £2.0M per project

For over 30 years we’ve designed and implemented “Business Improvement” Projects.

Please Contact Us, tell us your issues – tell us how you would like to improve your business.

Please Contact Us:- UK – 07300 788 486 – or by E-Mail >>( CONTACT US )<<