ACADZ / KinetX - Manufacturing and Supply Chain -- Enterprise Transformation

At ACADZ/KinetX we optimize manufacturing and distribution operations using lean methods, optimization, and simulation. Our manufacturing and supply chain specialists improve workflows to generate a financial boost in performance, generating increased yields, reduced costs, and improved delivery. We keep our clients' risk low by taking fees based on performance and provide annual client audits to sustain momentum and identify areas for continued improvement. Here ACADZ, Inc. supports KinetX in providing the Supply Chain Simulation Models.

The lean enterprise is built on essential principles derived from the Toyota Production System. These include waste (cost) reduction, standards to reduce variation, flow, pull, continuous improvement (Kaizen), and pursuit of perfection. JIT and six-sigma quality initiatives are closely related. Initiating a lean transformation in a company's manufacturing and supply chain operations is a critical strategy for firms that face competitive pressures causing management to restructure and reorganize, changing the way the company operates, and closing plants to survive. While planning all this, at the same time, management can make a strategic decision to implement a Lean Six Sigma program throughout the entire company.

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Enterprise Transformation

The transition to a lean enterprise will be facilitated by reducing and eliminating non-value-added activities focusing on these important factors:

 

Alignment of Process Improvement Initiatives with Business Goals
Focusing on business results for an operations turnaround can lead to new contracts and improved Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD). Value Stream Mapping and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) methods create a focused improvement portfolio that returns bottom-line value rapidly and provides relevant results.

Application of Lean Techniques to the Product and Business Process Lifecycle
Lean methods can be applied to all value streams to reduce waste including product development, order management, and administrative processes as well as in manufacturing and the supply chain.

Design Influence and Metrics - Design for Manufacturing / Design for Six Sigma
It is difficult to be a lean manufacturer if product designs don't allow efficient processing. Designing for downstream processing is facilitated with design metrics and standards leading to significant operational cost reductions.

Short Cycle Operations: Managing Time Like Money
We teach the use of time as a valuable commodity with simple methods to measure and track Cycle and TAKT Time. This leads to synchronized manufacturing and improved supply chain operations.

 

Policy Deployment: Developing Lean Thinking through Leadership and Teams
The human factors in a company transformation are having champions that carry the vision and a team culture that engages key participants. Our methods establish roles for management and a culture of team empowerment; critical success factors for a successful turnaround.

Synergy between Lean and Six Sigma - Full Benefits Require Both
Our methods leverage the synergy between eliminating unnecessary processes (Lean) and reducing variation in necessary ones (Six Sigma) to create a tremendous multiplier effect in performance and yield.

Focused Action
Results oriented and predisposed to action - Lean initiatives are characterized by the imperative to do something right now to improve, and avoid analysis paralysis. From numerous case studies and lessons from the field, the message rings loud and clear: "focused efforts yield results."

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Learn more about ACADZ/KenetX Enterprise Transformation

If your company is considering the "leap to lean" the fundamental tools provided by our Enterprise Transformation services can facilitate rapid results and prepare the organization for the journey.

For more information about Enterprise Transformation, please contact Andrew Feller at: (480) 829-6600 x109
or e-mail: afeller@kinetx.com and find out how to prepare your client's team for one of the most important initiatives in a company's history.

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