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Benefits

As process or technological systems age they become sources of variance and waste. On average, this loss of efficiency costs organizations 50 percent increases in process cycle time, 50 percent decreases in product quality and $25 to $40 out of every $100 the organization spends.

Toyota's annual profit in 2003 was larger than the combined earnings of GM, Chrysler, and Ford. New cars take 12 months or less to design versus 2 - 3 years elsewhere. Toyota and Lexus report 25 defects per 100 cars versus 50 defects per 100 cars in other companies.

 
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Six Sigma/Lean Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a fact-based, data driven philosophy of quality improvement that optimizes customer value by eliminating and preventing process defects. Six Sigma uses a disciplined, quantitative approach for improving operations in all types of business functions and is defined as 3.4 defects per million opportunities.

Lean, created by Toyota, focuses on the end to end systemic delivery of service and the elimination of waste within processes.

The combination of Six Sigma and Lean is known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). LSS provides a structured, continuous improvement approach based on statistical data that eliminates defects and speeds up process cycle times creating a rapid transformation to higher quality at reduced cost.

Process Engineering/Re-engineering

Processes tend toward variance. Over time all systems become obsolete. Engineering or re-engineering existing processes can benefit by streamlining, eliminating waste and error proofing using industry best practices and enterprise needs.

Our expertise lies in Information Technology and Service and Delivery organizations. We provide transactional knowledge in processes, people and technology that optimize customer satisfaction.

Process Maturity

Process Maturity provides an industry standard framework for staged or continuous improvement initiatives that lead your organization out of chaos and into optimization.

These SEI/CMMI models benefit your organization by improving scheduling and budgeting predictability, improving cycle time, increasing productivity, improving measured quality, increasing customer satisfaction, improving employee morale and decreasing the overall cost of quality while increasing ROI.

Project Management

Projects encompass many disciplines. Careful planning, resource allocation, selection of project teams, proper risk management and execution can greatly enhance your organizations ability to commit to a project with real expectations for success.

We provide time tested strategies and development life cycles for on time and within budget projects every time.


 

   
 

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