Using Lean Enterprise to Drive Quality and On Time Delivery to
Customers
A large aerospace company has been a leader in manufacturing high
quality engines to customers for decades. With engine and auxiliary
power unit (APU) growth of ~9% in 2005, and projected growth similar
or greater for 2006, however, some segments of the business are
experiencing difficulty in delivering engines on time to customer
request dates. In the spirit of Lean Enterprise, this company must to
deliver value to its customers by stepping back and analyzing the
entire value stream. Enterprise-level optimization of supply chain,
assembly, and test practices were analyzed to provide recommendations
for the greatest benefit to both internal and external stakeholders.
Electronic Medical Records Implementation Strategy
Consulting
A large and respected hospital was in the middle of implementing EMR,
and needed help prioritizing rollout and planning tactical work. This
project focused on the end user value and stakeholder considerations
for implementing EMR throughout the hospital. Medical Records, IT, and
one actual department's tactical needs were taken into consideration
for the final presentation to the organization.
Jewelry Company Product Mix for overseas retail initiative
This project consisted of three parts:
- Determining what existing locations could be a proxy for a new
overseas retail initiative
- SKU data analysis of proxy locations for product mix
recommendations for new initiative
- Supply Chain and cultural analysis for site selection and
distribution recommendations for the first new store in overseas
country
Web Sales Channel Consulting Project
A small electronics company wished to begin an online sales channel,
but with over 2000 SKUs, did not know where to begin. This project
included:
- Data analysis to find that only 10% of SKU sales accounted 90%
of revenue, thereby recommeding those top 10% SKUs for website
- Develop a "looks like/feels like" prototype of the webpage for
company to use when working with the website design firm they had
contracted
Assembly Line Lean Layout
Lean Layout In order to meet resurging demand for an old product,
this company needed to organize a lean assembly line for increased
production.
- Lead team of mechanics through Green Belt Training with
As-Is/To-Be, Value Stream Mapping, Process Mapping, Failure Mode
Effect Analysis, and other tools to design new assembly line
- Implement new line by physically moving the required equipment
and support tools into place
- Measure new assembly on new line, set up Control Metrics to
ensure continued success
Develop Web Testing for high quality engine testing
In order to meet customer requests for electronic test results,
the company needed an electronic test product. This project started
from scratch and finished with a fully
functional, FAA-compliant web test program to be used by test
technicians in a production setting.
- Gather stakeholder needs and address stakeholder concerns
- Project Management for resources, timeline, scope of work,
budget
- Write requirements document for software tool
- Lead Software engineer team with HTML code prototypes, including
doing some code work personally
- Test alpha prototype with real engines and technicians
- Document bug tracking, feature prioritization, and resolution
implementation and plans
- Train technicians on use of new product
- Hand off ownership to full time company employee, ensuring
continued support for tool
