LEAN MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING
Our aim in implementing lean type management and approach to business is to save you time, money and reduce wastage.
There are hundreds of ways to achieve that and each business is different so there is no easy and ready made template to use but by observing, hearing about your challenges, finding bottlenecks and tensions we formulate a list of solutions to improve flow and savings in the company.
The process is different in most cases and tailored individually but below there are few sectors where savings can go to hundreds thousand pounds per year:
Above sectors are just a few examples. After quick assessment we can advice where we can help and what savings you can anticipate.
We always sign confidentiality agreements to protect your business and advice your with most diligence. What we find and discuss is always between us and we keep all of your internal information in most of the cases in offline storage so you are fully protected.
What's best we only charge our fee if we find ways to improve savings in your business.
Don't wait any longer as with each day you may losing a small fortune. We are here to help.
There are hundreds of ways to achieve that and each business is different so there is no easy and ready made template to use but by observing, hearing about your challenges, finding bottlenecks and tensions we formulate a list of solutions to improve flow and savings in the company.
The process is different in most cases and tailored individually but below there are few sectors where savings can go to hundreds thousand pounds per year:
- PROCUREMENT - We see that in each case. Long standing companies used to secure their goods year after year from the same suppliers and as anyone know if someone is paying regularly for years suppliers tend to keep the same prices or even rise them even if competition provide better terms. That was the case with Manchester joinery manufacturer who was using the same timber supplier for oak for the last almost 7 years. By checking their purchase list, cubic meters of boards ordered and finding supplier from Eastern Europe they saving now approx £76k per year even with the transport cost.
- FLOW IN MANUFACTURING - By checking production process we can quickly identify bottlenecks in the factory. Each situation is different but for example we reorganised machinery in the workshops so material is going through processes in line, setup workers with mobile tools and fixings benches, improve storage so it's close to beams saws, introduce cnc plant for repetitive products among many others. In one case we predicted that workforce will save approx 2 days in month hence improve productivity. After 3 moths we noticed that Client productivity improved by 4%.
- WORKFORCE - Finding ways to reduce cost of employment, getting rid of "Bad Apples" in the teams, opening/closing departments where there most value/loses, educating, improving skills. Joinery firm in Harlow was (to our shock) keeping team of 25 joiners on agency contracts most of them tried and tested for almost 4 years effectively losing over £240k in agency fees. Instead of hiring them directly or opening umbrella company on subcontractor basis!
- ASSET PROTECTION - When it's great it's great but it's better to prepare for challenging times knowing that no matter what happens to your business your hard earned assets will be protected no matter what. Government, Bailiffs, Creditors - Your assets will be safe.
- COMMUNICATION - Introducing systems to work "on the same page" allowing all trades, sectors, suppliers to be on time with exact materials needed without any losses.
- WASTE REDUCTION - Everyone in industry knows that smallest skips cost hundreds of pounds and when going into mass production waste disposal can go into fortune. We advice on best ways to deal with waste by checking regions particular to business, investing in burners/post processing machinery/compactors/finding collectors for waste like boards manufacturers/land fillers. Also optimising production to produce less cutoffs. Connected with COMMUNICATION making sure that orders for materials reflects manufacturing needs without overspending.
- ENERGY - Finding ways to save on energy, heating and other resources.
Above sectors are just a few examples. After quick assessment we can advice where we can help and what savings you can anticipate.
We always sign confidentiality agreements to protect your business and advice your with most diligence. What we find and discuss is always between us and we keep all of your internal information in most of the cases in offline storage so you are fully protected.
What's best we only charge our fee if we find ways to improve savings in your business.
Don't wait any longer as with each day you may losing a small fortune. We are here to help.