Manufacturing and Operational Process Efficiency

PRODUCT
ENQUIRY

Manufacturing and process-based efficiency are key drivers for enterprises worldwide on the path to achieving world-class manufacturing. Embracing a process-based approach to transformation enables organizations to optimize operations and enhance overall performance.

Redesigning business processes and work that runs from end to end across an enterprise can lead to dramatic enhancements in performance, enabling organizations to deliver greater value to customers in ways that also generate higher profits for shareholders.

In virtually every industry, companies of all sizes have achieved extraordinary improvements in cost, quality, speed, profitability, customer satisfaction and other key areas by focusing on improvements on their customer-facing and internal processes.


Objectives of the Process Improvement Audit

  • To study processes and identify gaps and problems to improve manufacturing excellence
  • To audit key process pillars using the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) framework to identify gaps and propose measures to close the gaps
  • To identify continuous improvement measures to be adopted to close the gaps identified
  • To identify individual and interlinked process limitations and how they affect customer satisfaction and the bottom-line
  • To investigate key process problems/losses and identify root causes
  • To develop an implementation roadmap for the measures identified to enable the organization attain manufacturing excellence
  • To anchor/align the continuous improvement roadmap to operations strategy to the overall business strategy.

Overview of the Process Improvement Audit

The process improvement audit is geared towards understanding all the processes and will include the following.

A look at the company's strategic goals, key performance indicators for individuals and relevant business functions.

Review and understand all process documentation for effective control and data collection.

Assess the process, equipment, identify gaps, propose improvement initiatives, suggest cultural changes, document steps, and provide implementation timelines.

The audit findings and recommended solutions are presented in a report together with an implementation roadmap to ensure the audit report is fully implemented.

The Audit

The Audit Score Card is checked against the 11 fundamental areas

  • 6S
  • Group Activities
  • Visual Management
  • Planned Maintenance and Equipment Management
  • Focused Improvement
  • Office and Administration
  • People Development
  • Safety, Health and Environment
  • Overall Leadership Effectiveness, Overall Equipment Effectiveness and Overall Process Effectiveness
  • Autonomous Maintenance
  • Quality Maintenance and Product Management