Operational Excellence
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TOOLS AND METHODS TO DELIVER MAXIMUM VALUE TO YOUR CUSTOMER
Manufacturers that are passionate about growing their businesses and maximizing the talents of their people continually find ways to improve by boosting productivity, reducing waste and environmental impact, and/or increasing speed and responsiveness.
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AN INTEGRAL APPROACH TO YOUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT WILL HELP YOU:
- Deliver improved quality to customers and ever-improving value to stakeholders
- Promote organizational sustainability by helping reduce waste and improve processes
- Improve overall effectiveness and capabilities through total quality management
We can show you how to integrate continuous improvement into your manufacturing process that empowers both managers and employees to recommend and implement changes to improve overall operations and achieve greater efficiency, all the while, improving company culture.
TRANSFORM YOUR ORGANIZATION, ONE STEP AT A TIME.
Whatever your area of focus for improvement, Impact Washington has the tools and expertise to take you from your current state to the next level of performance. The changes achieved can be a small incremental improvement or a 100% transformation, with either being a powerful step forward in the right direction. .
OUR PROGRAMS HELP YOU ESTABLISH A CULTURE THAT SETS NEW PERFORMANCE STANDARDS EVERY DAY
Our solutions are designed to help you assess and implement manufacturing best practices, strengthen your organization at all levels, and introduce collaborative approaches to solve operational issues and achieve greater success.
We’ll work with you and your team to streamline manufacturing processes and implement lean concepts and other continuous improvement and quality systems. Successfully implementing a continual improvement process reduces waste, improves quality, products and services
Leaders of world-class organizations have discovered the journey to excellence is built upon a succession of very small improvements in all areas of the company over a long period of time.
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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
AN ENGAGEMENT TYPICALLY MAKES USE OF THE FOLLOWING TOOLS TO GENERATE MEASURABLE RESULTS:
Value Stream Mapping
Uncovers opportunities in your organization to reduce waste and improve flow.
Lean Management Introduction
Provides your organization and overview of the core concepts of Lean management to help you more efficiently increase value for customers, identify (and remove) ineffective activities, and continuously improve your processes by systematically implementing small changes.
Lean Office
Learn the skills necessary to apply Lean problem solving and process efficiency concepts in your office environment.
Scientific Problem Solving / Lean Six Sigma
Provide your employees with a more disciplined process for clarifying the actual root cause of problems and using scientific tools to develop and implement corrective actions.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Get your operators involved in maintaining their own equipment by emphasizing proactive and preventive maintenance to improve production (fewer breakdowns, stops and defects).
Quality Management/ISO Compliance
Quality management systems (QMSs) and ISO Complianceprovide a basic structure to ensure your systems adhere to standards or technical specifications needed by your customers or industry, or that may even be regulatory requirements.
Over the years, Impact Washington has worked with many Washington state-based manufacturers to implement results-driven quality management systems. Combining a deep knowledge of all standards from the general ISO2008:2015 to industry-specific requirements with practical experience of shop floor realities, we can help you create an end-to-end QMS implementation plan that fits your budget, capabilities and timing.
CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS FOR MANUFACTURING AND DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
Keep your information safe and secure. Ransomware, hacking, phishing, viruses—it only takes one to bring down your network and expose proprietary and confidential information and increase your cybersecurity risk. Impact Washington can help assess your company’s risks and develop a plan to protect your critical information. Learn more about our Cybersecurity Programs.
We also can help you comply with specific cybersecurity requirements like the Department of Defense DFARS 7012 requirements to meet the NIST 800-171 CMMC guidelines to protect Classified Uncontrolled Information (CUI).
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEM SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
Impact Washington can help you with your ERP selection and implementation process. Choosing the right Enterprise Resource Planning system can be complicated, and often there is a lot at stake. You want to make the best possible choice for your business. But there are ways to make it easier on yourself and your team.