At Alternative
business consulting, we implement and action a structured approach towards
business operations. The approach is designed to offer the customer
a range of value services that assist in the improvement and development
processes of the business.
• The
RAR Principal
• The Strategic tool box
• Hierarchy planning
• Underpinning structures
The
RAR Principal
Review
The review process allows our consultant/s to enter into the business
and to evaluate the current practises of the business. This stage includes
data collection and mapping of the current processes within the infrastructure.
Phase 1 provides us with valuable communications by working with the
employees and hierarchy structure to evaluate the effectiveness of team
performance. The review phase allows us to benchmark the current status,
and to identify potential improvements within the company. It identifies
the flow of materials (KANBAN), wastage (MUDA), the reporting systems
(Frequency and information captured), the utilisation of internal resources,
such as employees (Untapped human potential) and plant (Uptime and overall
equipment effectiveness).
Assessment
The assessment stage is phase 2 and this involves the collation of information
gathered. This will promote what elements of the business have opportunity
to increase in value. After having reviewed, it then becomes essential
to interpret the data and to evaluate the current position of the customer,
and target key areas by which improvements can be driven through the
enterprise. This process identifies capacities for processes and measures
past performance against the standards identified. It captures bottlenecks,
excessive work in progress (WIP) and analyses scrap and indirect operation.
Reporting
The reporting stage is phase 3 of the approach. This will allow our
consultant/s to present the information in different mediums, and to
indicate strategies which best apply to the specific needs of the customer.
Streamlining the reporting phase allows us to develop a concise business
plan, which will aid as a blueprint to the corporate structural success
plan. Operational effectiveness is measured and the opportunities are
highlighted.
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Strategic
Toolbox
The Strategic toolbox
is the range of strategies we offer to add value to our customers operations.
Once a plan has been made, we need to identify the range of tools required
and best suitable for the implementation phase. These tools involve
floor layouts, operator training, reporting systems, reduced wastage,
innovation, business continuity planing and many other factors.
We will keep your
staff and employees informed all the way, by keeping them aware, and
training them to be diligent and disciplined in their approach.
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Hierarchy
planning
The hierarchy structure
of a company defines the management order. It is critical to the accountability
and designating of specific objectives within the organisation. Alternative
business consulting looks for the attributes and history of employment,
and integrates the knowledge and function of each employee within the
structure. Placing the management and employees into a defined position
delivers empowerment to make decisions related directly to the key responsibilities
within the position.
This is then followed with a very clear description, by which any aspects
of the role and expectations are defined. The job description may include
budgets, number of employees, targets and objectives and reporting functions.
We have found that the support for the hierarchy structure leads to
a ladder, by which each role is accountable to the one above, until
this structure finishes at the top position. In some cases, depending
on the size of the company and the number of employees, it will also
lead to divisional management, each accountable for a number of junior
frontline management, and responsible to ensure their targets are tracked
and delivered.
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Underpinning
structures
Any business must
remain competitive with its relative industry equivalents. This means
driving the improvement process through the business and always benchmarking
to competitors standards and costs.
It is critical to businesses that they realise the simple philosophy
of achieving this. The underpinning structure of this component relates
to such issues as the number of parts produced per person, the cost
of manufacture per product, and the overall profitability of products,
whilst remaining competitive with other businesses. This process is
captured simply in a structured approach as below:
1) Identify core
improvements.
2) Measure current impact ( bench mark)
3) Monitor improvements.
4) Manage the program.
5) Measure the success.
6) Identify the weakness.
In order for any activity to be successful, it means the projects and
improvement process must drive through all of the relative factors of
the business. Any plan within the work place to improve must directly
relate to the following groups:
The variety of involvement
• Management
• Employees
• Sub contractors.
• Extended visitors.
• Other organizations that supply.
• Consignment.
• Residents around the place of business
Placing expectations
on all groups through the involvement means they have a level of accountability.
Whether it is a raw material supplier or the last employee to handle
your product means each point along the manufacturing process has a
person, who will inevitably impact on the business and its growth. These
groups need to be clear with what the business expects of them, whether
it be cost downs, improved quality, more parts per hour to meet customer
deadlines, each of a huge variety of expectations must be clearly defined
to all parties. Below is a typical list of requirements that businesses
will need to comply with:
The requirements
• Deliver
improvements to these external organizations, and the internal bodies
• Ensure they are apart of the strategy.
• These companies need to comply with operation requirements.
• Police their presence and openly communicate the business needs.
• Provide feedback and measure improvements.
• High light progress and dysfunctional operations.
Alternative business
consulting drives the structure and profitability through the organisation.
We become part of your team and implement the underpinning structure,
so that each of the points mentioned above are streamlined into the
everyday operation of your business.
Contact us to discuss
the implementation, with the strategies and time line. We will be sure
to add value to your business.
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