Operational Services
Can you measure the productivity of your team? Individual resources? Are your labor standards perceived unfair by workers due to variance in quantity, distance, weight, or units of measure?
Building a performance standard based upon productivity has varying factors that should be considered. Whether you utilize historical standards, pace and metrics, or full engineering labor standards will impact the approach required to measure results and formalize incentives.
The value of labor standards is directly related to the depth in which they are analyzed, communicated, and reported. Historical standards like pieces/hour are less complicated to evaluate and implement; however, they don’t recognize variations in tasks like unit of measure or travel time. For a more thorough analysis, time studies can create more accurate standards; engineered labor standards based on discrete movements are the most accurate. A sample of our services are noted below:
- Utilization Analysis
- Engineered Labor Analysis
- Labor Management System Execution
- Labor Management Skills Training
If you are serious about increasing the performance of your workforce, then a combination of efficient task design, accurate standards, and effective management training will produce the best results. To learn more, please contact Cornerstone Edge.
Is your management asking for higher stock turnover? Are your lead times shrinking? Are your customers requiring faster order fulfillment? Does your operation have any bottlenecks?
Optimizing your material flow begins with a detailed investigation of the current process and material flow. After identifying a comprehensive overview of the logistic processes, suggestions for the initial optimization options are appropriately identified. Depending on the level of analysis required, subsequent tasks may include drawing specifications, procedural changes, or system adjustments. This approach allows each change to be measured on its own merit. Our Services include:
- Lean Process Management
- Leading Practice Comparison
- Product Throughput Analysis
Can you effectively measure your operation? Is your throughput appropriate for your industry? Does your executive team continue to ask for more information about your efficiencies?
To monitor of the flow of products throughout your operation with Key Performance Indicators requires extreme diligence, effective technology, or both. Often, effective use of KPI’s require both a strategic initiative to initiate and a tactical effort to execute. It is imperative to have appropriate metrics, methods, discipline, and commitment to create, maintain, and leverage the KPI’s. Cornerstone Edge can provide some assistance to you in the following areas:
- Operational KPI Identification
- Scorecard Execution Plan
- KPI Performance/Validation