Operations & Efficiency
We lead your team through opportunities that increase productivity, reduce costs, improve cash flow, gain floor space, manage quality, and provide safe workplaces.
Significant High Impacts with Continuous Improvement
Our team has “been there, done that” successfully in key roles from c-suite, operational management, engineering and continuous improvement. We quickly and accurately diagnose operational challenges, map out your future state and manage the change with a prioritized action plan. Let us start with your strategy, define it for everyone’s understanding, engage your team to achieve best practices and full growth potential.
Lean Manufacturing
Utilizing lean tools and techniques as well as process improvement technology solutions will not only help reduce operational inefficiencies, it will also free up valuable time, resources and equipment, allowing you to take on additional business. The KY-MEP has the expertise to help you understand these tools, identify areas for improvement and teach you how to utilize lean for future improvements and growth.
These operational assessments are a comprehensive dynamic review of the status of a facility. The assessments will indicate where action is needed to create a stronger organization, as we work together to optimize your business.
- Lean
- Maintenance
- Operational Excellence
- Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
KY-MEP won’t just send you material and expect you to act on it. We work closely with you and your team to provide hands-on training that is specific to your business needs.
- Lean manufacturing
- Value Stream Mapping
- 5s Workplace
- Kaban
- Kata
- Lean 101
- Lean Office
- Problem Solving
- Quick Change Over
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Value Stream Mapping
Quality Management Systems
As senior leaders, managers and team members at your plant, it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure your products are up to the standards to safeguard customers, suppliers and your brand. KY-MEP quality experts will help you discover and fix the source of the quality issues, apply technology solutions to standardize quality and help you avoid future issues through the implementation, audit and training of quality management systems.
"The KY-MEP helped us relaunch our lean initiative and pursuit of process improvement."
Reduction in Unnecessary Labor Content Across Office and Shop
On-Time Delivery, up from 86%
Certifications Facilitated by KY-MEP
ISO Certifications
IATF 16949
VDA 6.3 (German)
AS9100
Safety
Comprehensive Safety Assessments
Enhanced Safety Culture
Environmental Management Systems
Six Sigma
The KY-MEP team can guide you through the selection and implementation of individual projects or provide in-house training. A typical Six Sigma class will include classroom lectures with group exercises, s well as engage participants in small group projects to gain “hands-on” experience by examining improvement opportunities at their workplace.
Lean Six Sigma training offers you a variety of options for training: Yellow Belt, Green Belt or Black Belt. All belt levels are designed to teach DMAIC quality improvement and problem-solving methodology used to advance business performance.
Before you create experiments and analyze any data, you want to ensure the data is measured properly ad that you can trust the data. This tool will save your business time and energy that may otherwise be wasted on unnecessary errors.
When you want to generate high impact projects you need to identify areas in your company where significant business problems or opportunities exist. This workshop will guide your management team through a process to effectively allocate resources and focus on the most impactful activities.
Whether you are looking to improve operational efficiency, increase quality, boost production or drive innovation, our Minitab workshop will teach you how to navigate this statistical analysis software so you can achieve your desired results.
Are You Ready to Maximize Your Business Potential?
Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn more about our Operations and Efficiency solution.