Did You Say Profit?

Profit

Most manufacturing companies haven’t been able to get the traction in reducing waste in the office that they’ve had in their production processes. It’s been stated that 80% of electronic files on servers haven’t been touched in over a year, yet there is constantly a call for more server space. Who hasn’t had a request for larger workstations, more file cabinets or even another building? Approval loops constrain the information products that are nearly complete leaving the highest cost items in rework queues.

A lean office produces just what is needed, when it is needed with no additional labor, costs or time. Lean offices outperform the traditional in Quality, Delivery, Cost and Morale. Reducing errors, cycle time, expenses and improving morale will drive shortened delivery times to customers, reduced inventory levels and increased sales capacity. All of these improvements will lead to greater profits.

Office waste is not as easy to see, so it’s harder to find! Stacks of physical inventory are far more obvious than email inboxes at full capacity. Rework bins and inspections stations demand attention while workers inspecting co-workers data entry is virtually unnoticed. Sometimes companies just haven’t found the right tools to apply to find the opportunities that will lead to increased profits from the office.

Start at the beginning and involve all the associates in the office transformation process. Kelly begins with workplace organization, then stabilizing processes. From there it’s much easier to identify the critical things to improve next and then work at doing them most efficiently. Measure and demonstrate the savings gained and then drive implementation throughout the entire office organization..

Since the late '80s, Kelly Cousineau has been driving improvements in the office of manufacturing companies. Kelly has created the office transformation tools from the components of the proven, best practices in lean manufacturing. If you’d like to learn more about how Kelly can help you find profit in the office, please send your questions. She’ll be happy to discuss your situation.