What We Do
The Change Management Process
- Identify the change object — the specific element that needs to change.
- Determine the key reasons driving the change.
- Communicate the change to all relevant stakeholders.
- Conduct a Force Field Analysis to assess forces for and against the change.
- Implement the change process based on these insights.
- “Freeze” the change by embedding it into normal working practices.
Risk Management
- Assess the risk: Identify potential threats to the project.
- Plan policies & controls: Develop mitigation strategies.
- Implement safeguards: Put risk-reduction measures in place.
- Monitor & evaluate: Track risks and adjust controls as needed.
Effective Communication
Effective communication creates a shared vision and aligns organizational objectives.
The communication climate shapes how smoothly information flows:
- Open/supportive climate: Encourages cooperation and effective information sharing.
- Closed/defensive climate: Limits collaboration and reduces communication effectiveness.
Problem solving and decision making
Are you struggling to make decisions and solve problems in your organisation?
We can help you by reviewing your decision making process and providing you with some excellent tools to aid problem solving and decision making. We will help you establish effective decision making processes to make your organization more responsive and efficient.
Cost Reduction
Design For Manufacture
Manufacturing Process Engineering
Manufacturing Process Engineering
In today’s competitive business environment, managing costs effectively is essential to maximize return on investment. Businesses need to ensure every stage of production is efficient and cost-conscious.
Techniques exist to reduce product costs both at the design stage and during volume manufacturing. These methods fall under the general approach known as Design for Manufacture (DFM).
Manufacturing Process Engineering
Manufacturing Process Engineering
Manufacturing Process Engineering
All mass-produced products go through a manufacturing process. Manufacturing Process Engineering applies techniques and tools to optimize production, minimize costs, and ensure efficient use of materials and equipment.
It also focuses on maximizing yield and throughput, using methods like Statistical Process Control and Six Sigma, minimizing energy use and harmful materials, and designing quality into every stage of production.
Time to Market Reduction
Time to Market Reduction
Time to Market Reduction
Time to Market is absolutely critical in determining product revenue and payback. With product life cycles becoming ever shorter as new, better, faster models are introduced the development timescale is critical to success.
Every day lost in development is a day lost in sales. This is because the overall lifecycle of the product is reduced the longer the development takes.
Business Planning
Time to Market Reduction
Time to Market Reduction
Every business needs a Business Plan. Research shows that 4 out of 5 new start-ups fail in the first 12 months, often due to the absence of a proper plan. A Business Plan serves not only to secure financial support but also as a roadmap to track and measure progress.
If you are starting a new business, a comprehensive Business Plan is essential. For expert guidance, get in touch for a free consultation.
Six Sigma
What is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma is a proven methodology developed by Motorola to dramatically reduce defects, improve quality and increase business performance. By using data-driven, statistical techniques, Six Sigma helps organisations deliver products and services that consistently meet and exceed customer expectations.
At its core, Six Sigma focuses on designing and controlling processes so variation is minimised and performance is optimised. This results in fewer defects, lower costs, higher throughput and greater customer satisfaction, with world-class processes achieving fewer than 4 defects per million opportunities.
Six Sigma is especially powerful when applied to Design for Manufacture, ensuring products are designed correctly from the outset. By embedding quality early, costs are locked in at lower levels and long-term performance is improved across the entire product lifecycle.
Delivery is achieved through two structured approaches: DMAIC, used to improve existing processes, and DMADV (Design for Six Sigma), used to design new products and processes right the first time. Both approaches provide a clear, disciplined framework for measurable results.
Six Sigma is now widely used across manufacturing and service industries and is often combined with Lean principles to form Lean Six Sigma, thus accelerating delivery, reducing waste and enhancing the customer experience.
Lean
What is Lean?
Lean is widely recognised as one of the most effective approaches to improving quality and productivity. Originating from the Toyota Production System in Japan in the 1950s, Lean has since been adopted by manufacturers worldwide, particularly in automotive and electronics, and is increasingly applied in service industries such as finance.
A core principle of Lean is Design for Manufacture. Products are designed with the manufacturing process in mind to minimise defects, reduce production stages, and maximise yield. Tools such as DFMEA and Statistical Process Control (SPC) are used early in development to identify risks, assess process capability, and reduce variation before volume production begins.
Lean also optimises the supply chain through techniques such as Just-In-Time (JIT) and Kanban. These “pull” systems align production directly with customer demand, dramatically reducing inventory and work-in-progress. The result is lower cost, faster throughput, and the elimination of waste tied up in unnecessary materials and processing.
The customer sits at the centre of Lean thinking. Feedback is actively gathered and built into product design using methods such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD), ensuring products meet customer expectations and drive repeat business and brand loyalty.
Lean coordinates production from order to delivery, minimising lead times and non-value-adding activity. A key foundation of Lean implementation is 5S, which creates organised, efficient and disciplined workplaces through sorting, straightening, cleaning, standardisation and sustained maintenance.
Finally, Lean is not limited to the factory floor. The entire enterprise, people, processes and management systems are organised around Lean principles to continuously improve performance, reduce waste and increase profitability.