EFFICIENCY CONSULTING

We analyze the processes and physical movements of employees in your business, observe operations, interview some of the personnel involved, and come up with recommendations on how to improve how you physically conduct your business. The idea is not just to remove steps, but to enhance the work environment and improve the ability of the workers to achieve the tasks put to them. A better flow enhances the bottom line as well as morale.

CORPORATE TRAINING TEAM BUILDING

EFFICIENCY CONSULTING FOR BUSINESSES

IMPROVING THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THE BOTTOM LINE

Looking into production processes, office space, assembly lines, warehouse flow, we look to identify the bottlenecks and wasted efforts to improve the efficiency. The more efficient a work group, the better the profitability.

TEAM BUILDING

HR often is called upon for team building events. We provide a wide range of team building services. The work group that functions smoothly is much more efficient. You can access that information on our Team Building Page.

There is a lot more to efficiency consulting than just time and motion studies. We try to take a simpler and more practical approach. We look for the unhappy employees and those that are not productive. Sometimes it is as simple as swapping a few desks around. Other times, it might just be adding a holding area for supplies. We are more focused on finding unneeded redundancy, waste, bottlenecks, automation and unused resources.

UNNEEDED REDUNDANCY

Redundancy can be very important. It makes certain that you do not have disruptions and it helps with quality control. Sometimes, though, there is unneeded redundancy. This is where there are few or no benefits. We help identify such situations and come up with appropriate recommendations. The possibility exists that could even recommend additional redundancy if we see it lacking.

WASTE

Waste takes many forms. There is the waste that is the byproduct of production. We can try to find ways to repurpose such materials or even find other companies that might purchase the byproducts. There are inefficiencies in ordering supplies. This can be simply purchasing more than you need, but it is more often overlap provided by the supplier that you pay for. We could also look for alternative sourcing. And, recycling, of course.

BOTTLENECKS

The concept of a bottleneck is one part of the process that takes longer than others resulting in everyone else slowing down to accommodate the slowest element. This time could be used productively. We can help identify the bottlenecks in your organization and either come up with ways to overcome them, speed them up, or suggest changes to have that downtime to be productive in alternative ways.

AUTOMATION

There is a lot more to automation than robots. It's about finding small changes that can make your employees more efficient. It's not about removing the human element, but making the human element less physical. We can look at your processes and see if part of it can be automated to enhance the speed of the employees.

UNUSED RESOURCES

Some companies become hoarders. This is an inefficient use of space and makes finding things that are used more difficult. We find unused equipment and find ways to utilize or eliminate it. Just because one day you might want to make a mimeograph when your copier isn't working doesn't mean that it is worthwhile to keep it. Don't know what a mimeograph machine is? Exactly!

You are our client! We try to take ownership of our activities and statements, but you are the one that decides on what actions should be taken. We are there to serve you and abide by your decision. Give us the opportunity to discuss how we could help make your organization more successful. There is never an obligation for a phone call.

Our facilitators have years of experience in the business world. They bring the benefits of their experience to your company. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing our various facilitators. We have standard facilitators and heavy hitters with a lot more experience depending on your needs and budget. We can come up with a plan that will match both.

We provide Efficiency Consulting throughout the United States, and even beyond! Wherever you might be along the Atlantic Coast, the MidWest, the South, the West Coast, or anywhere else, we stand ready to help your group to have fun. This includes in the big cities, the suburbs, or further outside the urban areas. We do not provide the food or the venue. We come to you and help you achieve the success that your company deserves!

WE COME TO YOU!
We work with groups that are small, medium and large. We also work with people that are in the city, the suburbs, and that are in more rural areas. It never made sense to get our own facilities. We come to a venue of your choosing and this allows you to make your own food and beverage options. In general, you want enough light to see, enough space to move around comfortably, and it should be quiet enough to hear. Everything else can be adjusted to. We also have our insurance in order and can have COIs with your venue as an additional insured, if required.

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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS THE REASON?

The first step is to determine your needs. This includes potential goals, desires and concerns. The more we know about what has already been decided can allow us to narrow the conversation to approaches that interest you.

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? WHERE? WHEN? HOW MANY?

We need to know the city where the event will be as well as what kind of venue might be used. A date, or date range, for when you would like to have this and what time frame you are looking for will help to determine our commitment and availability. Knowing the size of your group, though that will likely just be an estimate, will allow us to choose appropriate options and have a better feel for the resources required.

DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET?

If you know budget limitations, that can allow us to restrict the conversations to those options that will be within your financial constraints. This works in both directions. We don't want to overbuild and propose options that can't be done. Also, we don't want to provide less than we could realizing the resources that could be made available to better achieve your goals.