Operational Assessment

The ACCESS Group (TAG) can provide your organization with a comprehensive review of your operations and develop a plan for capitalizing on your most important opportunities.  Our associates will assist you in identifying practical and realistic solutions for improvements that should be addressed immediately.  These recommendations will be justified using estimates of the cost savings available. Our associates will also identify additional areas where cost savings may be possible, and should be considered, but will require further analysis if deemed warranted by your management team.

This focused approach provides a cost effective way for your company to realize the benefits of implementing changes immediately that will improve your cost per unit and minimizes your payback timing.

Our team of experienced associates will review the operations in your facility as requested and will provide you with valuable feedback in the following areas:

• Process Flow
  • Process Mapping
  • Setup / changeover times
  • Standard Work Methods
  • Non-value Added Activity
  • Waste
  • Machine Utilization
  • Scheduling
  • Supervision
  • Reporting
• Plant Layout
  • Work Cell Layout
  • Total Process Layout
  • Inventory Storage
• Materials Handling
  • Material Handling Equipment
  • Facility Plan
  • Part Travel
  • Delivery to Point-of-Use
  • Bills of Material
  • Raw Material, WIP, Finished Goods Damage
  • Process for Engineering Changes
• Inventory
  • Inventory Control System
  • Cost of Inventory Storage
  • Work-in-Process
  • Raw Material
• Labor
  • Direct Labor Costs
  • Indirect Labor Costs
  • Training
  • Flexibility
• Maintenance
  • Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
  • State of Preventive Maintenance
  • Technology
  • Identify most common maintenance problems
  • Uptime improvements
  • Planned vs. Unplanned maintenance (Actual Wrench Time measurement)
  • Spares Inventory and Spares Management
  • Benchmarking

Operational Assessment Deliverables

TAG will deliver a presentation and written report containing the following information:

• Executive Summary – A brief overview of the findings for the entire assessment that highlights the best opportunities for improvement and the respective recommended actions.
• Observations and Analysis – A complete recap of observations, discussions, research, and analysis by our team during the assessment.
• Savings and Benefits – Cost estimates that support the recommended actions in the Action Plan
• Recommendations for Phase 1 Action Plan – An action plan (listed in priority order) designed for immediate implementation to address the most pressing issues, with the best opportunity for payback, discovered during the assessment.
• Opportunities Requiring Further Study – A recap of the opportunities identified as possible improvements by the team but some part of the justification to proceed with the recommended action plan, such as ability to implement or payback, will require further study in a particular area(s) before the final recommendation can be made.
• Exhibits/Data/Reference – A section containing all of the support documentation for the assessment

Contact TAG to discuss scheduling and Operational Assessment for your location.