Paris: Consultants, Inc. Services - Approach: Core Process Redesign

Question – Evaluate - Improve

Core Process Design
In many cases, fundamental approaches to manufacturing must be improved to achieve operating objectives. Whether implementing technology or rearranging the factory into work cells and centers, PCI can define the correct balance of capacity and flexibility, helping to achieve lower product cost. To maximize the gains of improved objectives, PCI helps clients align performance measures and rewards with the operations strategy.

Specific practice areas include:

• Cost Reduction - While not always the primary or only driver of
action in an organization, cost is always an important consideration
when making operational decisions. Frequently, choices made in the
past, while optimal at the time, are not cost effective today or
overhead cost increases appear, because decisions have been
independently made without considering the overall impact on the
company bottom line.

Paris: Consultants, Inc. (PCI) takes a prioritized look at a firm’s cost structure and works with the client to tailor a program that goes after high cost areas and provides the greatest benefit in alignment with corporate strategy and marketing plans.

• Maintenance Operations Improvement – Today’s maintenance
operations must be as professional s the rest of the organization.
By practicing both preventive and predictive maintenance and
re-engineering processes, maintenance can be key to helping
control manufacturing costs. Maintenance Operations Improvement
is a key practice area for PCI.

PCI can assess the level of current maintenance operations and design a custom predictive and preventive maintenance program for your organization. PCI can also help develop a spare stocking program that supports maintenance operations efforts and help ensure maximum uptime.

• Continuous Process Improvement – For a long range operations
plan to succeed, it must be supplemented by continuous process
improvement activities. These activities, properly structured and
guided, can, over time provide great benefits and become the daily,
actionable norms for the company.

CI has extensive experience in setting up and implementing continuous process improvement programs. By enlisting management’s visible support in developing the framework and ground rules, PCI then helps implement and guide the process. PCI can help your organization develop an independent process improvement structure or work within an established program such as Six Sigma.