Tag: collaboration

From the shop floor to the back office, Kormac takes a collaborative approach to Kaizen that brings people together. Ordinary tools: Go to Gemba, Spaghetti charts, Yamazumi charts, Visual factory, cellular design/layout, customer demand/takt time, value stream mapping, undesirable observations (UDOs), waste elimination (8 wastes), activity of the product, load sheet calculations, review constraints, manpower requirements, line balancing, standard work, system alignment, visual controls. Extraordinary Results: Improving productivity, communication, uptime, capacity, and yield. Reducing cycle time, footprint, resource requirements, process steps & rework, Work in Process (WIP), foreign object debris, storage time, inspection time, and transportation time. Proven tools employed with care yield lasting culture and performance improvements.

Collaborative Kaizens
Engaging and Aligning through Kaizen

As Kaizen nears its 40th birthday, its relevance is far from “over the hill.” Kormac Kaizens bring people together to optimize speed, footprint, resource requirements, inventory, and more. …

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Inventory Intelligence Inventory Reduction: Actionable Insights For a global manufacturer, Kormac delivered SKU-level and group-level inventory management insights, revealing opportunities to: - Improve inventory turns and balances - increase visibility and address non-moving inventory - Improve and sustain customer service performance Our collaboration enabled a $20 million reduction in inventory.

Inventory Insights
Actionable Insights for Inventory Reduction

A global manufacturer engaged Kormac for assistance in achieving sustainable inventory management. Our analysis and collaboration contributed to a $20 million (10%) reduction in inventory in the first year….

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Manufacturing Inventory Reduction: Achieved Elusive Inventory Management Target Implemented global best practices; achieved corporate inventory target for the first time in 7 years.

Manufacturing Inventory Reduction
Achieved Elusive Inventory Management Target

To improve cash flow while mitigating risk, many companies are reevaluating their approach to inventory management. Excess materials and persistent shortages remain despite the overall recovery from pandemic constraints. When times were tough, gaps in inventory management discipline magnified the impact of constrained supply chains. As conditions improve, discipline gaps still leave...
Delivering Delight Good People Doing Good Work Leaders engage consultants for countless reasons, but how often do they actually enjoy the collaboration? Our clients say... "Kormac was a pleasure to work with" "A great value" "Highly impressed with their talent" "Executed to our fullest expectations" "Strongly recommended"

Delivering Delight
Good People Doing Good Work

Leaders engage consultants for countless reasons, but how often do they actually enjoy the collaboration? We frequently hear stories of client trauma inflicted by consultancies that left behind unresolved problems or cultural damage. Why? Too many consultants prioritize their own business needs over their clients’. Inverting that myopic approach, Kormac’s...
Client Engagement Kormac change management cultivates and incorporates employee voices, votes, vision. Through group discussions, surveys, 1:1 conversations, anonymous feedback tools, frequent check-ins, exit interviews, and more

Client Engagement
Employee voices, votes, vision

Akin to the U.S. election underway, organizations must embrace constituent voices and vision during their own inflection points. Kormac understands change management, and we know that sustainable change requires employee ownership and participation. Our collaborative model involves early employee engagement, frequent check-ins, and close collaboration for final project design and...