Tag: kaizen

Collaborative Change Engaging for Sustainable Change To ensure projects have "no bystander or victims," we seek employee input and participation every step of the way. Employee-driven Change for a Global Manufacturer - 200 participants, 6 weeks, 318 issues identified, 18 common themes, and 4 priorities. Employee engagement is also crucial for change sustainability. Our projects follow an "I do, we do, you do" transition process as our client team's readiness to drive the change increases over time.

Collaborative Change
Engaging Employees for Sustainability

Lasting change starts from within. That’s why our change management approach harnesses the collective wisdom of front-line employees. To ensure our projects have “no bystanders or victims,” we seek employee input and participation every step of the way….

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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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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...
Healthcare Services Maximizing On-Time Delivery "Working with Kormac, you know you can expect a small, focus-driven team that will deliver results." - Vice President, Healthcare Services Company Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning Overhaul Achieved 100% on-time delivery and reduced SKU inventory by half

Healthcare Services
Maximizing On-Time Delivery

Customer delight begins with honoring our commitments. With that truth in mind, a leading healthcare services company turned to Kormac for help in improving its on-time delivery to customers. From forecasting and purchasing to inventory management and product delivery, our client sought to deliver an outstanding experience for its pharmaceutical...
Lean Liberation Lean as Resource Liberator Sample Kormac Lean project outcomes - -50-60% cycle time reduction - -50% WIP inventory reduction - -85% cost of poor quality reduction - +30+% improvement in labor efficiency - +30+% EBITDA improvement - +20+% useable floorspace expansion - Overall improvements in safety performance and employee satisfaction

Lean Liberation
Lean as Resource Liberator

As manufacturers grapple with rising material and labor costs, we’re seeing renewed interest in Lean. Kormac has decades of experience in employing Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen methodologies to boost quality, productivity, and speed while reducing cost, backlog, and facility floor space. We begin each Lean engagement by analyzing our client’s product line...