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In working with clients I like to focus on improvements to Lead-time, Productivity, and Quality. Other results, tangible and intangible seem to flow naturally from these improvements. For a selection of real world results over the past several years, please click on the image to the left or by selecting below:. Design by Evan Hobbs Designs.

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Articles

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Articles and resources featuring Charlie Martin. Just-In-Time Manufacturing — Entrepenuer.com. Lean and the Environment, Presented by PDC and OMEP. Improving the Competitiveness of Oregon Manufacturers: A Case Study at an Oregon Wood Products Manufacturer. Despite roots in high-volume production, lean manufacturing can still help job shops — theFabricator.com. Web Steel Sales Inc. Success Story. Manufacturing — Session helps companies get leaner. The Lean and Chemicals Toolkit.

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Employee Engagement

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Management tools and techniques can only take a company so far. At some point transformation is all about engaging and trusting people. Management should share with employees the performance expectations and the tools and training to help them achieve the expectations. Tier two automotive parts supplier, employee team did their own micro-scheduling dramatically improving on-time delivery, productivity and quality. Design by Evan Hobbs Designs.

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Productivity

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At the corporate level, productivity is best measured as Sales/employee. At the shop level measured as units/labour hr. Ability to produce more product for the same labour or machine hours applied. To increase productivity, a heavy equipment manufacturer considered outsourcing a range of hydraulic cylinders because of in-house manufacturing costs. Was there a way to keep the work and jobs in the company? By reducing the non-value added activities associated with operator tasks.

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About

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Charlie Martin leading lean manufacturing workshop. More than 40 years ago I started working as a Tool and Die apprentice on the shop floor in Liverpool England. During my 12 years with OMEP, I found it particularly rewarding to work with smaller manufacturing companies such as Gamblin Artists Colors Co. At GACCo., the production manager wanted a new filling system to make bigger batches. A careful study of the current system resulted in the counter-intuitive decision to turn down the current machine sys...

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Revenue / Quality

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Reducing lead-time and eliminating bottlenecks positions a company to increase sales through improved capacity and improved throughtput. Art supply company) 3000 units/day to 10,000 units per day. Aerospace company) 12$mil sales order due to reduced lead-time, better quality than competition. Heavy equipment manufacturer) Sales grew by 30$mil due to faster turnaround and improved on-time delivery. Automotive supplier #1) business grew 100% while competitors went out of business.

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Lead-time Reduction

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Total lead-time is measured from order placement to product delivery. Manufacturing lead-time is measured from first operation on the shop floor to product shipment. If you focus on consistently reducing lead-time then eventually, you will involve all other improvement techniques and performance indicators. Cellular manufacturing concepts set the stage for improvements in social systems (teamwork, compensation, cross-training etc) and simplified scheduling and costing systems. Their customer later listed...

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Financial Impact

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The impact of a system improvement project measured in financial terms. This includes savings in productivity, quality, lead-time etc, plus any increase in sales due to the improvements in lead-time. Over the past seven years, my clients reported a combined financial impact in excess of $170mil. Including the following examples. Design by Evan Hobbs Designs.

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Services

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Services include business analysis, training, implementation, coaching. Confidential discussion with company management to uncover opportunities for improvement. Discuss current business model/environment. Are they job shop or repetitive enterprise? What are the perceived issues, lead-time, cash flow, productivity, quality, morale etc? The answers from this discussion show where to start with training. During and following implementation projects, time is spent working with specific employees to achieve ...

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Testimonials

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When my small manufacturing company was out of capacity and jammed with inventory, the company stalled. With too much capital maintaining slow turning products, I needed to find ways to free up money to grow. Charlie Martin was a source for solutions. He challenged. All change comes from the deepest levels. After three years of following Charlie’s recommendation, profits soared. Five years later the company’s profit hit a $ 1,000,000 and the staff grew from 20 to 25 employees. Founder, former CEO. Charli...