Five Step Process

Grounded in business tactics, project management, engineering, and quality, our Five Step Process is adapted to meet each client and project approach and requirements.

Assess and Scope

Identify opportunities, define objectives, and establish measurable baselines.

Design and Plan

Develop stategies, systems, and processes aligned with business goals.

Implement

Execute optimized solutions across operations, engineering, and teams.

Deliver

Realize tangible results-improved performance, profitability, and collaboration.

Sustain

Embed best practices, monitor outcomes, and continuously refine for ongoing success.

  1. Assess and Scope
    • Use value stream process assessment  to identify, evaluate and quantify (cost) of issues and opportunities.
    • Determine root cause and identify effective solutions and improvements.
    • Rank the solutions and improvements with respect to cost and impact.
    • Develop a scope for implementation.
  1. Design and Plan
    • Design and map the future state and refine.
    • Develop a project and work plan  with the client cross functional team.
    • Build on existing systems and optimize current processes.
    • Develop performance measures.
    • Resource the plan, enabling the organization to focus business, while ensuring the project is completed on schedule.
  1. Implement
    • Implement plans and modify to address issues and risks.
    • Manage change, budget, and resources.
    • Guide and collaborate with clients to achieve project goals and objectives.
    • Adjust as necessary to improve delivery and outcomes.
  1. Deliver
    • Ensure project is delivered on time and budget.
    • Ensure project meets or exceeds expectations.
    • Deliver sustainable change and operational excellence and continuous improvement.
  1. Sustain
    • Continue to monitor, correct and improve.

Unlike other advisors, we lead and “Guide-by-the-Side”, assisting in implementation.  We teach and train, rather than performing the project for a client.  We will carry the water with our clients to the finish line as we train and implement.

We transfer expertise to the organization and its Team members to sustain and continual improve the system.