New opportunities and challenges demand new solutions therefore global competition is creating a new business environment, which requires a new type of business adviser.

Services Include:

Cost Management

• Do supervisors have access to daily cost information?
• Do you track cost variances and perform root cause analysis?
• Are all levels of management aware of their responsibilities with regard to cost management?

Equipment Availability and Reliability

• Is equipment availability consistently below plan levels?
• Do you employ a reliability engineer?
• Does availability of equipment effect utilization?

Physical Asset Management

• Is there clear asset responsibility for maintenance and operations?
• Is there a defined PAM strategy?
• Are performance measures shared by operations, maintenance, and the support groups?

Cash Flow 

• What is the MRO inventory turn rate?
• Do you perform post implementation audits on capital projects?
• Are all levels of management involved in budgeting operating costs?

Organizational Effectiveness

• Are there more than 4 levels of management between the CEO and the operators?
• Does your organization employ managers with less than 4 direct reports?
• Are managers at all level required to obtain annual professional training?

Consistently Meeting Production Forecasts

• Do you have a formal process for tracking and analyzing production short falls?
• Is root cause analysis performed on losses greater than a fixed and agreed to level?
• Do you use real time data for decision making?

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