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Warehousing
and Distribution
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
SOLUTIONS FOR WAREHOUSING AND
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS
Improved
service, reduced costs and
enhanced performance are the
goals of all W+D distribution
operations. Using these areas
for competitive advantage
requires real focus on
continuous improvement.
While warehousing and distribution
operations may not, at first
glance, seem as complex as other
operations, the human and
process elements are, in fact,
wrought with challenges.
Processes change
frequently and there is a high
level of employee turnover.
As such, the process and
human elements require less
statistical analysis to drive
meaningful and steady
improvements.
Discipline such as
Business Process Management,
Lean and VOC, delivered and
supported in consumable modules,
can have a dramatic effect.
Six Sigma Qualtec’s expertise in these
fundamental areas can carry the
warehouse from design and
planning through implementation
using proven solutions. Six
Sigma Qualtec provides on-site
management of the entire
implementation process to
maintain quality, schedule and
cost conformance. Implementation
support is provided in the
following areas:
Distribution Center Design
and Implementation— Designing, maintaining and
administering facilities can be
optimized using Six Sigma
Qualtec’s proprietary training
and consulting.
Systems Integration—Seamlessly integrating computerized and manual
warehousing systems through
system configuration and set up,
acceptance testing start-up and
implementation
Inventory Management—Analyzing and optimizing inventory levels
throughout the supply chain
Transportation System
Planning—Selecting the best
transportation configuration and
suppliers to minimize costs
Maintenance—Turning the maintenance operation into a profit
center by improving product
quality, utilization of
equipment operators, overall
equipment effectiveness,
throughput capacity and
equipment life
Fully implemented
warehousing and distribution
solutions typically provide a
ransavings
of 10-30 percent in annual
distribution center variable
costsge of over
current operations and client
satisfaction improvements in key
performance indicators.
Any
government institution is a service organization, with
citizens as the customers it
serves. In any service
organization, the critical
factors in quality and
efficiency are the flow of
information and interaction
between people within the
organization and with its
customers.
The governmental
institution must understand its
processes to be efficient. It
must develop a process focus
rather than a task focus.
Fortunately,
this work has begun. Success stories
from cities across the nation
such as Fort Wayne, Indiana
demonstrate that the methodology
can produce impressive results.
The U.S. Department of
Defense has dictated the
implementation of Lean Six Sigma
to achieve the highest level of
cost-wise readiness. Indeed, the
lifecycle costs of operating and
maintaining today’s advanced
weapons systems are more
expensive than their
acquisition. Hence, there is
pressure to reduce the costs of
operating aging equipment.
The implementation of
Operational Excellence
demonstrates a government’s
commitment to innovation and
continuous improvement. Leaders
in government will find many
benefits to adopting Operational
Excellence methodologies like
BPM, Lean, and Six Sigma.
Our Approach
Six
Sigma Qualtec has been working with agencies of all
types since our inception by
providing the tools and
methodologies required to
achieve significant sustainable
improvements.
The disciplines we
introduce help government
operations groups improve their
processes to deliver services
more efficiently. We help
departments that handle
transactions improve their
processes to reduce waste and
save money. We help
relationships with contractors
and ensure contractors apply
best practices to their own
programs. We also instill a new
attitude of efficiency and
responsibility from governmental
employees.
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