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UK TPM
3 day "hands on" workshop

16 November to
18 November 2009

Codicote, Herts, UK
Includes application of TPM tools to Live factory production process
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For further details click here.

 


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Beating The Recession

With so much change during 2008, it is difficult to predict what will happen in 2009. The experience of past recessions suggests that when things stabilise "business as usual" will look different than it did in 2008. To survive and prosper organisations will need to be responsive to new trends and business models.

To stack the odds in your favour we have developed a100 day improvement programme guide (Click here) containing a 10 point organisational health check and 10 low cost or no cost projects to release time and focus the organisation on improving performance in key areas.

The content is based on our experience of helping well known and award winning organisations to achieve long term year on year improvement in performance. The web site also contains details of how such organisations are able to engage their organisation with the improvement process (Click here).

The guide is completely free and you are under no obligation to use our services but we can offer a flexible package of support if you need it Click here to find out more.

Lean TPM

The 100 day programme above provides an excellent foundation for applying Lean TPM improvement tools to deliver best in class performance. No matter where your organisation is on its journey to operational excellence, Lean TPM improvement templates will help your organisation to:

  • improve asset reliability and support progress towards zero breakdowns and beyond;
  • support business process improvement and the reduction of non value adding activities;
  • build front line team capability to improve performance, establish and refine best practices;
  • Improve the pace of delivery of new products, equipment, processes or systems;
  • Develop Innovative/step out products and services.

Click on the blue text to fInd out about how Lean TPM provides an enterprise wide improvement route map based on the lessons learned by organisations who have achieved long term award winning levels of performance and market leading capability.

For those who are interested in training courses or ideas to include as part of your improvement programme, use the pull down menu at the top of the page to navigate our web site data base.

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Book Review: Lean TPM, A Blueprint for Change
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Recently published, Lean TPM, a blueprint for change was written by Dennis McCarthy of DAK consulting with Nick Rich of Cardiff Business School Lean Institute.
For an overview of Lean TPM click here.

Who are DAK Consulting
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We help companies to achieve sustained year on year improvement by simultaneously engaging management and shop floor teams in practical projects to stabilise and then optimise operational processes.

Our core competencies are:

- Operational Excellence using Lean and TPM tools
- Performance Leadership and Change Management
- Lean Maintenance
- Step out Product and Service Development
- Programme management.


Further details of our consultancy services can be downloaded in zip PDF format using the link below.

pdf logo DAK Support, What is it worth? click here for the file

What does DAK stand for?
The journey to excellence begins with clear Direction and ends with Knowledge of how to deliver results and progress further. DAK stand for Direction And Knowledge to support end to end business improvement.

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