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Consulting Projects:

Clients have succeeded through consulting projects in the following ways:

  • Utilized expertise to apply SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) principles and continuous flow manufacturing techniques to reduce set-up and changeover time and balance work in a pressure sensitive slitting operation. New procedures reduced process cycle time by 36% and improved productivity by 28% at Fortune 500 office products company.
  • Analyzed and implemented process improvements, set-up and changeover improvements, and preventive maintenance procedures that increased equipment reliability by 20% resulting in annual savings of $390,000 for Fortune 500 consumer products company.

In our consulting projects, we work with our customers to analyze company needs, design a course of action, and then apply Lean/Six SigmaSM, DMAIC process, or a SWARMSM event to solve a significant issue, rapidly delivering bottom-line results. We start by working with leaders who strive to achieve dramatic performance improvement. We then collaborate to clarify what results we must achieve and then orchestrate the necessary changes to generate that outcome.

Our clients have been able to implement breakthrough improvements by utilizing Lean/Six SigmaSM concepts and tools. By working with an internal leader and a project team, we use hands-on teaching, training, and coaching for rapid improvement. In addition, by giving short bursts of instruction and guidance to internal leaders, we are able to minimize a company's investment yet maximize its learning and financial return. We have a proven method for reviewing accomplishments and lessons, analyzing results and obstacles, and then creating detailed action plans.

Some of the results from consulting projects have included quote-lead time reductions, product-pricing redesigns, equipment reliability improvements, and significant capacity increases.  To gain these results, we use the following tools:

  • Six Sigma
  • Lean Enterprise
  • Kaizen Events
  • Coaching
  • Training
  • Business Process Improvement
  • New Plant Start-up/Plant Redesign
  • Team Development
  • Change Management

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The following are some consulting projects that Aslinger & Associates has developed:

  • Analyzed and implemented process improvements, set-up and changeover improvements, and preventive maintenance procedures that increased equipment reliability by 20% resulting in annual savings of $390,000 on a liquid packaging line. (Fortune 500 consumer products company)
  • Utilized Six-Sigma breakthrough problem solving process and statistical tools to identify raw material characteristics and operational procedures causing defects and scrap in a paper converting process. Improvements reduced customer complaints and scrap, saving over $500,000 annually. (Fortune 500 Paper Converting)
  • Implemented continuous flow manufacturing and work-cell concepts and process improvements to increase productivity by 47% and reduce scrap by 32% resulting a total savings of $216,000 per year. (Fortune 1000 Healthcare Products Company)
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