Sample List of Services Available
Lean Enterprise and Process Improvement
  • Lean Manufacturing Gap Analysis
  • Lean Manufacturing Overview with Simulation
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Change Management, Project Management, Time Management
  • 5S Workplace Organization and Standardization
  • Streamlined Plant Layout
  • Standardized Work
  • Poka-yoke (Error proofing)
  • Set-up time reduction
  • Kaizen Blitz
  • Cellular Manufacturing
  • Pull/Kanban Overview with Simulation
  • Total Productive Maintenance
  • Lean Sigma Overview
  • Continuous Improvement Tools
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Performance Metrics and Balance Scorecard
Quality Programs
  • ISO 9001
  • TS-16949
  • ISO/QS/TS Gap Analysis
  • ISO/QS/TS Internal Quality Auditor Training
  • ISO/QS/TS Internal Quality Audits
  • Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA)
  • Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
  • Benchmarking
  • Six Sigma
  • Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
  • Statistical Process Control (SPC)
  • Metrology
  • Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Certified Quality Manager Preparation
  • Certified Quality Engineer Preparation
  • Certified Quality Auditor Preparation
Additional Services
  • Professional coaching
  • Meeting & Training facilitation
Lean Manufacturing
8 Wastes of Lean
  • Overproduction - Producing more/earlier/faster than the next operation
  • Motion - Any movement of people or machines that does not add any value to the product or service
  • Inventory - Any supply in excess of one-piece flow
  • Transportation - Moving materials, people and information around the organization
  • Waiting - Waiting for man, machine, materials, information, etc.
  • Under Utilized People - Not using people s skills, experience, knowledge or creativity
  • Defects - Re-inspection or rechecking of work
  • Over-processing - Effort that adds no value to the product or service from a customer’s point-of-view


Benefits of Lean
  • Cost Reduction
  • Cycle time reduction
  • "Waste" minimization
  • Elimination of non-value added activities
  • A more Lean, competitive, agile, customer focused, market responsive organization
Quality
Go Quality
Profero, Inc has a well-developed process for taking companies through registration to ISO 9001. The Profero team can assist you with any of the following:
  • Creating your quality Manual, procedures, work instructions and forms
  • Conducting an executive overview on ISO 9001:2000 for your management team
  • Training and coaching your internal auditors
  • Implementing the requirements of ISO 9001-2000
  • Conducting training for your employees
  • Preparing a management review agenda
  • Coaching on the management review process
  • Selecting a registrar
  • Support during the pre-assessment and registration audit

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