Financial assessment and advisory services, financial management reporting processes, cash-flow forecasting & cash management – and business planning, including equipment acquisition and project investment impact and justification.  Data-driven management requires accurate, detailed reporting to surface problems and opportunities and take timely, meaningful action.

Support for accomplishing important – especially strategic – objectives using rigorous planning, scheduling, and controlling methodologies.  This process, formally called Project Management, is the effective means to successfully completing key initiatives within schedule and cost constraints. Tools and training supplement these services.

Defining and documenting organizational processes from top (policy) to bottom (reports/forms) enables better control and communication with process ‘owners’.  The resulting knowledge and document resources give key employees an understanding of their role and responsibilities in relation to the overall mission, so they can complete their work assignments successfully and contribute to process improvement.

Key management resources typically include a range of handbooks, guides, and manuals, as well as other important plans, reports, and tools.  Many organizations fail to develop/leverage the documentation they need, or once created, these valuable resources are not well maintained.  New technologies enable faster development and easier access and updating via online libraries and tools for information and education.

Organizations implement their strategic goals and manage tactical operations through a small number of key processes that must adapt to internal/external change and should be continuously improved to support growth. A state of performance or quality exists in every organization whether it is good or poor. Successful (performance-driven) organizations focus on process improvement using quality management principals.

The High Product Mix nature of this custom manufacturing business generates special process control challenges since virtually every order entering production requires a distinct approach to design and build, re-build or re-design.  Core process functions like Job Quotes, Workflow, Quality Assurance, Supplier Qualification, Skill Training, and Product Development are easily compromised without experienced support.

Manufacturing requires appropriately rigorous, documented, and repeatable product development, test, and quality assurance processes.  Without them they risk high costs that over time endanger their markets, and potentially their business viability.  A planned, integrated product development process will optimize revenues and margins.

Managing multiple production projects in complex, volume manufacturing settings requires the precise coordination of resources and changes to insure that consistent standards of output and quality are achieved.  Failures in planning, quality, objective alignment, program integration, financial administration, facilities/technology, etc., are costly.

Tracking myriad employment details and the ever-changing regulatory requirements governing employees in the workplace is a significant challenge for smaller employers.  Human resource responsibilities are typically delegated to someone without the background, training and time to manage this critical function successfully.

HR services are geared to the needs of larger employer organizations.  We review human resource policy and practice to support the development/implementation of programs that achieve higher levels of individual and organizational performance, and we track/advise on regulatory requirements governing employees in the workplace.

Websites are two-way communication platforms, with the potential to add revenue and productivity to any organization by establishing and extending relationships with key audiences – customers, members, employees, partners/shareholders, contributors, suppliers, etc.  Integrating design with enabling features, functions, and content are critical to site effectiveness and organizational success.