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Release Your Hidden Factory
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The hidden factory is the difference between your site level OEE and 100%hidden factory. Exemplar organisations systematically reduce that difference by 15 to 25% per year which is worth around 50% increase in effectiveness over a 3 to 5 year period. For a $100m organisation an increase in site OEE by 1% can be worth around $0.25m improvement in net profit .

Research confirms that delivering industry leading levels of performance is a journey rather than a one off activity. Although each journey is unique the progress from good to better to best involves progress through 3 distinct improvement landscapes. Just like a telephone number they have to be completed in the right order to get the right result.

Complete our 5 minute Hidden Factory diagnostics to find out where you are on that journey and we will send you a benchmark comparison of your current improvement process and recommended steps to progress towards the full potential of your operation.

Contact us if you would like help to release your Hidden Factory or Sign up for one of our practical workshops all designed to help key personnel to systematically release the full potential of their operations.

Click below to learn more about how your organisation can build on progress to date and accelerate the gains from its Lean Sigma and TPM improvement process by adopting the hidden factory road map.

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Who are DAK Consulting
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We help improvement leaders and change agents to develop CI skills through our train the trainer/practitioner level workshops.

We help managers and their teams to apply improvement tools to systematically release their hidden factory and deliver their full potential by working with them to improve OEE through the use of focused improvement tools and tactics.

We help manufacturing and process companies to improve business performance by providing analysis, coaching and hands on consultancy support to deliver year on year improvement in performance.

We help multi site organisations to multiply that potential through developing and supporting internal CI networks.

We help UK Manufacturing to share best practice in partnership with Works Management leading cross company improvement networks to share best practice across UK manufacturing.

Contact us to arrange a no obligation discussion on how to accelerate the gains from your improvement process.

 

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

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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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