Productivity Conversion has its origins in the TTC [Technology Transfer Council].
Formed in 1980, the TTC was Australia's leading not-for-profit consulting organisation supporting
Australia's manufacturing industry. TTC worked with more than 660 manufacturing organisations throughout Australia, establishing the Best Practice tactics of JIT, Employee Involvement and Total Quality
through its Value-Adding Management [VAM®] operational strategy.
This provided the foundation for the success of many of our remaining manufacturing exporters today.
Eric Manderson was a foundation staff-member of the TTC; Colin Gare joined it in the early Nineties.
In January 1994, TTC merged with the Australian Quality
Council, and Colin and Eric subsequently formed independent operations as part of the council's Australia-wide network of Delivery Partners.
Colin Gare and his associates have worked
with small, medium and large organisations in almost every industry
sector,
including:
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Aerospace |
Entertainment |
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Automotive |
Hospitality |
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Steel |
Electrical & Electronics |
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Mining |
Government |
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Education |
Information Technology |
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Textiles |
Public Utilities |
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Food & Beverages |
Healthcare |
Changeover time reduced from approximately 90 minutes to a consistently achievable 12 minutes. Permitted a complete re-think of production strategy, resulting in the elimination of a holding store and the de-commissioning of one of the two production furnaces.
Net productivity in a high volume plant increased by 30% through application of best practice principles such as process flow linking, set-up time reduction, batch size reduction, group technology, statistical process control and employee involvement in team-based improvement initiatives.
Sales per Employee increased by 14%, Mill Up-Time increased 29.5%, Staff Morale & attitude index up 23%.
"I've never before seen anyone make such a positive impact on the people, their attitude and commitment in such a short time."
Product Lead Time cut by 60%. WIP down 58%. Raw material stock reduced by 38%. Nearly $1,000,000 of funds released for capital improvements.
Mill Running-Time up 35% over three months.
Same-day Order Processing up from typically 80% to consistently better than 95%.
Zero Late Deliveries over 12 months period.
Error Rate reduced by 40%.
Process Complexity reductions of 14.3%, 36.4% and 61.5% respectively in the three core business processes.
VAM® is a Registered Trademark of the Australian Quality Council
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