Carpédia has worked with process-oriented, fabrication and assembly-oriented manufacturers throughout North America to drive out cost while concurrently improving service. In process-oriented environments, we help management schedule resources and output around the operation’s limiting constraints (process bottlenecks). In fabrication and assembly operations, we help management schedule and adjust available resources to match the fluctuations in customer demand. We use both six sigma and lean techniques and improve existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. We have worked in light and heavy equipment operations and we have worked equally well in unionized and non-unionized environments.

Some of the areas where we typically work with management include:

• Aligning sales and production teams to work together in order to maximize both revenue and service.
• Flowing work through the process according to well-balanced schedules.
• Controlling execution at the front-line through visual feedback boards that let people know how they are performing.
• Measuring schedule attainment, productivity, quality and service in real-time.
• Providing employees with the necessary coaching support, tools and training.