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We have an
impressive and verifiable record of significant product, process and
business improvements since 1980. These include: Time to market, new
product development system improvement; Reengineering; Business unit profit
improvement; Six Sigma, Baldrige manufacturing process yield, quality, cost
and performance improvement; Cost-of-Quality and Profitability Due
diligence, Improvement; etc.
We know how to
streamline a manufacturing process without any major capital expenditures;
identify the fundamental engineering principles that affect process and
product performance by completing statistically valid experiments and
process capability studies; establish optimal process parameters and
complete process validation; complete "time and motion"
productivity, efficiency and benchmarking studies.
We have developed
Cost of Quality, Performance and Productivity models for the
identification, correction and prevention of related business
inefficiencies that utilize 44 quantitative criteria, metrics.
We know how to
transform poorly performing business units into profitable and fast growing
entities by utilizing our rather simple but powerful methodologies. Since
1990, we have helped such companies as American Home Products, Johnson
& Johnson, Alcoa, Minolta, B. F. Goodrich, Kimberly Clark, Abbott Laboratories,
Medtronic, Cardinal and a number of start-up ventures realize millions of
dollars in quantifiable benefits.
We
have expertise in resolving thorny manufacturing problems caused by
material, process, and environmental conditions. We specify the expected
outcome, isolate the problem, uncover the root cause and fix it
permanently. We have completed projects involving fiber optic, blood
and body fluid sensors/membranes, heart valves, pacemakers, blood
collection and storage containers, kidney dialysis, oxygenator and
heart/lung bypass devices, syringes, needles, blades and micro-surgical
cutting instruments, sutures, PTCA-perfusion-fiber optic-central
vascular-electrophysiology and suction catheters, guidewires,
micro-catheters and coils, and stents. We also have worked with
antithrombogenic-, biocompatible-, antimicrobial-, and infection-resistant
technologies; dental and other surgical implants; bone graft plaster
formulation; laparoscopic and incontinence devices; collagen homeostatic
and drug transdermal delivery systems; sterile injectables; hospital waste
disposal products; surgical drains and reservoirs, infection control
devices; contact lenses, tortuous and capillary-pore microfiltration
membrane and industrial filtration systems, gloves, towels, and surgical
drapes.
We have improved the
performance, quality and cost of many poorly functioning products and
processes through effective redesign, streamlining, statistical process
control, optimization and defects elimination. We are thoroughly
knowledgeable about extrusion, molding, thermoforming, cleaning,
conditioning, coating, lubricating, biocompatibility/anticoagulation and
anti-thrombogenicity, conventional and lyophilized drying, sterilization,
packaging, liquid and powder dispensing, chemical compounding, mixing and
handling technologies. We have successfully developed, installed,
optimized and validated high-volume, in-line processes in manufacturing
sites located throughout the US, UK, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
We presented a
seminar titled "Business Transformation Through Re-Engineering and
Continuous Improvement ... powerful models and practical strategies for an
ever rapidly changing global business environment" in Princeton, NJ,
on May 19, 1999. The main points of the presentation included:
- What are the most
effective models and practical strategies today?
- How could we best apply
them to our benefit?
- How could we analyze
current operations and implement the required changes?
- How could we design a
breakthrough organizational structure to take advantage of changes in
the market place, and gradually implement the new structure without
disrupting day-to-day operations?
Examples
of our work include:
- Turned-around the
profitability of an electro-mechanical equipment manufacturer, having
a 40 people business unit with $3.2 million annual sales but zero net
profit. Performed critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses
of current mfg., engineering and Q.C. operations and/or depts. Offered and help
implement own recommendations for the resolution of identified
operational and other business bottlenecks, i.e. structure and
responsibilities for available resources, manufacturing process flow,
quality issues for product components, how to avoid the "fire
fighting" approach, etc.Provided alternatives for resolving
product design and/or manufacturing defects.Made specific suggestions
for improving overall productivity, i.e. how to triple manufacturing
capacity while having free resources for new product
development.Presented recommendations for the business unit’s
regaining of the trust and confidence of their corporate management,
salesforce and customer concerning their ability to manufacture and
market a product line of profitable, high quality medical products.
Provided a list of selling-off, acquisition, merging and/or alliance
development strategies.
- Helped a start-up company
manufacturing patented fiber-optic technology catheter products
streamline its operations and untap a new market, a $7.5 million
opportunity. Streamlined the manufacturing processes and
automated a number of critical, labor-intensive operations. Identified
and resolved a number of safety and environmental hazards related to
chemicals ventilation and mfg. site’s soil contamination.Resolved a
number of quality product defects related to calibration and stability
of electronic hardware; surface treatment and subsequent adhesive
bonding of plastic, glass and metallic product component surfaces.
Refocused activities of engineering staff and helped them apply proprietary
know-how to other technologies for expanding their product line.
Helped in the
development and implementation of outsourcing strategy for improving
net income profitability requirements.
- Assisted sutures
manufacturer improve by 52% and 15% respectively its quality and
cost. The cleaning, siliconization and drying cycles were
reduced to two from twenty four hours. Resulted in $1 million
annual savings. Helped medical device manufacturer eliminate a
chronic liquid filling product defect and increase its production rate
by 20 fold. Resulted in $300 thousand annual savings.
- Assisted plastic bottle
closures manufacturer resolve chronic quality defect. Made
tooling and equipment modification recommendations which resulted in
the renewing of long term purchasing contract with previously unhappy,
key customer, valued at $3.5 million. Assisted high speed color
copier equipment manufacturer resolve stubborn contamination
problem. Established chemical nature of contaminant and recommended
solution alternatives. Annual cost savings at $370 thousand.
- Helped diagnostics
instrument manufacturer improve by 125% rehydration of multi-component
powder reagent. Directed the optimization of both the client’s
and its vendors’ manufacturing processes by adjusting granule particle
size distribution, bulk density, mixing, concentration and drying of
reagent mixture. Assisted liquid medication manufacturer resolve
chronic product defect. Recommended surface treatment
technologies for modifying wettability and spreading of utilized
liquids and help company improve by 28% product quality. Resulted in
$2.5 million annual savings.
- Developed outsourcing
manufacturing strategy for cardiovascular products manufacturer.
Presented advantages and disadvantages of each recommended option and
helped in the establishment of new manufacturing plan.
- Improved by 32% sharpness
of needle for blood gas syringe at manufacturing plant of a sister
division. Resulted in timely launch of "Precision
Glide" worldwide advertising campaign and turned around
politically explosive situation. Improved by 35% dissolution of
lyophilized heparin powder for blood gas syringe. Optimized
granule particle size, binders, concentration and freeze drying
parameters. Resulted in timely launch of new product, a $10
million market opportunity.
- Improved by 50% quality
of blood collection tubes with computer model predicting
performance. Established and controlled silica powder’s
particle size distribution and agglomeration, the most important
process parameters. Resulted in $2 million annual savings.
- Identified and satisfied
unmet needs of customer by inventing and completing quantitative
competitive evaluation of suction catheters and membranes for suction
canisters. Solved air flow restriction and sealing problems,
which reversed $500 thousand product back orders. New
advertising campaign resulted in $5 million sales gain. Qualified PVC
suction catheter kits for radiation sterilization. Evaluation
schedule compressed from twelve months to six. Resulted in $125
thousand annual savings.
- Qualified new bottom web
for sterile solution tray with high volume form/fill/seal packaging
equipment. Help redesign and build packaging dies in three
months. Reduced tubing and adapter costs of suction catheter by
$175 thousand annually. Solved seventeen year old extrusion and
molding problems.
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