Key Services

The South West Manufacturing Advisory Service can provide sustainable improvements to your manufacturing business in four key areas:

Quality

• Reduction of customer complaints
• Resolution of quality problems
• Reduction of waste

Cost

• Improved productivity
• Increased space utilisation
• Improved machine performance
• Stock reduction

Delivery

• Improved on time delivery
• Reduction of work in progress
• Shorter lead times

Innovation

• Shorter product introductions
• Project managemen
• Links to information and research on new materials / processes

How we deliver our services:

1. Telephone 0845 608 3838
2. Internet www.swmas.co.uk
3. Manufacturing Review an initial assessment of your operation to identify target areas for improvement.
4. Diagnostic working with your employees to collect data on your manufacturing processes and plan appropriate improvements
5. Rapid Improvement project working with your employees to achieve significant improvements to your operations. This element of the service may be brokered through third party providers where appropriate.

The following modules are available for delivery by our Specialists or approved associates under our Rapid Improvement programme:

• 7 wastes
• Visual management
• Communications briefing
• Team building
• Overall equipment effectiveness - OEE
• TPM
• Problem solving
• Change management
• Process system audits
• Standard operating procedures - SOPs
• SMED / Set-up reduction
• Kanban / Flow management / JIT / Pull
• Concurrent engineering
• Value stream mapping
• Process mapping
• Cellular Manufacturing
• Takt time & line balancing
• Capacity planning
• Poke Yoke
• Statistical Process Control - SPC
• Failure mode effect analysis - FMEA
• Layout improvement
• 5S / 5C