Christian Paulsen ConsultingThe Continuous Improvement Specialist

Niblock & Associates, LLCe-mail: paulsen-christian@att.net

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Driving out losses to improve your bottom lineServices to improve your manufacturing process:

•Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma & Total Productive Maintenance: Implementing sustainable improvements

•Kaizen Events: Focused Improvements to eliminate losses

•Rapid Change-Over: Improving your change-overs

•Start-Up Kaizens: Improved procedures to increase efficiencies

•Leadership: Customized training to fit your needs

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Lean Manufacturing: Using Continuous Improvement to eliminate 7 deadly wastes

Benefits:

•Zero-loss mentality taught to your team

•Quick implementation of easy and inexpensive ideas

•Continuous Improvement means ongoing improvements to your process

•Eliminating waste means an improved bottom line.

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Six Sigma:

Benefits:

•Sustainable Quality Improvements

•Proven methodology (DMAIC)

•Continuous Improvement methodology can be applied to any of your loss categories

•Eliminating waste means an improved bottom line.

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Total Productive Maintenance: The critical adjunct to Lean ManufacturingBenefits:

•Zero-loss mentality taught to your team

•Improved Operator ownership

•Brings Continuous Improvement methodology to your maintenance department

•Improved cooperation between maintenance and operations

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Kaizen Events: Focused Improvement to eliminate losses in your manufacturing.

Benefits:

•Improved Safety: Standardized procedures = reduced risk to people

•Improved Quality: Standardized procedures = reduced risk to product

•Reduced Losses: Improved procedures = improved yield, efficiencies, and operating costs

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Rapid Change-Over KaizenBenefits:

•Improved Safety – A reduction in steps = reduced risk to people

•Improved Quality – A reduction in steps = reduced risk to product

•Reduced Downtime – A reduction in steps and more efficient steps = faster change-overs

•Targeted tasks completed 30% faster than benchmark

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Start-Up KaizenBenefits:

•Improved Safety – Standardization = reduced risk to people

•Improved Quality – Standardization = reduced risk to product

•Reduced Downtime – improved procedures reduces start-up losses.

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Leadership TrainingBenefits:

•Customized to fit the needs of your team

•Targeted training delivered as needed can be applied that same day

•Delivered by a seasoned manufacturing professional that understands life in the plant

•Investing in the future of your business

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Other Benefits

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•Sustainable Results – Standardized work = repeatable results

•More production at lower costs

•Culture Change

•Innovation

•Improved Moral

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Christian Paulsen Consulting

Services are available if you contact Christian by e-mail or via LinkedIn

(below).

e-mail: paulsen-christian@att.nethttp://www.linkedin.com/in/christianpaulsen

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