www.artdavisgroup.com

Introductory On-Site LEAN ASSESSMENT

The Davis Group

16 North Knight Avenue

Park Ridge, Illinois 60068

Phone: 847-685-9820

Fax: 817.977.3041

E-mail: AGDavis001@sbcglobal.net

Objectives

The Introductory On-Site Visit provides an opportunity for The Davis Group to become acquainted with your company’s products, processes, and people.  It also allows us to introduce the capabilities and methodologies of the Lean Sigma Process and The Davis Group.

More importantly, the visit is a forum for the company’s management team to share specific problems, opportunities, and improvement needs.  Having a good understanding of your needs is essential for us to outline a preliminary action plan.

Pre-Visit Preparation

To help ensure the visit is productive, preliminary information (as appropriate) is gathered prior to the visit and may include:  an annual report, a product catalog, an organization chart, current improvement plans, financial information, a business plan, and key performance measures.

Typical Agenda

7:30 - 8:30          

8:30 - 9:15


9:15 - 10:30

10:30 - Noon 

Noon - 1:00

1:00 - 2:00

2:00 - 2:30    

2:30 - 4:30                       

Check in with the host and get ready for the 8:30 presentation.

Make a brief presentation about Lean Sigma and The Davis Group and discuss why we are here.  This meeting includes the President and his/her staff.

Tour the facility.

Speak with selected people to understand the company’s needs.  Interviews are generally 30 minutes.

Have lunch with selected management team members.

Continue interviews.

Prepare the wrap-up.

Conduct the management wrap-up meeting.  This is a forum for the company’s management team to collectively discuss improvement needs, and for us to provide some initial feedback.  This meeting includes the President and his/her staff

What Next?

At the conclusion of the wrap-up meeting, we will collaboratively determine if there is any interest in working together.  If so, we will prepare a specific proposal containing project objectives, work steps, schedule, resources, team composition, and costs.  This proposal will be presented to the management team in a follow-up meeting another day.

Cost

No charge other than travel expense if required for this one-day visit.