Operational Excellence
A comprehensive system for operational excellence
Today’s highly complex and global environment brings unique challenges
Tools, technologies, materials and production processes constantly evolve in response to current conditions, but one thing doesn’t change – the need to achieve operational excellence.
Successful aerospace and defense companies have learned to develop operational excellence strategies that address current pressures by adopting a holistic view to organizational performance. These strategies focus on continual improvement of key performance indicators (KPIs), and deploying sustainable interventions that create real impact for the business.
GP Strategies’ operational excellence consulting experts help you shift focus to a holistic view of organizational performance, then target the specific areas that will produce the most effective and responsive changes that will drive operational excellence.
Along the way, we address every element of organizational effectiveness, from strategy and culture to leadership, frontline sales, and the delivery of business results.
Benchmarking standards of excellence
Through our systematic operational excellence model, we take your business on an accelerated path from strategy to sustainability. By benchmarking to 33 standards of excellence that map to the critical components in the model, we help you quickly isolate areas for immediate improvement while uncovering long-term opportunities to:
- Train employees faster at higher test rates
- Monitor, anticipate, and improve equipment performance
- Navigate complex regulations
- Implement technological advances
- Streamline processes and procedures
- Reduce HSE incidents
- Develop capable, adaptable leaders
- Increase profitability and growth
Our Solutions
Asset Performance Management
We support reliable production with a plan covering every element of asset performance management, including human, equipment, design and process.
Lean
We embrace and support the Toyota philosophy for implementing Lean in your enterprise. Brief training modules followed by hands-on implementation provide a deep understanding of the principles and tools of Lean.
Lean Six Sigma
Through structured training, we combine Lean and Six Sigma to help assist in establishing your deployment plan, coaching, and hands-on implementation.
Maintenance & Reliability
With guidance from our Operational Excellence Practice, you will learn to improve equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and increase operations-maintenance cooperation.
Operational Excellence Assessments
From on-site observations, focus groups and interviews to off-site surveying, data analysis and benchmarking, we help you evaluate your current state, identify gaps, and uncover high performance areas. Comparing assessment data to past performance and industry-recognized standards shows where you stand in relation to peers, where performance gaps may exist, and areas already best-in-class.
Risk Management
Create a culture that minimizes risk and maintains compliance by developing governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance in emergency management; health, safety, and environment; process safety; and more.
Six Sigma
These proven techniques drive improved quality of internal process outputs. We excel at helping organizations deploy Six Sigma programs.
Case Studies
Explore our real-world client success stories
