FLOWVISIONS Implementation Solutions For Lean and Flow Provide Extraordinary Results to Customers

Diverse industries realizing tremendous operational efficiencies and cash flow gains with Flow and Lean Implementations. FlowVision has enabled clients to fully leverage their people, processes, and equipment resources while transforming business process to efficiently respond to ongoing business change.

Dillon, CO (PRWEB) January 27, 2004 --FlowVision LLC, the leader in Flow and Lean manufacturing consulting that provides real world expertise in lead-time reduction and supply-chain management resulting in significant financial results, today announced that its solutions are becoming increasingly critical to its clients' optimization strategies. FlowVision has enabled clients to fully leverage their people, processes, and equipment resources while transforming business process to efficiently respond to ongoing business change.

As the variability and complexity of their clients product demands increase, organizations need more sophisticated ways to manage and coordinate material, employee and equipment resources throughout the enterprise. The FlowVision solutions enable clients to meet these challenges with ease - providing total control over even the largest and most complex manufacturing and supply-chain environments. Over 100 clients have enjoyed some of the following benefits:
ˇ Manufacturing lead-time reductions from 50 to 98%
ˇ Facility wide inventory reductions of 67%
ˇ Raw material inventory reductions greater than 50%
ˇ Work-in-Process reductions greater than 90%
ˇ Finished goods inventory reductions greater than 75%
ˇ Improved workmanship related quality issues by 50%
ˇ Improved on-time shipments to greater than 90%
ˇ Improved floor space utilization by greater than 25%

We re-engineer businesses to incorporate the efficiency of Lean Manufacturing and Flow-based concepts into the manufacturing and office arena. Lean manufacturing and Flow manufacturing facilities are designed and balanced to allow our clients to react quickly to customer requirements", said Gary Cortés, Partner at FlowVision. The quicker reaction time is the basis for reduced inventories, improved cash flow, double digit inventory turns, greater productivity and unparalleled quality levels."

WIP improvements have been extensive for The Timken Company. Scott Pollock, Director Small Bore Global Operations, Work-in-process has been reduced by over 50 percent while lead times in some parts of the operations have gone from 14 days to 29 minutes!"

The FlowVision educational services include hands-on labs and custom workshops. The educational sessions address the needs for both executives and line personnel and vary based on level of understanding of Lean/Flow processes. The services can be configured to suit any skill level and enable users to manage and monitor business processes at any appropriate level of granularity. Support for international requirements is delivered in bi-lingual formats for Spanish, French, and Chinese, in addition to English.

According to Scott Gaster, Vice President and General Manager Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC, Our decision to go with FlowVision was based on their experience and their approach toward training our employees as we implemented their services."

The FlowVision implementation solutions are custom tailored to our clients specific needs. They span from an audit through a full Lean or Flow implementation", said Michael Henderson, Partner for FlowVision. This custom implementation approach has shown dramatic improvements in manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries, and regulated industries covered by FDA, DOD, FAA, and DOT requirements."

Effective Lean and Flow-based management is becoming especially important to organizations as they pursue on-demand supply-chain strategies. The strategies require highly flexible control over when and where product is produced to support delivery of end customers.

FlowVision came down and showed us on the second day of their evaluation one process that improved throughput 25% and dramatically improved product quality." Said Kerry Herndon, President Kerrys Bromeliad Nursery.

In conjunction with today's announcement, FlowVision is hosting upcoming workshops in multiple Flow and Lean topics across the country. These provide customers with timely, expert advice specific to their needs To view the schedule and register for a workshop in your area, please view the schedule at: http://www.flowvision.com/english/Workshop_schedule.asp.

About FlowVision LLC
FlowVision, LLC is a full service provider of Lean Manufacturing and Flow Manufacturing services. The techniques that we use are based on the Toyota Production System - (TPS). We can reengineer businesses to incorporate the efficiency of Lean Manufacturing and Flow Manufacturing in the manufacturing and office arena. Lean manufacturing and Flow manufacturing facilities are designed and balanced to allow our client companies to react quickly to customer requirements. The quicker reaction time is the basis for reduced inventories, improved cash flow, double digit inventory turns, greater productivity and unparalleled quality levels At FlowVision, we differentiate ourselves from traditional consulting organizations by assigning only senior level experts in this field. The senior level assistance provided results in practical yet innovative Lean Manufacturing and Flow Manufacturing solutions. For more information on FlowVision, please visit http://www.flowvision.com/
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