Go lean! Streamline your operations.
Continuous process improvement and lean manufacturing principles are more than academic subjects to us. Our APICS-certified professionals will walk through your facilities, learn about your operations and recommend ways to improve processes and cut waste.
SVA helped a large distributor realize a 99.9% inventory accuracy rate.
Learn how.Whether you embark on a simple 5S program or consider in-depth, value-stream mapping to identify waste and inefficiencies, we can direct and oversee your journey to efficiency and improvement with the following:
- Operational reviews and value-stream mapping
Gain insight into where bottlenecks reside, what your true customer demand rate is and where there is waste in your operation. - Supply chain management
Determine how well the activities or elements of your supply chain process are being used with qualitative measurements used during our assessment. - Inventory cycle counting
Our approach to inventory cycle management is uniquely designed to assist manufacturers and distributors with measurable and attainable standards of excellence. - 5S education
Learn how to organize, clean, develop and sustain a productive work environment. The 5S’ stand for sort, straighten, shine, standardize and sustain. - Continuous improvement events
Take away an analysis, design and re-arrangement of a current product line or area, plus identification of future improvements with a continuous improvement event. - Lean education
The Lean 101 approach is to minimize waste, maximize process flow, reduce costs and increase profits. - ISO 9000 certification support
Get ready for certification! Improve operational processes by reducing scrap, operator training time and employee turnover.