By combining the best of Lean and Six Sigma methods, Oakland has created a powerful approach for raising internal capability that will deliver lasting improvement.
The Need...
Every manager should recognise the importance of satisfying customers with On-Time, On-Quality, On-Cost delivery. However, many struggle to achieve this often elusive balance with existing improvement approaches such as Lean and Six Sigma.
By effectively combining the best elements of these approaches, dramatic and lasting benefit can be achieved in all three areas of operational excellence.
Oakland can help you to find the answer - quickly and effectively. We ensure that your improvement programme is well set-up, structured and implemented to deliver the results you expect.
How is this achieved...
We believe that lasting change requires an improvement in the capability of the company through external support rather than pure intervention. We equip your people to take a fact-based, methodical approach to improvement that encompasses the technical and managerial skills necessary to achieve your goals.
Furthermore, we believe that real learning requires a combination of theory and practice. Hence we coach and mentor your people through the training experience whilst they deliver a project of significance. That way you benefit from the outset.
Case Studies
EADS Airbus Variation
Oakland Consulting has been working with EADS over several years to develop and implement an effective improvement programme. This case study briefly describes just one of the hundreds of projects undertaken. It describes the first project undertaken by an EADS Black Belt candidate, recently trained by Oakland Consulting in Lean Six Sigma.
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EADS Improving On Time, On Quality, On Cost, Performance
EADS is Europe’s largest Aerospace and Defence Group. Superior designs and effective marketing have driven up global market share and given an order book that is the largest in the world. To enhance their ability to deliver sophisticated products and services on time and on quality, a Quality and Operational Excellence Programme (QOEP) was launched, championed by the Chief Quality Officer (CQO), and Oakland was engaged from the outset. This programme has three main elements: a Customer Review Process, improvements in the end-to-end Supply Chain and in Product Realisation, and the development of skills and knowledge in the key personnel who will lead improvements in operational performance, based on a new improvement methodology.
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