Consulting Services
Consulting services are delivered through on site facilitated programs, workshops and off site coaching that enable our clients to own the actions and knowledge to implement the agreed improvements. We analyze our client's status then develop ways to adapt our programs to deliver to your actual needs.
Strategic Planning
Watch your company experience superior growth through strategic planning services.
We examine your business delivery model - the value that you truly generate for your customers, and how you compete to deliver that value, taking into account an analysis of your competitors.
We create a variety of possible scenarios, performing business modeling to determine what changes you can make to embrace the alternative futures that your company faces.
And finally, we provide detailed strategic initiatives to provide you with specific, actionable items to position your company for a successful future.
Lean Manufacturing
Transform your manufacturing facilities into a World Class performer through Lean Manufacturing methods that improve quality, safety, while increasing productivity.
We analyze your current situation and develop a description of your future. Then we define how to cross the gap and create a plan that incorporates your input.
Lean Manufacturing is one of the most successful methods for improving manufacturing performance, regardless of industry or product. Pioneered as the Toyota Production System, and later studied in detail by MIT, lean manufacturing eliminates waste and improves throughput.
Value Delivery Systems
Develop and implement a fit for purpose, scalable description of how work flows through your business from planning to customer delivery. These systems coordinate and link activities across different parts of your organization in a coherent manner paying particular attention to managing risks and delivering a quality product or service.
Helping you improve schedules, reduce costs, and increase functionality and quality through organizational development.
Project Management
Helping you through organizational development.
Bringing you the most modern methods in project management, from a consulting company that has made the effort and taken the time to properly understand the variety of methods, and how they can best be applied to your situation.
Operations Management
Operations Management is brought to you on site through an analysis of your current situation. We present a recommended map of tools and systems that corresponds to your work flow and then support implementation with facilitation and coaching of your personnel.
Strategic Planning Results
Smith dominates a new service
Smith Bits hired John de Wardt to undertake a scenario planning session for their newly created Advanced Engineering Service. This process created a new understanding of how Smith could differentiate themselves through delivering more value to the customer. Implementation of this strategy yielded a massive growth in this new service and domination in many markets. Furthermore, Smith followed advice from John on the implementation of Lean Manufacturing techniques to further improve the profit margins of a commodity business.
Smith have continued to call on John's services for insight into the future trends in the oil industry and how they can impact the products and services.
Lean Results
Breakthrough reverses a deteriorating trend.
A semi submersible drilling campaign for multiple operators showed a significant deterioration in performance during the initial three wells. This caused the operator planning the fifth well to seriously reconsider the planning and execution methodology traditionally applied. They selected Lean Drilling as the tool to deliver a step change improvement in performance and reverse the deteriorating trend. The base well plan was 46 days in duration. The project team improved this to a trouble free time of 29 days as they built their detailed plan and focused on high performance. The actual result of 27 days confirmed the success of Lean Drilling in delivering the desired step change (left plot). Beyond this excellent performance, the value delivered by this exploration well in terms of the quality and breadth of data acquired exceeded all past experience.
Project Management Results
Oilfield Rig Throughput Doubles
A program that revamped the workflow in sub assemblies and final assemblies enabled a major oilfield supplier to double the throughput of their facility. Critical elements of success were the sub division of the final assembly into suitable sub assemblies and the development of efficient work centers.
Smith dominates a new service
Smith Bits hired John de Wardt to undertake a scenario planning session for their newly created Advanced Engineering Service. This process created a new understanding of how Smith could differentiate themselves through delivering more value to the customer. Implementation of this strategy yielded a massive growth in this new service and domination in many markets. Furthermore, Smith followed advice from John on the implementation of Lean Manufacturing techniques to further improve the profit margins of a commodity business. Smith have continued to call on John's services for insight into the future trends in the oil industry and how they can impact the products and services.
Breakthrough reverses a deteriorating trend.
A semi submersible drilling campaign for multiple operators showed a significant deterioration in performance during the initial three wells. This caused the operator planning the fifth well to seriously reconsider the planning and execution methodology traditionally applied. They selected Lean Drilling as the tool to deliver a step change improvement in performance and reverse the deteriorating trend. The base well plan was 46 days in duration. The project team improved this to a trouble free time of 29 days as they built their detailed plan and focused on high performance. The actual result of 27 days confirmed the success of Lean Drilling in delivering the desired step change (left plot). Beyond this excellent performance, the value delivered by this exploration well in terms of the quality and breadth of data acquired exceeded all past experience.
Project Management Results
Oilfield Rig Throughput Doubles
A program that revamped the workflow in sub assemblies and final assemblies enabled a major oilfield supplier to double the throughput of their facility. Critical elements of success were the sub division of the final assembly into suitable sub assemblies and the development of efficient work centers.
Oilfield Rig Throughput Doubles
A program that revamped the workflow in sub assemblies and final assemblies enabled a major oilfield supplier to double the throughput of their facility. Critical elements of success were the sub division of the final assembly into suitable sub assemblies and the development of efficient work centers.