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Product/Service
Cost reduction:
- Product costing
analysis for sales decisions
- Job cost
analysis for sales decision making
- Matching
of actual to estimated costs and corrective actions
- Direct labor
utilization analysis and corrective measures
Sales
Issues:
- Customer
relationship improvement
- Product/service
perception
- Product/service
mix (expansion and contraction of product offerings)
- Sales analysis
by gross margin (where you win and where you lose)
- Strategic
planning with realistic criteria and information
- Introduction
to benefits of contribution analysis and incremental costs
- Getting and
staying competitive
Inventory
Reductions:
- Obsolete
reduction and prevention of recurrences
- Slow moving
reductions
- Turns improvements
if applicable
Shop
floor Management:
- Information
flow to shop for increased productivity
- Direct labor
productivity maximization
- Indirect
labor reductions
Management
Assistance:
- Management
training
- Team building
- Employee
evaluation and enhancement
- Management
team analysis
Finance
Issues:
- Accounts
receivable monitoring
- Collection
calls
- Bad debt
reduction and prevention of recurrences
- Accounts
payable issues and auditing for overpayments and duplications
- Cash flow
planning
- Bank relationships
- SG&A
expense analysis and reductions
Computer
Utilization:
- Maximize
existing software utilization
- Decrease
useless reports
- Streamline
information flow to simplified levels for "real world"
use
- Create exception
and flash reports
Misc.:
- Employee
benefits
- Personnel
issues
- Hiring and
firing assistance and legalities
- Vendor negotiations
for pricing, concessions, and late payments
- Meeting maximization,
follow-up, and elimination
- Implementing
accountability and enforcing
- Employee
motivation and involvement in the team
- Organizational
issues
- Prioritizing
duties
- Administrative
productivity issues
- Asset utilization
maximization
- Project management
and planning
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