Why Get a Rapid Plant Assessment by P-Squared?
We recently performed a rapid plant assessment (RPA) for a manufacturing company that needed a clearer direction and better understanding of areas of opportunity within their company. While most the senior staff was already aware of some key opportunities within the organization, they lacked the vision and discipline of how to get there quickly and efficiently. Since time and resources were limited, this company decided on asking our team, P-Squared to aid in assisting with the prioritization and implementation of their next group of continual improvement projects.
Why did this company choose P-Squared?
In one word, it’s experience. The Psquared Team is well trained in using the Rapid Plant Assessment, developed by Eugene Goodsen of the University of Michigan. Combine that with the fact that the Psquared team visits more than 50 manufacturing plants a year and has worked on numerous manufacturing improvement projects, it’s easy to see why. Furthermore it’s the structure and reporting system that the Psquared team uses. The RPA is a very clear and easy to follow scoring system based on 11 categories measuring 121 different attributes of a company. Assessments usually take three full days yet have little disruption on the production floor. At the end of the week the team reports out their initial findings to the managing staff with a full report to follow. The report delivers individual findings within each category and gives recommendations on which areas to address first. The report concludes with a low hanging fruit - high impact section as well as recommended areas in which your company might look at hiring outside resources.
So if you are a company looking for a low impact high return organizational assessment, an RPA by P-Squared is the way to go. Contact Whitney at (425) 922-6436 if you are interested.