Absolute Engineering & Consulting, LLC 

Consulting Services we provide:

• Business Performance Improvement - faster delivery, higher productivity, enhanced service, lower warranty cost, increases in the bottom line
• Business Process Improvement - order entry, fulfillment, R & D, design
• Lean and continuous improvement strategy and implementation
• Continuous Improvement training and coaching
• Cellular production implementation
• LEAN OFFICE - short programs to bring lean benefits to the office environment

Engineering Services we provide:

• Project management
• Temporary or interim plant management
• Design Services

Why not sit down with a professional and discuss it?  One might define a big mistake as not taking action, and missing the answer. And, one might define a small mistake as spending an hour or two and not finding the right help. Which type mistake would you rather make?

Contact Absolute for a chat.

Do you feel like you are on a "burning platform?"

The term “burning platform” has been a mainstay in business lexicon for many years. For those not familiar with its origin, the story goes something like this:
A man working on an oil platform in the North Sea was awakened suddenly one night by an explosion. Amidst the chaos, he made his way to the edge of the platform. As a plume of fire billowed behind him, he decided to jump from the burning platform even though jumping was a risky option for the following reasons:

• It was a 150-foot drop from the platform to the water.
• There was debris and burning oil on the surface of the water.
• If the jump into the 40°F water did not kill him, he would die of exposure within 15 minutes.

Luckily, the man survived the jump and was hauled aboard a rescue boat shortly thereafter. When asked why he jumped, he replied, “Better probable death than certain death.” The point is the literally “burning” platform caused the radical change in his behavior.

Business Process Improvement

Davenport (1993) defines a (business) process as

”a structured, measured set of activities designed to produce a specific output for a particular customer or market. It implies a strong emphasis on how work is done within an organization, in contrast to a product focus’s emphasis on what. A process is thus a specific ordering of work activities across time and space, with a beginning and an end, and clearly defined inputs and outputs: a structure for action. ... Taking a process approach implies adopting the customer’s point of view. Processes are the structure by which an organization does what is necessary to produce value for its customers.”

If you can't see the benefit to your customer of all your activities or you find that your functional departments spend more time battling each other than serving the customer, contact Absolute for a free assessment.

Also feel free to contact Absolute about our other services.