PROCESS GAP ANALYSIS

What we know

With more than 25 years' experience in Production Control, CIMx has some unique skills. We've seen everything from sticky notes on airplane parts to an annual budget of $10,000 on magnets to run jobs. We've seen what works and what doesn't and have a passion to learn more about things.

Whether you plan to use our tools or go your own way, we can provide insights into your processes - what's going well and not and what you can do today to help your team.

Where it's going right

Each time we're with a customer, we see things about their process(es) that are advancing them beyond their competition. Things they do better than others. Processes that have better outcomes. We pay careful attention to these, making sure that nothing we suggest in the "broken" category affects what's really working for you.

Where it's not

When you're there every day, it can be difficult to see where your team's losing track or having trouble. We know what we expect to see based on your reports of your teams' performance. Sometimes we find exactly what we expected. Other times, things aren't going to plan and the team is trying to fix them along the way. We can spot those and identify remediations.

What makes us qualified?

We've been working with manufacturers since mainframe computers were kept in air conditioned rooms with raised floors. Our expertise is specific to operator-run shops. Those of you using people to do the work, we can help.

Insights on your gaps

Whether your shop runs on paper or uses a database tool in manufacturing, we provide the critical insights you need to move forward. Our Process Gap Analysis starts with interviews with your key team members. We are a process-driven organization and can uncover the what behind the why. We want to identify why you are having the problems you see.

Background

We have 25 years of service in the most regulated industries in the world. Working with customers in Aerospace, Defense, Medical Device and Composite Manufacturing, we developed the systems and processes to analyze where their manufacturing processes were failing, where there were gaps in their work.

With decades of experience on their shop floors, we are uniquely qualified to help identify the critical areas of risk with compliance to your processes, regulations and requirements.

Why we do it

Process gap analysis work takes time and a keen eye for attention. One of our company Core Values is "We are born problem solvers."

Quite simply, we've never met a problem we didn't want to explore. That natural curiosity means we hire individuals that are uniquely positioned to pay attention and, with 25 years' experience in manufacturing, we have the right tools for them to do the work.

What we do

We will take you on a methodical walk through your design and manufacturing practices. We compare your processes, from design all the way through production quality, to industry best practices.

Each step along the way, we are measuring against standard work and identifying gaps. You receive a value of measure against the standard and one or more ways to close the critical gaps we identify.

We build a 4-6 page document outlining your specific gaps and the suggestions we have to close them. We prioritize the work for you so you can attack your most critical issues first, with a specific eye towards the gaps that provide the largest ROI (return).

We do a deep-dive into the information with you and give you access to experts in the areas of most need. We also provide follow-on assistance and we'll even check up on you periodically to see how you're doing.