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Friday, June 2, 2017
Precision Machining Job Shop Scheduling Client Success Story
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Manufacturing and Theory of Constraints Expert Dr. Lisa Lang Shares Client Success Story
Tanya DiSalvo, President of Criterion Tool, shares her story of how her precision machine shop used Velocity Scheduling System to achieve record profits.
Green Valley, AZ – November 14, 2012 – “Dr. Lisa” Lang, President of the Science of Business and Theory of Constraints expert, is proud to share one of many client success stories. Tanya DiSalvo is the President of Criterion Tool (founded in 1953) and an active member of both NTMA (National Tooling and Machining Association) and PMPA (Precision Metal Products Association). Tanya has utilized Dr. Lisa’s Velocity Scheduling System at her machine shop to improve on-time delivery and reduce lead times.
Tanya DiSalvo’s case study and success story (written by Mike Touzeau) can be found at https://www.velocityschedulingsystem.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Tanya_Success_Story_v5.pdf
Here is an excerpt:
“It’s so different from what we’ve seen in the world of manufacturing that it sounded too good to be true. At first as a team we couldn’t get our arms around it, but Dr. Lisa said she was going to give me my money back if it didn’t work, so we were going to do everything she said.”
They liked the homework, but several of her 30 employees, including her dad, who was then consulting and observing as he neared retirement, bet some real cash against her that it wasn’t going to work.
“I was pretty sure they thought this was just another flavor of the month. Before VSS we were all frustrated,” she remembers, because they were always trying to manage the “slop,” as she calls it—the jobs that got bogged down and often carried into the next month, with select customers always suffering.
Once they saw how the system could facilitate movement of jobs, things started clicking.
“As we worked through the Velocity Scheduling process, we got more and more in control. We could focus our resources where we needed them the most. We didn’t have to monitor the jobs, the deadlines, the priorities anymore.”
“It was all the same people just changing their focus.”
To learn specifically what Tanya did to improve her machine shop scheduling, watch a 47 minute webinar on “How to Get More Jobs Done Faster” at https://www.velocityschedulingsystem.com/webinar/
“Dr. Lisa” Lang is one of the foremost Theory of Constraints experts in the world and a sought after manufacturing expert having been named the 2012 Manufacturing Trendsetter in the USA Today for her inexpensive and guaranteed Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Program that has dramatically improved performance of well over 100 highly custom job shops and machine shops. She has also appeared in CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, Finance.com, About.com, Gear Technology, CNBC, MoldMaking Technology, The Fabricator, NTMA’s The Record and many others. She is active in helping the reshoring of manufacturing back to the U.S. and in the NTMA, PMA, and AMT communities having helped member companies to reduce their lead-times and improve due date performance. She worked with Dr. Goldratt who is the father of Theory of Constraints and author of the bestselling book, The Goal. Dr Lisa is the President of the Science of Business specializing in increasing profits of highly custom manufacturers by applying Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma (TLS) to operations with Velocity Scheduling System and to engineering/design with Project Velocity System and to marketing with her Mafia Offer Boot Camp.
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Theory of Constraints Velocity Scheduling System Webinar
WEBINAR: How to Get More Jobs Done Faster
Each webinar covers exactly how to get MORE Jobs Done Faster. We cover how scheduling is traditionally done and then we cover the Velocity Scheduling System approach. During the webinar you learn what to go do TOMORROW! Sign up here: https://www.velocityschedulingsystem.com/webinar/ WARNING: The Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Program is NOT training. This is a go and do program. Only job shops ready to improve due date performance, cut lead-time through thier shop and who seriously want to reduce chaos should sign up. Velocity Scheduling System is based on Goldratt Theory of Constraints Drum Buffer Rope and is for job shops looking for a better way to schedule their shop.Dr Lisa and Theory of Constraints featured in Wire Forming Technology International
Dr Lisa was featured in the Fall 2011 Wire Forming Technology International magazine with an article titled: Velocity Manufacturing: Stop focusing on efficiency and focus on velocity to reduce lead and queue times, and to increase lead-time predictability, on-time deliveries, quality and cash flow.
The article explains how highly custom job shops and machine shops can schedule and change their thinking using Goldratt's Theory of Constraints to get more jobs done faster with the same people and resources.
You can check it out here: WFTI Fall 2011 Velocity Manufacturing Article
Manufacturing Expert Dr. Lisa Lang Discusses Theory of Constraints in The Fabricator
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Manufacturing Expert Dr. Lisa Lang Discusses Theory of Constraints in Article
Dr. Lisa Lang, inventor of the Velocity Scheduling System, featured in a November 2011 article discussing her expertise in Theory of Constraints
Green Valley, AZ – October 10, 2012 – “Dr. Lisa” Lang, President of the Science of Business and inventor of the Velocity Scheduling System is featured in a November 2011 article in The Fabricator and TheFabricator.com, where she was interviewed about Theory of Constraints and Velocity Scheduling System. The article also highlights two of Dr. Lisa’s clients, CMI Industry America and Guntert & Zimmerman. The article, titled “High mix, fast delivery--on time: How high-mix, low-volume fabricators adapt the Theory of Constraints,” was written by Tim Heston. Tim Heston explores how Dr. Lisa helped both clients utilize the Theory of Constraints to keep the chaos of their manufacturing in check, but allow for dealing with emergencies while increasing productivity.
Dr. Lisa remarks on the negatives of focusing on efficiency. Below is an excerpt:
TOC goes against traditional manufacturing thinking, in which workers produce more than is needed to reduce the number of setups and maximize the efficiency of all resources. The forecast, after all, says these parts will be needed eventually, so why not produce them now? The problem is, of course, that sales forecasts are notoriously inaccurate, so those parts may never be needed. Also, producing so many unneeded parts floods the floor with work-in-process (WIP), while jobs in queue sit for days or weeks waiting for large batches to work their way through.
Dr. Lisa offers her expertise throughout the article, which explores five main topics: “The Value of Throughput,” “The Importance of Flow,” “Drum-Buffer-Rope for High Mix,” “Full Kit and Accurate Information” and “Enabling Change.” The full article can be found here: http://www.thefabricator.com/article/forceos/high-mix-fast-delivery--on-time “Dr. Lisa” Lang is one of the foremost Theory of Constraints experts in the world and a sought after manufacturing expert having been named the 2012 Manufacturing Trendsetter in the USA Today for her inexpensive and guaranteed Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Program that has dramatically improved performance of well over 100 highly custom job shops and machine shops. She has also appeared in CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, Finance.com, About.com, NY Daily News, CNBC, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, and others. She is active in helping reshore manufacturing back to the U.S. and in the NTMA, PMA, and AMT communities having helped member companies to reduce their lead-times and improve due date performance. She worked with Dr. Goldratt who is the father of Theory of Constraints and author of the bestselling book, The Goal. Dr Lisa is the President of the Science of Business specializing in increasing profits of highly custom manufacturers by applying Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma to operations with Velocity Scheduling System and to engineering/design with Project Velocity System and to marketing with her Mafia Offer Boot Camp. Learn more about Dr. Lisa and job shop scheduling at https://www.velocityschedulingsystem.com/ and check out her 47-minute webinar “How To Get More Jobs Done Faster” at www.velocitySchedulingSystem.com/webinar/. ### Contact: Dr Lisa Lang President, Science of Business Inc DrLisa@ScienceofBusiness.com keywords: Dr Lisa Lang, Dr Lisa, Theory of Constraints, Velocity Scheduling System, high mix low volume, drum buffer rope, job shop scheduling, Goldratt Links: http://prlog.org/11996440 http://bit.ly/WSz4zB http://bit.ly/WSA4UlSunday, May 28, 2017
30 Job Shops Improve Scheduling
30 Job Shops Improve Scheduling
By Dr Lisa Lang
In 2009 we significantly improved the scheduling and operations of 30 custom job shops and machine shops. These 30 shops improved due date performance (DDP) to at least 97%, reduced lead-time by 50%, all while improving communication and reducing chaos. Isn't it time for YOU to do the same? Here's an email that I was copied on just yesterday. It's from one of my VSS clients to someone he is recommending the course to:Jose, This is the best system for Manufacturing that I have encountered. This is our next step in the cables shop and covers the entire value stream. It is a web based course that you take 2 hours twice a week for a month and the person walks you through your specific implementation and helps you through the problems. We are currently finishing the training and building the new board. Trust me I have seen and implemented many JIT, Lean Six Sigma systems in the past and this is the best. I have copied Dr. Lisa the creator and facilitator of the program. She is top notch. As well I am attaching one of her free reports on how the system compares with other systems. Sincerely, Luis Fernandez Schlumberger Manufacturing Engineer IPC-Cables
It's amazing what can happen when a team of people participate together and acquire a shared vision.
And did I mention that 3 of the companies participating in group 5 were from multi-BILLION dollar conglomerates?
And 4 of the companies in group 5 were Westinghouse vendors because Westinghouse recommended their vendors sign up?
I just laid out my recommendations, the logic and provided a little motivation. They did all the work.
The next group is starting soon and you can sign up at www.VelocitySchedulingSystem.com. The Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Program is based on Goldratt's Theory of Constraints. So if you ever wanted some guidance putting The Goal (and Drum Buffer Rope) into action, now's the time!
https://www.velocityschedulingsystem.com/
Job Shop and Machine Shop Profitability part 2
This is the second in the series of conversations.
Brad: “Just what should a highly custom job shop or machine shop company set as a profitability goal? What is reasonable? How high is up?”
Dr. Lisa: “I’ll give you Dr Eliyahu Goldratt’s answer and then I give my more direct answer. Dr. Goldratt stated that profitability goal of the business should be a level of return on sales that top management of a company agrees is definitely impossible to attain.”
Dr. Lisa: “For example, if everyone agrees that 5% Return of Sales is definitely possible, that is too low of a goal. If everyone feels the same about 6%, 7%, 8%, and 9%, they those levels are also too low of a goal. But if everyone agrees that 10% is not achievable, that then becomes the goal.”
Brad: “That would be an interesting exercise for any CEO to do with his or her top management team.”
Dr Lisa: “My answer: How high is up is going to be dependent on 1) what percent your Truly Variable Costs (TVCs) are of sales. And 2) how much capacity you can undercover – meaning how much productivity you can gain with the same people and resources.”
Dr Lisa: Knowing both of these numbers (better to be approximately right, than precisely wrong), will allow you to arrive at a very feasible goal and yet one that most will agree is not attainable based on previous experience.”
Dr Lisa: Using the same example from our last conversation, I’ve added the Return on Sales:
The Goal by Goldratt is on Amazon Top Executives Book Club
By Dr Lisa Lang
This article is copyrighted by Science of Business, Inc. 2013
In an interview with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo, Jon Fortt for CNBC reported:This summer he (Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo) spent time at Lab126, a Silicon Valley outpost about a mile from Apple headquarters where Amazon engineers hash out hardware designs. And he also hosted three all-day book clubs with Amazon's top executives, capped by nice dinners at the end. Bezos said he used the books as frameworks for sketching out the future of the company.The Goal was originally published in 1984 but is still very relevant today. And, as you likely know, it take place in a machine shop. Many job shops and machine shops use The Goal as their Bible. The only problem is that most have no idea how to apply it to their unique shop. Well, I have good news. If you own or manage a highly custom job shop or machine shop and want to apply what you read in The Goal to YOUR shop, you can do that with expert guidance very inexpensively. Just check out the Velocity Scheduling System (VSS) Coaching Program. VSS is NOT software but a visual manual scheduling system developed specifically for highly custom job shops and machine shops which are typically low volume high mix environments where the constraint can move week to week or even day to day. Who's the expert that would guide you? Well that's Dr Lisa Lang. She is one of the foremost Theory of Constraints experts who has worked with Dr Goldratt and specializes in applying Theory of Constraints to highly custom job shops and machine shops. Check out Velocity Scheduling System here: www.VelocitySchedulingSystem.com When you're there check out the free webinar called "How to Get More Jobs Done Faster". You'll be glad you did!Which books? Bezos was kind enough to share the titles.
Read the entire story here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130925133311-291225-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-had-his-top-execs-read-these-three-books
- The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
- The Innovator's Solution by Clayton Christensen
- The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
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