Process improvement refers to the effort that goes into choosing,understanding, analyzing, re-designing, implementing and monitoring the processes you want to improve. The goals of process improvement can be different, but the overall goals typically involve saving time or costs. In addition, improving a process can lead to increased employee satisfaction and productivity.
Suvarna Consultants can help your organisation to develop and change, to derive the maximum business value from your people, processes, systems and resources and to increase efficiency and reduce risk in the delivery of value for money business operations.
The above mentioned are some in many programmes that are delivered by us. Suvarna Consultants is your trusted partner of choice in improving your organization’s processes and training specializing in Six Sigma and other premium process improvement programmes like CMMI, GMP, 5S etc.
CMMI stands for “Capability Maturity Model Integration” and is a model that provides appraisal and training for process improvement in organizations. CMMI was created by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) as a result of research into organizations that would consistently deliver quality software on time and within budget. CMMI can improve capability in people, processes in a single project, department, or entire organization.
GMP is a production and testing practice that helps to ensure a quality product. When a company is setting up its quality program and manufacturing process, there may be many ways it can fulfill GMP requirements. It is the company’s responsibility to determine the most effective and efficient quality process.
5S is the abbreviated reference to five Japanese words that govern workplace organization. The five words are: Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke. The 5s philosophy is a common-sense approach to improve visual control in the workplace, and it goes hand-in-hand with good safety practices, and is equally applicable to manufacturing and service settings.
Six Sigma is a set of tools used for making business decisions originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.Companies use Six Sigma to reduce variation in products and processes- but the net effect of any Six Sigma intervention is what people are really looking for- fewer defects, shorter cycle times, increased capacity and throughput, lower costs, higher revenues and reduced capital expenditures. Organizations deploying Six Sigma over a long term see the culture of the organization getting transformed to a more systematic problem solving approach and more importantly, people making data driven decisions.
Total quality management is a much broader concept than just controlling the quality of the product itself. Total quality management is the coordination of efforts directed at improving customer satisfaction, increasing employee participation, strengthening supplier partnerships, and facilitating an organizational atmosphere of continuous quality improvement.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a maintenance program, which involves newly defined concept for maintaining plants and equipments. The goal of the TPM program is to remarkably increase production while, while at the same time, increasing employee morale and job satisfaction.
Kaizen is a Lean manufacturing tool that improves quality, productivity, safety, and workplace culture. Kaizen focuses on applying small, daily changes that result in major improvements over time. The Kaizen philosophy states that our way of life – be it our working life, our social life, our home life – deserves to be constantly improved. Kaizen is about achieving improvements by taking small steps instead of drastic, rigorous changes. Although improvements under Kaizen are small and incremental, the process brings about dramatic results over time.
Our process improvement services are designed to fulfill the demand for effective process improvement. We provide professional guidance for business executives, software developers, and project support personnel who are responsible for creating and delivery value to customers by delivering systems and software. We strongly believe that the process any business adopts determines the quality of its products and services.
We examine and outline your business key activities in relation to your clients’ requirements and identify weather they confirm to the standards.
We conduct a gap analysis to assess the differences in performance to determine whether business requirements are being met and, if not, what steps should be taken to ensure they are met successfully.
Gap refers to the space between “where we are” (the present state) and “where we want to be” (the target state).
Documentation and Workforce Training
After the initial assessment, we will help you to pull out a ISO manual relevant to the ISO standard that you are working towards. This manual sets out how your business should operate going forward so that it can improve the existing Management System.
Depending on your needs, Suvarna Consultants can develop and deliver tailored training programmes for your staff. Training ensures there is a full understanding and implementation of the required standards applied consistently
across the organization so that certification is not a one event, but rather a process that transforms your business in the longer term.
After successful preparation of Documentation and Training, Implementation of the same is required.
Implementation allows your manual to grow organically over time, and the manual will reflect what you actually do – instead of copying directly from the standard. After a few months, you should be done writing all of your procedures, and your manual should be about 75% complete. The remaining sections of the manual can be filled in
clause by clause.
Implementing the documentation is followed by an Internal Audit.
An effective ISO management system requires ongoing review and updating. This is the role of the Internal Auditor.
Internal audits help organizations achieve corporate objectives by keeping a pulse on the consistency of internal
business practices. The goal of an internal audit is to ensure organizational policies and procedures are followed and to alert management of gaps in policy compliance.
Internal Audit is followed by Management Review Meeting.
A Management Review is a formal, structured meeting which involves top management which is a critical and required part of running an ISO certified Management System.
The purpose of a Management Review meeting is to review and evaluate the effectiveness of your Management System, helping you to determine its continued suitability and adequacy.
A Management Review ensures that all levels of management are made aware of any changes, updates, revisions, etc. to the day-to-day workings of the Management System itself.
Your organization will be submitted to the third party certifying body that the ISO assessor believes is the most suitable for your company. Audit is an objective view on whether your business is conforming to the ISO standard – Suvarna Consultants will support and guide your business throughout the above steps and leading up to the audit so that your successful ISO certification is assured.
Once confirmed as being ISO standard compliant, your organization will then be presented with the ISO certificate.
You can then promote that you have gained international recognition to your target market.