It isn’t just about making a great product, it’s about making a great product efficiently
Building the best product on the market is a great place to be in. Being able to only make a limited number of those products is not. Our analytics team at Evident has over 60 years of analytics and operations experience. Not only do we have a knowledgeable team, but team members that come from and grew out of different levels and positions in manufacturing companies from a variety of industries, including shop floor workers, managers, supply chain specialists, and procurement and sales officers, and human resources.
Your company is like a clock, and it has it’s patterns on how it ticks. Since Evident has a unique and diverse team, we have the unique knowledge and background to comb through your company’s operations to find out what is being done right, what can be done better, what can be done faster, and what is detrimental to the rest of the company. We can do ground up data collection while leveraging latent data that has already been collected through ERP, CRM, Production Planning, and HR software. Not only can we show you how your company ticks, but what makes it ticks, the rhythm of the ticking, and how to make it tick faster. Let us take your seconds to minutes, and your minutes to hours, and help you build to the speed of light.
When the market is saturated, focus on profits rather than revenues
What is there to do when sales have plateaued? Focusing on sales is always a possibility, and we Evident has the skill set to go down that road (link to market research). But what is there to do when the marketplace as a whole begins to shrink or your company is at capacity with an inability to increase? Evident has the tool set to work with your teams and inside your company to develop ways to increase throughput, cut down on time, decrease resources and eliminate losses.
There are hints hidden throughout your company, and Evident knows what they look like, where they hide, and how to interpret them. While having an outside perspective come in can scare your internal teams, it’s critical sometimes to have an outside view of your company’s processes and products—because red flags just look like flags when viewed through rose colored glasses. Evident has the personal skills to be tactful, inclusive, and nonthreatening to your internal teams so that feelings aren’t hurt, morality stays high, and personal efficiency doesn’t take a hit.
Find Physical, Intrinsic, and Mental Waste
Leftover scrap from the manufacturing process is easy to spot. But the physical loss of time is much harder to spot. A slower step in Process A may cause issues for Process D2 which only happens 3 times a week, but causes processes E, F, and G down time which affects all of the lines. Monitoring processes, collecting data on the processes, and analyzing the data and processes can bring these issues to light, and allow them to be avoided and fixed.
What about though waste that is hidden throughout the entire process? Waste that is taken as a matter-of-fact? While some waste cannot be avoided, it can be tracked, planned, and optimized. Knowing and understanding the issues of the processes within your company allows you to have a guidebook for emergencies. Being able to react quickly and effectively to downtime, safety issues (link to EHS), machine issues, and manufacturing flaws can allow your company to maximize it output and minimize loss, at the expense of the intrinsic waste. Do current reactions make sense? Can issues be tracked and predicted? How unsafe is something, and can it be prevented? Evident has the team who has the experience and knowledge to help build responses and plans to mitigate inevitable damage.
More Profit, Less Spending, That’s the Power of Analytics
Your business is a house. There’s a foundation, there are walls, and there’s a roof. Within the house there’s electrical, plumbing, and appliances that makes the house livable. Furniture, televisions, and other home goods are added to make the house comfortable. And finally, your family resides in your house—which brings joy.
But, if the foundation is weak, the walls crack and crumble. The roof falls in. Bare electrical wiring will shock and bad plumbing will flood. The things that make the house enjoyable will be destroyed, and the family will move on and take their joy with them.
Evident wants your business to experience joy. We want to inspect the foundation and reinforce it where it is weak. We want to patch the walls so they can support the roof. We want to make sure that the electrical and plumbing are up to code so that it is safe and dependable. We want to give you the tools to make your company comfortable. We want your family; your customers and your employees, to grow and to find joy in your products and services.
