Consulting Services
Our Services
We offer competitive pricing with guaranteed results:
ACI team provided management consulting and training services to over 7000+ organizations and developed a continual improvement culture through extensive training and consulting activities across Asia. Our philosophy is to enhance organizational business processes, Change set minds and ensure a high standard of quality is met. We build on your existing practices and introduce meaningful changes with a result-oriented approach.
ACI renders the following services to valuable customers:
- Management Consulting Services
- Training & Development Services
- Research & Development Services
- Financial Management Services
- Material and Manpower Services
Management Consulting Services
- Lean Management /Kaizen Management System: Lean Assessment/Baseline Assessment, Lean Process Improvement, Hoshin (Strategic) Planning Process, Lean Transformation, Lean Leadership.
- Lean/Kaizen Tools: Value Stream Mapping (VSM), TIMWOOD, Super 5 S, Total, Quality Control Circle (QCC), Suggestion Scheme System, Just in Time production System (JIT), Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
- Six Sigma using DMAIC methodology
- One Organization One Department Program (O3D) using GIZ’s Dialogue for Sustainability (DfS) Approach
- Green Productivity: A Journey to environmental sustainability
- ISO Series (ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO22000 (HACCP), ISO 27001, ISO 50001, ISO45001, ISO31000, FSSC, and others).
- Energy Efficiency Consulting Solutions (From Audits to Implementation)
- Organizational Development/ Restructuring /Revamping
- Competency-Based HR Systems
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Benchmarking using Zari’s Model
- Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
- Journey to Operational & Business Excellence
- Prime Minister’s Quality Award
Our Consulting Methodology:
ACI adopts a comprehensive company-wide implementation approach and One Organization One Department Program (O3D) approach. In the initial phase, we conduct a comprehensive Baseline Line Assessment (BLA) using the Dialogue for Sustainability (DfS) approach. This focuses on identifying areas for improvement, including non-value-added activities, time and motion studies, safety risks, and asset care management.
1. Company-wide implementation approach:
ACI consultants enhance the capabilities and competencies of all employees associated with selected departments. We involve employees in groups, guiding them to eliminate non-value-added activities in line with lean management principles. This approach enhances profitability, productivity, and a culture of continuous improvement..
This exercise will result in profitability enhancement as well as productivity improvement of the overall organization. This would also give birth to a continuous improvement culture and would help in reducing the cost of production. This methodology will help in achieving targets associated with Business Excellence (BE) programs whereby we intend to customize and localize the implementation of BE with the name “Wada”, “Jago Kar Dikhawoo” or “Tamerai Nau” Programs, Karoo Mumkin Program, “Roshan Kal Program, Agay Barho Program, etc. By introducing such optional customized consulting programs, we would like to take commitment from the selected employees for the effective implementation of goals/targets associated with Business Excellence (BE). We would like to make Lean tools implementation part of the BE program therefore this would be the first step towards continuous improvement culture in compliance with Japanese standards.
It is, therefore, suggested to identify and develop Cross-Functional Teams (CFT) or Change Management Teams (CMTs), who will be responsible for conducting independent cross-functional 6 S audits. The suggested number of participants in CFTs/CMTs would be 3-4 members per department, who will be trained extensively in problem identification techniques and 6S principles under the consulting agreement. This team may be utilized as an expert on problem identification for the implementation of other productivity tools defined under the (Business Excellence) BE program.
Departmental findings, assessment results, and analysis of the CFT/CMT shall be utilized and shared by another 3-4 groups with at least 3-6 members in each group with the name Work Improvement Teams (WIT) or Process Improvement Teams (PIT). These teams shall be responsible for bringing improvements within their sections and especially the areas identified and highlighted by CFTs/CMTs. Approximately 3-6 members from each section will be selected for WIT/PIT. These teams will be trained in various lean management system tools along with problem-solving techniques. This approach would help us in setting up precedents and benchmarks in the organization. They will be responsible for developing an improvement road map in consultation with the ACI’s consultant.
One Organization One Department (O3D) Program Approach:
Companies normally face several operational challenges and problems such as low production capacity, Machine frequent breakdowns, inefficient labour, high rate of absenteeism, no on-time delivery of products/services, internal politics, high wastages, low profitability, housekeeping issues, ineffective market, high production cost, constraints on modernization and expansion, and the most important non- availability of highly skilled labour at affordable cost. These problems mostly revolve around the following four key reasons:
- Poor Marketing and Strategic Business Planning
- Lack Operational In-efficiency
- Lack Financial Miss-management
- Lack Technological advancement
Today to compete in international and national markets, companies need to reduce their operational/production cost while increasing their profits and revenues. Therefore, it has become imperative for companies to adopt suitable business technologies and effectively designed Business Development Services which significantly help in improving their sub-contractual arrangements through better production methods, workplace organization inventory handling, new product development, and strategic business planning.
The success of companies in today’s turbulent markets depends largely on their ability to effectively scan the business environment and identify all potential factors leading to their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). ACI’s O3D program’s core focus is to deal with the company’s departmental issues from operational to marketing. The selection of the department is based on a baseline Assessment conducted whereby weak areas are identified in the above-mentioned four factors.
The success of companies in today’s turbulent markets depends largely on their ability to effectively scan the business environment and identify all potential factors leading to their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). ACI’s O3D program’s core focus is to deal with the company’s departmental issues from operational to marketing. The selection of the department is based on a baseline Assessment conducted whereby weak areas are identified in the above-mentioned four factors.
ACI’s O3D Program: Purpose and Objectives:
The O3D Program is designed to strengthen selected departments, reduce business costs, and foster organizational development, profitability enhancement, and professional management. The program aims to create model departments, driving cultural change and contributing to the company’s journey towards sustainability.
The O3D program will focus on the weakest department of the organization and will lead to cultural change among the employees. Extensive customized capacity-building programs have been incorporated into the program with the mandate to bring behavioural change to the model department.
- The main objective of the program is to identify the weakest department of the organization and apply various productivity & lean tools with the mandate to make that department “A Model Department” for others to follow. The program aims to develop model departments that would also help in building an image of ACI as a success story.
The program mission is “A company journey to sustainability”.
- Employee Mindset Change with ownership culture
- Productivity Improvement and Cost Reduction Steps
- Profitability Enhancement
- Developing One Model Machine with Zero Break down Technique
- Waste identification and then reduction
- Lead Time Reduction and quality improvement initiatives
- Implementation along with practical On Job Training of the most appropriate Productivity/Quality Tool
- Developing Best practices that can be adopted by other departments
- Tips for Sales enhancement under the current recession
