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The San Francisco Chronicle reported last week that a client of Pinnacle Strategies (pinnacle-strategies.com) gained $6 million in cost savings as a result of implementing Pinnacle’s Rapid Analysis Bottleneck Improvement Team (RABIT) process. At the same time, the client increased software production throughput by 960%.

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Renowned motivational speaker LynnMarie Earl will focus on this essential managerial skill in a discussion-led seminar, with participating member CEOs at the upcoming CEO Conference, organized by The Brain Trust at the Vinings Club - Atlanta, Georgia, February 21.

Pinnacle Strategies (www.pinnacle-strategies.com) announced that one of its clients gained $6 million in cost savings as a result of implementing Pinnacle’s Rapid Analysis Bottleneck Improvement Team (RABIT) process. At the same time, the client increased software production throughput by 960%.

Frequently in engineering and manufacturing environments, there are an uncontrollable number of projects, yet customers demand immediate completion. Teams of hardworking professionals get so far behind that even the simplest of tasks cannot be completed. Lacking the necessary inputs, work is constantly starting and stopping; communications snafus create more delays, causing project lead times to grow exponentially. Pinnacle Strategies issued a new white paper in which the company examines a breakthrough approach to improving production called Rapid Analysis Bottleneck Improvement Team (RABIT). The approach may increase manufacturing productivity by at least 20% in two months without adding more workers or machines. Download the new whitepaper to discover how an underperforming shop floor or production team can increase productivity. http://pinnacle-strategies.com/thought-leadership/operations-management/rapid-improvement-in-manufacturing.html Mark Woeppel is a Theory of Constraint expert and a master of organizational transformation with a lengthy track record of successful turnarounds. He is the leader at Pinnacle Strategies. Pinnacle Strategies (www.pinnacle-strategies.com) is an international management consulting firm delivering operations management excellence. Pinnacle Strategies increases shareholder value by developing high-performance business processes that significantly enhance productivity, reduce costs and time to market, improving profitability and accelerating sustainable growth. Recognized worldwide as an expert in the Theory of Constraints, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, and Continuous Improvement, Woeppel has earned the founder’s implementer certification from the TOC-ICO. Pinnacle Strategies is also the developer of ViewPoint a service that dramatically simplifies managing projects, enabling project teams to rapidly improve project performance. The RABIT methodology is a proprietary approach that is concentrated on implementing quick response solutions with rapid results. The RABIT methodology culminates years of practical experience and expertise in continuous improvement; it consistently delivers dramatic increases in process output to deliver solutions to industrial and manufacturing firms worldwide. Pinnacle Strategies offers results-driven consulting solutions in the areas of performance management, project management, operations management, and supply chain.

Quality Digest recently looked at Lean and Theory of Constraints. In the article, http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-article/bringing-lean-constraint.html#, manufacturing journalist, TR Cutler reviewed the current status of both approaches. ToC emphasizes the underlying principle and importance of identifying and eliminating bottlenecks (or constraints) in the manufacturing process. This focus increases productivity and serves as a tool for measuring and controlling the flow of materials. The challenge is figuring out how to actually identify these constraints while never compromising quality. The fundamental approach to lean manufacturing is to strive for true one-piece flow by reducing waste and matching flow to customer demand. Balanced flow buffers excess inventory between each point in the process, making it immediately apparent which process is underperforming. This knowledge allows quality assurance and operations managers to dispatch resources to address the situation, known as “go and see.”

World demand for home medical equipment is projected to increase 7.0 percent annually to $28 billion in 2016. The United States will remain the largest market globally based on its extensive network of home health care providers, high health care spending intensity, widespread insurance coverage, and shifting patient care strategies toward home settings. The large developing countries of Brazil, China, India, and Russia will be among the fastest growing worldwide markets for home medical equipment as increasing economic prosperity boosts the level of third-party and direct consumer payments applied to health care. In these countries, home health care activity will expand rapidly due to cost saving advantages and ongoing shortages in professional medical providers. These and other trends, including market share and product segmentation, are presented in World Home Medical Equipment, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at the Stavanger, Norwegian Petroleum Museum the Digital Energy Journal forum will look at ways to optimize supply chains, including new ways to analyze data, improving purchasing of offshore consumables, what to do when performance is not as good as expected. The panel of experts will discuss how to take a more systematic approach, and how to introduce a more structured professional development program for supply chain experts.

In an exclusive event, CEO Mark Woeppel of Pinnacle Strategies will reveal the three secrets of delivering projects on time by reducing project lead times, improving resource productivity, and reducing costs. The four-hour seminar will be February 18, 2013 located in Singapore. Seating is limited. Woeppel will introduce the RABIT approach to accelerating late projects and stalled processes and help attendees understand what can be done to improve performance in all phases of the project life cycle to include engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing. Including: - Proactive Scheduling - Reduce Multi-Tasking - Performance Management Project Managers, delivery managers, engineering managers, manufacturing managers, as well as senior engineers, planners, and business excellence professionals are encouraged to attend. As an added bonus for attendees, Woeppel will provide an introduction to the ViewPoint Solution that has been successfully implemented in progressive organizations around the world. ViewPoint simplifies project management by incorporating visual project management principles into a comprehensive solution that is both easy and fast to implement. Woeppel will show managers how to rapidly get control of leading organizations and reap immediate results. Woeppel’s style incorporates real-world examples and success stories into a fun and eye-opening seminar experience. Mark Woeppel is the founder and President of Pinnacle Strategies International, a management consulting firm focused on operations management in production, project management, and supply chain management. He is the author of Projects in Less Time and numerous articles and white papers on improving process performance as they relate to operations, production, supply chain, project management, and performance management. Pinnacle Strategies (www.pinnacle-strategies.com) is the developer of ViewPoint a service that dramatically simplifies managing projects, enabling project teams to rapidly improve project performance. Pinnacle Strategies also is the creator of the RABIT methodology, a proprietary approach that is concentrated on implementing quick response solutions with rapid results. The RABIT methodology culminates years of practical experience and expertise in continuous improvement; it consistently delivers dramatic increases in process output to deliver solutions to industrial and manufacturing firms worldwide. Industry leaders using this approach have realized 20% more output in just two months. Pinnacle Strategies offers results-driven consulting solutions in the areas of performance management, project management, operations management, and supply chain.

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Quality Digest recently looked at Lean and Theory of Constraints. In the article, qualitydigest.com/inside/quality-insider-article/bringing-lean-constraint.html#, manufacturing journalist, TR Cutler review the current status of both approaches. ToC emphasizes the underlying principle and importance of identifying and eliminating bottlenecks (or constraints) in the manufacturing process. This focus increases productivity and serves as a tool for measuring and controlling the flow of materials. The challenge is figuring out how to actually identify these constraints while never compromising quality. The fundamental approach to lean manufacturing is to strive for true one-piece flow by reducing waste and matching flow to customer demand. Balanced flow buffers excess inventory between each point in the process, making it immediately apparent which process is underperforming. This knowledge allows quality assurance and operations managers to dispatch resources to address the situation, known as “go and see.”

Ed Kincer has been part of the Pinnacle Strategies team since 2010 and now develops and deploys continuous improvement activity globally. He is responsible for developing Pinnacle Strategies’ RABIT (Rapid Analysis and Bottleneck Improvement Team) process, and assisted in early development of its ViewPoint solution aimed at rapidly improving project execution. As part of every RABIT, he implements Performance Management techniques that indicate the real-time status of a system, and focus leadership to implement meaningful improvement.

In an exclusive event, CEO Mark Woeppel of Pinnacle Strategies will reveal the three secrets of delivering projects on time by reducing project lead times, improving resource productivity, and reducing costs. The four-hour seminar will be February 18, 2013 located in Singapore. Seating is limited. Interested attendees can register by http://marketing.pinnacle-strategies.com/singaporefeb2013/.

Firebird International announced that it will implement its hands-on, full-service approach to business consulting so as to help media and technology companies, as well as studios and film makers, in Russia and the C.I.S. gain easy access to nearly the same suite of services offered to its US and European clients. The targeted clientele in Russia and the C.I.S. will differ slightly in terms of the type of technology companies and media outlets sought after as clients, with a much greater focus on strong brands and talented individuals, allowing for the consideration of new content-driven Web sites and a wider range of applications and software. Michael Montogomery and Ilya Koptyov, who will head Russia and C.I.S. business development operations said that the company is dedicated to assisting start-up and mid-sized companies that wish to launch internationally or quickly expand into the US market. “In Russian and the C.I.S.,” says Koptyov, “Firebird International hopes to provide an alternative consulting model focused on start-ups and smaller companies, which will provide with assistance in packaging and planning for, as well as procuring, Western investment or else immediately facilitating direct sales. The companies will also have access to our full service suite and we will remain, for them, a dedicated partner, as long as needed, to help them grow and develop both in Russia and the C.I.S. as well as in the United States. “ Likewise, the company will seek to partner will local venture funds and incubators/accelerators to provide added-on US investment and market entry solutions.

Trio Consulting today announced limited availability for its upcoming DAU training classes in February and March. Trio is a certified Defense Acquisition University equivalency provider offering DAU training for active duty military members, Department of Defense civilians and defense industry contractors required to earn DAWIA certifications.

Pit Crews cut final assembly time in half at FMC Technologies. Synchronized pit crews of today, represent optimum speed, precise timing, and meticulous attention to detail. According to Woeppel, those same benefits can be driven right onto the factory floor, giving the manufacturer a competitive workflow advantage that’s hard to beat. Pinnacle Strategies harnessed a pit crew analogy to demonstrate and facilitate successful Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). The innovative idea proved itself by turning in an outstanding performance in a recent application at FMC Technologies, an engineer-to-order manufacturer of complex capital equipment in Houston.

Mark Woeppel is a Theory of Constraint expert and a master of organizational transformation with a lengthy track record of successful turnarounds. He is the leader at Pinnacle Strategies. Pinnacle Strategies is an international management consulting firm delivering operations management excellence. Pinnacle Strategies increases shareholder value by developing high-performance business processes that significantly enhance productivity, reduce costs and time to market, improving profitability and accelerating sustainable growth.

Established in 1944, Erickson Electric Company has strong roots in the St. Cloud area and has been a fixture there for over 65 years. Specializing in commercial, industrial, retail, restaurant and office electric service, Erickson Electric Company believes in their craftsmanship so much, they’ll pay you to hire them. Yes, that’s true! Erickson Electric Company will pay you up to $50 to hire them because they are that confident in their work.

Mark Woeppel is a Theory of Constraint expert and leader at Pinnacle Strategies. Pinnacle Strategies is an international management consulting firm delivering operations management excellence. Pinnacle Strategies increases shareholder value by developing high-performance business processes that significantly enhance productivity, reduce costs and time to market, improving profitability and accelerating sustainable growth.

Ed Kincer is a Pinnacle Strategies Project Leader and has extensive global operational experience leading clients to breakthrough improvements. Kincer is well-known for his ability to achieve rapid bottom-line results by quickly identifying and focusing on bottleneck operations, then leading local cross-functional teams to implement Lean and Six-Sigma strategies.

Dixie Iron Works has grown seven-fold from $3 to $20 million in sales in the past nine years. Dixie has been able to make powerful, constructive changes to its operations, marketing, sales, and organizational strategies with Mark Woeppel’s assistance.

Al Thuraya Consultancy Inc., known as a leading global provider of integrated security and risk management services across the Middle East, Africa and the Baltic Countries has launched its new service website, www.ICESERVE24.com.

Cory TerEick is Pinnacle Strategy’s Engagement Manager specializing in the Oil & Gas and Aerospace industries. In this role, he is responsible for delivering results and sales while leading an international team of expert consultants working at various client sites around the world. TerEick is a results-oriented problem solver with a track record of helping clients overcome significant challenges and driving high impact, transformational change. He is a recognized expert in advanced project management methodologies as well as mega-project design, execution, and turn-around. TerEick is especially skilled in operations diagnostics, process re-engineering, and portfolio-level strategic planning. Pinnacle Strategies offers results-driven consulting solutions in the areas of performance management, project management, operations management, and supply chain.

In a new white paper, just issued by Pinnacle Strategies, the company examines a breakthrough approach to improving production called Rapid Analysis Bottleneck Improvement Team (RABIT). The approach may increase manufacturing productivity by at least 20% in two months without adding more workers or machines. Download the new whitepaper to discover how an underperforming shop floor or production team can increase productivity.

Douglas Chumbley, of counsel with Carlton Fields, P.A., in Miami, Florida, co-authored an article that appeared in the April 2012 edition of Defense Counsel Journal.