Lean
Manufacturing Consulting Service for Wood Truss & Wall Panel
Manufacturers
Todd Drummond
Consulting can help you expand your
capabilities and reduce your cost.
- Lean manufacturing consulting services
- Wood truss labor estimations for design
software (Time Standards)
- Truss Shop Labor Tracking Software
- *** Free information available on this website ***
Truss
Manufacturing Time
Standards
(Truss labor estimations for truss design software)
- Production Efficiencies
- Huge gains when applied properly
- Also known as the Houlihan
Method in the truss industry
- Man-Minutes, R.E. or S.U. units
- Pricing
- Scheduling
- Excellent
Processing Method that
is Dependable
Lean
Principles
- Explained
- Uncomplicated
terminology for all personal to understand
- Demonstrated
- Tailored
for Your Company
- Suggestions
of current practices to
increase productivity
- All suggestions based on best practices of
proven practices
- Includes
Theory
of Constraints
- Very effective and proven method to increase
overall profitability
New
& Existing Equipment
Assessment and Shop Layout
- Better Material Flow
- Better Equipment Use
- Better Understanding of New Investments for
Growth and
Efficiencies
- I do not make any commissions or other
compensation
from any equipment or plate manufacture for recommendations. My fees are solely paid for
by client for
unbiased advice that only has their best interest in mind.
See
my webpage “Consultation”
for the details.
Truss
Shop Labor Tracking Software
Is your
truss sales market getting tighter? If so it is even more important to
stop guessing your labor time and cost for each order.
Average costing does not work when every order's true cost counts so
much more than it used too.
- Easy
to use Software
- Tracks
All Labor
Efficiencies (Expected versus Actual)
- Tracks
All Labor Cost (Expected versus Actual)
- Includes
Incentive
Payouts based on Efficiencies of Time Standards
or Labor Cost Savings.
*** New
Forum Site ***
- Free postings to advertise your equipment,
employment positions
and positions wanted.
- Discuss the latest and greatest topics of our
industry.
***
Free
Information ***
On this website you will find helpful ideas
for improving various areas:
Everyone
talks about the
desire to make real
positive changes in their group and company, but
few companies are able to actually implement those changes. "Drummond’s 7
Roadblocks to Real Positive Changes"
Eight
Deadly Productivity Sins of Design Departments
is a must-read. Want to increase the capabilities of your existing
design department? Then see the
Design Productivity web page. Most companies are guilty of at
least one of these productivity killer sins.
Want to Increase Productivity
in your manufacturing facility? One way to help achieve this is with an
Effective Incentive
Program for your builders.
How about Scheduling of Production?
Does your company have problems with meeting the established production
schedule? Click this Scheduling
link or the scheduling web page button to see the four root causes.
Want
every order to add to the bottom line equally?
The standard margin formula used in the component industry (Labor +
Material divided by a number) does not do this. Read the Margins webpage for more
information
Testimonial
for Consulting Services…
Cal-Asia...
Cal-Asia has
been in the truss business for thirty years. We felt we had a
pretty good grasp on our costs, and were pretty efficient in how we did
things. While this was true, I cannot overstate the
improvements
we have already seen after implementing the suggestions Todd offered
following his visit to our plant.
Using the
principles Todd has embraced will enable us to estimate and measure
actual costs per job at a level of accuracy never before
realized. His suggestions for analyzing our procedures have
already increased efficiency in more than one department.
I do not hesitate to
recommend Todd Drummond to anyone trying to better understand costs and
improve efficiency.
Allen Erickson, Cal-Asia Truss, Concord, CA
See reference
page for statements by general managers and
owners about services.
Consulting Service
***
4 Day Consult - Normal
Payback less than 3 months ***
Once this consultation has been completed
and the principles are implemented, you could expect
Thinking of
Entering the Component Industry?
If
you are new to the component
industry and you are looking for real numbers to make a decision as to
whether this may be something you want to invest your hard earned money
in, then take a look at T & W Prospectus
webpage to see a listing of information that you may have been
searching for.
Testimonial
for Consulting Services…
Mar-Span
Truss Inc…
Mar-Span
got its start almost 20
years ago, building pole barn trusses and long runs of trusses. This
has been our focus through the years, which is still the mainstay of
our business. When the economy shifted, and our residential sector
grew, we needed to be able to properly cost and market this style of
project. Hiring Todd fast-tracked our ability to efficiently design and
build this style of project.
His
consultation was a breath of
fresh air, a new look at production methods, and helped us standardize
our whole process. I would recommend to anyone looking to increase
efficiency by taking a new look at production methods, or anyone who is
integrating automation into their existing facilities, to use the
services of Todd.
Gerry
Frey, Manager, Mar-Span Truss Inc. Drayton ON Canada
See reference
page for statements by general managers and
owners about services.
Truss Shop Labor Tracker Software
Do you want
to know…
-
How much
labor was actually involved for every work order?
-
What the
estimated labor hours versus actual hours were for every work
order?
-
How
productive every group or individual is at any
given moment in every department?
-
Real-time
tracking of any work order or unit?
-
Automated
incentive programs
that are based on actual versus expected rates?
Experience Teaches Only the Teachable
--Aldous Huxley
In my personal,
unending quest to
understand and learn more, I whole-heartedly welcome any comments or
suggestions that you may have. Please take the time to contact me with
any question or suggestions. We will both benefit when we share ideas.
I would be happy to discuss a greater, in-depth analysis of your
operation should you desire a consultation. However, all that is
written in these web pages are available for you to implement
into
your organization.
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