Howard Smith Snapshot Plus - the programme
The Howard Smith Snapshot Plus takes one day for companies up to 25 employees and two days for larger companies. Once complete, the findings become your roadmap to saving costs and improving productivity and competitiveness.
"The engineer was an excellent communicator who introduced new tools and techniques in a way that our staff could easily get to grips with"
David Boothman, Production Director
During the assessment, ViP engineers map the current status of processes in your business by tracking a typical product through your plant. This mapping process provides a highly visual representation of your value chain, identifying information flows and resources used.
Speaking to key staff across all departments and using a hands-on, simple approach and analysis techniques developed from world-class manufacturing experience, Howard Smith Snapshot Plus compares your business with Best Practice in the printing industry for increased efficiency, profitability and productivity. You will receive a high-level process map identifying areas where improvements would have most impact and also the company is scored against 14 operations best practice management criteria. The findings provide objective feedback on which to base your plan for enhanced productivity and competitiveness.
At the end of the programme, our observations and findings are summarized as follows:
What are the benefits?
A report showing how your operations compare against over 500 UK print and packaging companies for 14 key criteria.
A high level process map showing the interaction of material and information flow in your operations including bottlenecks and opportunities for streamlining.
Discussion and explanation with your management team on how Best Practice applies in your business.
Practical and prioritised recommendations for increasing your profit and competitiveness.
PLUS
Analysis of 8 key operational measures that quantify your customer service, costs and
productivity. If not all data is available then the ViP engineer will provide advice on how data can be collected and used to drive continuous improvement.