Shop Floor Process Improvement and Transformation

We help Tasmanian manufacturers, processors and service operations get more out of their existing people, plant and systems. We work on the floor with your team to find the real constraint, fix it, and leave you with the capability to keep improving.

✅ Shop floor problem solving - working alongside your value adding team members

• Defining the real constraint rather than the assumed one
• Right sized, sustainable solutions built for the people doing the work
• Solutions designed around today's manufacturing and service delivery challenges

✅ Lean and Six Sigma - a deep methodology foundation applied practically

• Process mapping and waste identification
• Root cause analysis and variation reduction
• Standard work and continuous improvement disciplines

✅ Industry 4.0 and digitisation - turning shop floor data into usable information

• Identifying digitisation and connectivity improvement opportunities
• Connecting machines, systems and people so data flows without re keying
• Reporting that supports better and faster decision making

✅ Roadmaps and delivery - technology consulting that gets it done

• Developing and executing improvement roadmaps and project plans
• Going to market for the right technology tools
• Establishing operational support arrangements where required

How an engagement runs

✅ Assess - a one to two week diagnostic on the floor: process mapping, data review and constraint analysis.

✅ Improve - quick wins, standard work, and digitisation or connectivity changes.

✅ Embed - training, visual management and handing ongoing improvement to your team.

Typical outcomes: shorter lead times, less rework and scrap, better overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and data you can act on.

Example: for TasRail, K2 built a tool that turns around 15 years of rail wear data into funding forecasts, alongside their Maximo asset system.

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