Continuous Improvement Founded
on Lean Six Sigma Principles

Taking your operation from good to better to best is your goal — and ours.

Our Lean Six Sigma specialists have experience in varied environments, applying continuous improvement principles and process improvements to existing operations. We assist in implementing lean solutions that increase efficiency and eliminate waste and variation.

Put our expertise to work for you.

Lean Services to Move Your Operation Forward

Burns & McDonnell offers Lean Six Sigma services delivered by certified professionals with extensive implementation experience. Our Lean Six Sigma
master black belts have operations and continuous improvement experience in varied environments, both traditional and non-traditional. Their expertise includes implementing process improvements in manufacturing environments to assisting clients in bringing lean solutions to hospitals — and everything in between.

Our philosophy is to teach our clients to be self-sustaining in the pursuit of continuous improvement. We are results-focused. The goal of our implementation activity is to measurably improve operational performance and make you successful.

Services
Markets
Past Successes

Business Systems Assessment

Strategy deployment (Hoshin)
Financial analysis
Operational effectiveness
Inventory analysis
Supply chain management

Lean Implementation

Strategy deployment (Hoshin)
Value stream mapping
Cell design and modeling
Visual management
(people and material)
Setup reduction
Flow/pull
Quality improvement

Master Planning

Capacity analysis and planning
Work area layout
Process design
Flow
3P

Aviation and industrial manufacturing
Energy (electrical transmission, distribution and generation)
Government and defense
Healthcare and research facilities
Process and manufacturing (consumer and pharmaceutical)
Security (physical and cyber)
Telecommunication
Transportation

Our Lean Six Sigma team has experience in varied industries and settings. Some of the efficiencies they achieved for clients:

Manufacturing

Defect reduction of 90% in four months — Aerospace
Machine set-up times reduced 53% in three weeks — Sheet metal manufacturing
Electrical harness failures reduced by 50% in three months — Aerospace
Reduced the cycle time of a composite main rotor blade by 35% — Aerospace
Increased inventory turns by 40 — Manufacturing
OSHA recordables reduced by 51% — Refrigeration manufacturing
Reduction of finished goods inventory by greater than 90% — Textile manufacturing
Reduced facility footprint by 20% through improved process design — Aerospace

Service and Healthcare

Reduced hiring cycle time by 30% — Aerospace
Increased first-day shipping from warehouse by 30% — Aerospace
Pharmacy compounding cycle times improved by 40% — Hospital
Changeover of CT scan reduced to allow double scan quantity — Hospital
50% inventory reduction in 6 months — Hospital
Reduced patient cycle time by 20% — Dental clinic

Government

Multimillion-dollar cost and lead time reductions on flexible payload submarine systems — U.S. Navy
Reduced engine repair time by 50%, costs by 35% and quality costs by $250,000 in two months — Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Quality discrepancies reduced 50% in avionics, navigation and electronics center — NAVAIR Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD)
Reduced tank engine overhaul cycle time by 45% — U.S. Army

Lean Six Sigma

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Continuous Improvement Founded on Lean Six Sigma Principles