Operational solutions

Critical Chain Project Management
​CCPM

​Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is a methodology for planning, executing and managing projects in single and multi-project environments.

CCPM addresses issues related to project timing, increased costs, performance and under-delivery, versus traditional methods, such as critical path, where the emphasis is placed on tight scheduling and ordered tasks.

CCPM approaches projects by applying the following steps: 
  • Planning: This stage includes defining the critical chain, which is comprised of critical tasks; reducing task estimates and safety.
  • Execution: Project resources are prioritized according to determinations defined in the planning stage.
  • Review: Buffer management is applied to assess the status of each task. Buffers and their consumption rates serve as excellent touch point indicators for projects and related tasks.

Critcalt chain has proven to be highly successful

TLS
Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma combined

Delivering Significant, Cost-Saving Operational Results-- FastOperations excellence is not new. In fact, a recent survey found that over 70 percent of U.S. manufacturers have implemented some version of Lean or Six Sigma.
But where are the results? Despite wide implementation of Lean, Six Sigma, and other programs, less than 25 percent of organizations report having made significant progress toward achieving their operations excellence goals. 
We employ the TLS Methodology—which combines the best practices from Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma—to drive continuous process improvement, reducing waste, variation, costs, and cycle time.
TLS is a focused approach that ties local process improvements to the bottom line, establishing a firm link between the business objectives, and the processes and behaviors that drive results. Double-blind studies have found that the TLS combination delivers 15 times the results of Lean alone and 23 times the results of Six Sigma alone.

Demand Driven 
Supply Chain

The TOC Replenishment solution involves holding just enough inventory at the distribution location(s) closest to the end user to satisfy the expected demands of the market during the time it takes to reliably replenish the distribution site(s) with what was actually sold.

Pivotal Consulting assists the client in solving the ongoing conflict inherent in distribution,  and implementing the solution to optimize inventory without losing sales


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