Agnitio can render assistance in improving or developing your current infrastructure. We have developed extensive experience in the critical disciplines of operational tools, site strategies and new product introduction.
Operational Tools and Methods
New Product Introduction is the generation of a required, technically and commercially viable new service or product to support the customer's needs and the corporate business plan, with minimum risk to all parties. Agnitio consultants have experience in the NPI process for both expansion and/or new variants of existing services and entirely new services or products. Consumer demand and technology advances mean that new offerings must be put in place rapidly, effectively and sustainable. Agnitio can provide the early program life cycle support for NPI, one of your most important business processes.
Program Management is the process of managing multiple ongoing inter-dependent projects. When implementing a Program Management structure, Agnitio consultants reflect the emphasis on coordinating and prioritizing resources across projects, departments, and entities to ensure that resource contention is managed from a global standpoint. Key parameters examined include governance, standards, financial considerations, metrics and KPIs and alignment with corporate objectives.
Information Technology is one of the most important aspects of service provision enabling both the service provider and its customers to make key business decisions in a timely manner. However, most ERP systems are manufacturing orientated and do not address the specific needs of the service industry. This requires that modification of the applications is required to address the requirements of inventory management, shop floor flow, billing and other service specific functions. Agnitio has the experience to assist you in making the best decisions with respect to the requirements of your IT infrastructure.
Assessing Site Strategies
As programs move into, out of, and between sites, the efficiency and profitability of that site can change significantly. It is often difficult to predict or monitor those changes, particularly if they appear insignificant at first, when management is faced with so many other challenges. Agnitio consultants will examine the crucial areas related to process, product/technology, logistics and costs and provide an unbiased assessment of your plants capabilities and performance in these aspects of your business. We will also present our recommendations for any changes we believe would enhance the performance of your sites and work with you on developing and implementing a solution to ensure that your sites are optimized.
Site assessment would include, but would not be limited to, the following.
· Product/technology related – products and mix, technologies, skill sets, labor pool
· Process related – use of floor space, work flows, methodologies, infrastructure, allocation of labor
· Logistics related – proximity to hubs, carriers, advance/express exchange, customer locations, collection/distribution centers
· Cost related – location, labor, inventory, overhead, capital investment, non-recurring expenses