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• Home 
• Resources 
  • Foundation Principles Overview 
  • Continuous Process Improvement 
    • First 4 Principles 
    • Plan, Do, Check, Adjust 
    • The Sluice Analogy 
    • The Helix 
      • Helix Trap 
      • Yeah-Buts 
    • Strategic CPI 
    • Lean Thinking Overview 
      • Value Stream Mapping 
      • Navigating Lean-Sigma Alphabet Soup 
    • Theory of Constraints (TOC) 
      • AVIT Flow 
    • Interaction of Lean, 6 Sigma, & TOC 
  • Schools of "Lean Implementation" 
    • Paul Bunyan School of Lean Implementation 
      • Paul Bunyan School of Lean Implementation, page 2 
      • Paul Bunyan School of Lean Implementation, page 3 
      • Paul Bunyan School of Lean Implementation, page 4 
    • Chiropractic School of Lean Implementation 
    • Farmer's School of Lean Implementation 
  • Recommended Reading 
  • Tool Box 
    • Ideas that are Made to Stick - Understanding SUCCES 
    • Magnet Layout Tool 
    • Separate High-volume processes from Low-volume processes 
    • Pain X Frequency 
    • Kanban (Visual) Inventory 
    • Pareto Charts - The 80/20 Rule in Graph Form 
• Members 
  • Triple Tiered Z - TTZ 
    • TTZ Introductory Overview 
    • TTZ Outline 
    • Value Stream Triple-Tiered "Z" - TTZ 
    • Detailed Description Of The Triple-Tiered "Z" (Text Only) 
    • Discussion of the Triple-Tiered-Z Document (TTZ Discussion) 
    • Great Boss Dead Boss Demark: the organizational-responsibility-boundary between strategic and tactical "flows" 
    • Why Projects go Bad 
    • Getting and Keeping Management Buy-In 
    • Option Tree Tips 
    • Bully On the Playground 
  • How to Optimize Your Business from Concept to Collection - Workshop 
  • How to Optimize Your Business from Concept to Collection - Tools 
  • Manufacturing Consulting Services 1st Client Discovery Evaluation 
  • Manufacturing Consulting Services 2nd Client Discovery Evaluation 
• Services 
• Why Us? 
  • Real Results: Case Studies 
    • Cultured Marble Countertop Manufacturer 
    • Diamond Drill Bit Manufacturing Company 
    • Dock to Marketing 
    • Custom Kitchen Cabinet Mill 
    • Receiving to Payment 
    • Lean-Sigma tools applied to Intellectual Property processing 
  • Single Page Results 
    • Diamond Drill Bit Manufacturer Lean Thinking Results 
    • Cleaning Equipment Company Lean Thinking Results 
    • Pool Cover Manufacturer Lean Thinking Results 
  • Testimonials 
  • FAQs 
    • MaCS FAQ - Why? 
    • MaCS FAQ - What? 
    • MaCS FAQ - Who? 
    • MaCS FAQ - When? 
    • MaCS FAQ - Where? 
    • MaCS FAQ - How? 
    • MaCS FAQ - How Much? 
• About Us 
  • About CEO & President - Tim Ward 
  • About Manufacturing Consulting Services 
  • Purpose & Motive 
  • Terms of Use 
  • Contact Us 
• Site Map