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Get Sorted Manufacturing’s experienced practitioners work with your team to deliver sustainable practical solutions to improve the operational performance of your manufacturing business. Using GSM’s Improvement Toolkit, combined with training and coaching your team in the appropriate selection and use of tools and techniques, your team will develop their capability in delivering and sustaining continuous improvements. GSM’s approach is focused on shop floor activities where your teams learn by doing, which is the preferred learning style for most factory based employees. Training and coaching takes place, as far as practicable, on the shop floor where we utilise a “see one, try one, do one” approach to build people’s confidence and capability in the practical application of tools and techniques. This allows them to experience rapid delivery of improvements to demonstrate the impact that they can have. Application of GSM’s approach will help you to unlock further potential in your business and deliver bottom line financial benefits which far outweigh the costs. Read more ↓ |
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GSM’s Improvement Toolkit has been developed through years of routine usage with learnings being used to continuously improve the tools and how they are used.
Some examples of tools in the GSM Improvement Toolkit are:
| Tool | Brief description |
| OEE Capability | To deliver good OEE results the capability to do so has to be implemented. This tool first assesses the OEE capability in the key areas of Leadership, People, Systems, Equipment & Materials. This then provides a guide to identify strengths and opportunities from which a prioritised OEE improvement action plan can be developed and executed to improve OEE capability and OEE performance. See Gallery Focussed improvement. |
| Lean Changeovers | Increasingly demanding customers want product diversity, reliable service and lower costs. For manufacturers this means more product variations, in smaller lots, made more frequently (to avoid inventory costs) i.e. more changeovers, which in turn lower output and OEE. Our Lean Changeover tool enables a step change in changeover performance (50-85% reduction in time taken) by removing wastes from the process resulting in significant time being given back for production output. See Gallery Lean changeover. |
| Effective Maintenance | As customer service is critical, and manufacturing becomes more automated, the reliability of equipment is a critical consideration. The Effective Maintenance approach selects and practically applies the correct tools and techniques to optimise your maintenance activities, ensuring they are value adding, resulting in increased plant availability, less breakdowns, reduced maintenance costs and a more proactive approach. |
| Autonomous Maintenance / Operator Asset Care |
Autonomous Maintenance (AM) and Operator Asset Care (OAC) allows people to use more of the skills they already have to care for their equipment. Our approach facilitates solving machine problems and implementing routine checks and tasks which delivers reduced waste, breakdowns and short stops and gives the team a sense of pride and ownership in their machines and performance. See Gallery Autonomous Manintenance. |
| Lean Coach | Lean manufacturing aims to develop the capabilities of individuals and teams to better run the day to day operation and deliver improvement to the business through a focus on processes and the removal of wastes. Lean Coach provides a practical approach to Lean management, tools and techniques and is delivered on the ‘shop floor’ by experienced practitioners. See Galleries Lean Management Systems and Lean Workshop. |
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GSM activities can range from a 2 hour workshop through to a 10-12 week improvement project and are always tailored to meet the particular needs of each customer and their employee group. GSM activities are led by experienced practitioners who share their knowledge and toolkit to ensure customers are provided with the capability and skills to successfully repeat the improvement process by themselves. Activities can be delivered on a one to one or group basis. We often start with a pilot, to show that it works and gain buy in from stakeholders, before rolling out across a value stream, site or sites. |
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