Manufacturing Consulting Firm - Rockford Consulting

<BODY aLink=#ffcc00 bgColor=#ffffff link=#990000 vLink=#666666> <TABLE align=left border=0 cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 width=490> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=10></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=122><IMG alt="Manufacturing Consulting Firm" border=0 src="images/hurdle.gif" width="122" height="219"><BR><IMG alt="Manufacturing Consulting Firm" border=0 src="images/notation.gif" width="127" height="541"> <BR><BR><FONT color=#000000 face=arial size=2><FONT color=gray face=arial size=3><B>Manufacturing Consulting Firm Services Directory</B></FONT> <BR><BR> <A href="manucons.htm"><img src="images/manuf.gif" alt="Manufacturing" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="agilcons.htm"><img src="images/agile.gif" alt="Manufacturing" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <img src="images/lean.gif" alt="Lean Manufacturing" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="cellcons.htm"> <img src="images/cell.gif" alt="Cellular Manufacturing" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="distcons.htm"><img src="images/distrib.gif" alt="Distribution" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="purcons.htm"><img src="images/purch.gif" alt="Purchasing" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="stracons.htm"><img src="images/strategy.gif" alt="Strategic Planning" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="itcons.htm"><img src="images/infotech.gif" alt="Information Technology" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="supcons.htm"><img src="images/supply.gif" alt="Supply Chain Management" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="outcons.htm"><img src="images/outsour.gif" alt="Outsourcing" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <BR><BR><FONT color=#000000 face=arial size=2><FONT color=gray face=arial size=3><B>General Information</B></FONT> <BR><BR><A href="about.htm"><img src="images/aboutus.gif" alt="About Us" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="ia.htm"><img src="images/intlalli.gif" alt="International Alliances" border=0 height=38 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="qualify.htm"><img src="images/qualif.gif" alt="Qualifications" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="articles.htm"><img src="images/articles.gif" alt="Articles" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="succes.htm"><img src="images/success.gif" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="speaking.htm"><img src="images/speak.gif" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="seminars.htm"><img src="images/seminar.gif" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="news.htm"><img src="images/news.gif" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="employop.htm"><img src="images/employ.gif" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <A href="contact.htm"><img src="images/contact.gif" border=0 height=29 width=153 hspace=0 vspace=0></a> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://RockfordConsulting.com/manufacturing-consulting-firm.htm"><B>|</B>Manufacturing Consulting Firm<B>|</B></A> </TD> <TD vAlign=top width=10></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=348><FONT color=gray face=arial size=3><B>Manufacturing Consulting Firm</B></FONT><BR><BR> <FONT color=#000000 face=arial size=2><FONT color=gray face=arial size=3><B>Consulting Services</B></FONT> <P> <H4><CENTER><B>Manufacturing Consulting Firm Services Offered: </B></CENTER></H4> <div align="justify"><font><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="2">Whether you are a discrete product or process manufacturer, make-to-order or repetitive, <b>Rockford Consulting Group can help you increase your competitiveness by reducing throughput time, reducing lead times, reducing costs, increasing capacity, increasing flexibility, reducing inventory, and increasing quality, through selection and implementation of the right manufacturing strategy for your company.</b>  We are a boutique consulting firm that specializes in manufacturing, distribution and supply chain management.  We serve companies wishing to become world-class performers.  <b>We get results!!!</b></font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"></font><br> </div> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"></font> <div align="justify"><br> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Rockford Consulting Group is located in Rockford, IL, a manufacturing-based city situated in northern Illinois. Our consultants were part of a company with its roots in machine tools and hard manufacturing. As a result our consultants have deep understanding and intimate knowledge of manufacturing at the shop-floor, process planning and work instruction levels. </font><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Since then Rockford Consulting Group has applied its base manufacturing knowledge to a variety of primary and secondary industries including, but not limited to: aluminum, steel, machine tools, automotive, aerospace, consumer packaged goods, medical devices, food & beverage, process, chemical, oil & gas, utilities, rubber, plastics, textile, garment, electronics, off-road vehicles, and distribution. </font><br> <br> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">We assist clients in developing and implementing manufacturing strategies with demonstrated, substantial results. <b>Contact us <a href="contact.htm">(click here) </a>for more information on how we can improve your operations.</b> <br><br> These are the various services and applications we offer, as part of our Supply Chain Management consulting portfolio, for manufacturing efforts:</font> </div> <UL> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <li>Value stream Mapping</li> <li>Cycle-time Reductions</li> <li>Inventory Reductions</li> <li>Throughput Time Reductions</li> <li>Order-to-Ship Lead Time Reductions</li> <li>Operating Cost Reductions</li> <li>Cycle-time Reductions</li> <li>Fixed Overhead Cost Reductions</li> <li>Variable Overhead Cost Reductions</li> <li>Substantial Increases in Capacity/ Throughput</li> <li>Physical Flow Improvements</li> <li>Increases in Revenue Generating Floor Space</li> <LI>Manufacturing Strategy</li> <LI>Lean Manufacturing Applications</li> <LI>Synchronous Manufacturing Applications</li> <LI>Make-to-Order Applications</li> <LI>Mass Customization Applications</li> <LI>Flexible Cell Design</li> <LI>Cost/Benefits</li> <LI>Agile Manufacturing Applications</li> <LI>Factory Design/Simulations </li> <LI>Work Center Design</li> <LI>Assembly Evaluation/Design</li> <LI>Production Planning</li> <LI>ERP Evaluation/Selection/Implementation</li> <LI>Supply Chain Modeling/Simulations </li> <LI>Operational Audits </li> <LI>Plant Evaluations</li> <LI>Plant Consolidation</li> <LI>Machine/Equipment Analysis/Specifications</li> <LI>Capacity Planning/Simulation</li> <LI>Materials Logistics Analysis/Simulation</li> <LI>Inventory Planning</li> <LI>Process Planning/Design/Simulation</li> <LI>Material Handling Design/Simulation</li> <LI>Core Process Identification/Development</li> <LI>Outsource/Reengineer Assessments </li> <LI>Supplier Partnership Negotiations </li> <LI>Organization Development/Design </li> <LI>Business Process Reengineering</li> <LI>Information Technology Evaluations</li> <LI>Scheduling Development</li> <LI>Concurrent Engineering</li> <LI>MRP Evaluation</li> <LI>Acquisition Analysis & Due Diligence</li> <LI>Cycle-time Reduction</li> <LI>Cellular Manufacturing Design</li> <LI>Logistics Analysis/Simulation</li> <LI>Kan-ban/Visual Scheduling</li> <LI>Cellular Operator Classification Design</li> <LI>Synchronous Scheduling Development</li> <LI>Synchronous Line Pacing</li> <LI>Factory Design/Simulations</li> <LI>Operations Assessments</li> <LI>Supply Chain Modeling/Simulations</li> <LI>Operational Audits</li> <LI>Machine/Equipment Analysis/Specifications</li> <LI>Capacity Planning/Simulation</li> <LI>Process Design/Simulation</li> <LI>Material Handling Design/Simulation</li> <LI>Core Process Identification/Development</li> <LI>Outsource/Reengineer Assessments</li> <LI>Supplier Partnership Negotiations</li> <LI>Organization Design </li> <LI>Cellular Operations </li> <LI>Business Process Reengineering</li> <LI>Materials Management</li> <LI>Project Management </LI></UL></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://rockfordconsulting.com/manufacturing-consulting-firm.htm"><B>|</B>Manufacturing Consulting Firm<B>|</B></A> <B></B> <P><FONT color=gray face=arial size=3><B>Consulting Information</B></FONT> <P align=justify><font size="2">Rockford Consulting Group is located in Rockford, IL., a city with a substantial manufacturing and machine tool history. An Illinois corporation, our Manufacturing Consulting Firm specialize in purchasing, manufacturing, outsourcing, manufacturing and distribution operations management consulting. As companies search for ways to react to intense competitive pressures in the next decade, our firm offers a unique group of integrated dynamic state-of-the-art services to help clients develop high performance capability. We do not represent any commercial product or service that would be regarded as value-add. We provide high quality work to our clients and do not engage services for which we are not qualified. </font></P> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> <font size="2">Rockford Consulting Group has a cadre of the best consultants in the world today, providing high quality professionalism through the use of experience and innovation. We subscribe to the Institute of Management Consultants Code of Professional Conduct. We strive to enhance the integrity and image of the consulting profession. All consultants engaged on projects adhere to its principles. Whenever possible we will use consultants certified in their particular specialty area. </font> </P> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> <font size="2">Certification ensures that a specialist has substantial prior experience in their specialty, and their competencies have been tested by the IMC, and verified by a significant number of clients. This assures our clients that we are assigning the highest qualified consultants in the profession. </font> </P> <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> <font size="2">Specialists on a client assignment may have up to 30+ years consulting experience. Rockford Consulting Group applies concepts and technologies as the situation warrants, which will result in the ultimate benefit to our clients. We treat technologies as tools in a tool-chest, and use them when they offer practical solutions and achievable results. We believe that each client situation is unique, with its own unique set of solutions. <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A fresh objective view is always maintained, with no preconceived solutions or fads. We develop practical and implementable manufacturing management solutions, based on decades of experience. Using team-building techniques, we facilitate the process of developing technical and organizational strategies and transform them into executable, and measurable short-term actions. Our clients learn to sustain the process, gaining the ownership required for success. <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">All of our staff have direct, hands-on operational experience in early parts of their careers. Many consultants were engineers, machine operators, manufacturing engineering managers, and purchasing managers. This provides sensitivity and insight to operational issues; i.e., they know how factories and businesses work. <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">We do not employ consultants inexperienced in manufacturing, and/or distribution. Most of our Manufacturing Consulting Firm staff have international experience, having worked in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Italy, China, or Russia. <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> We work primarily with publicly and privately owned corporations, or divisions of large corporations, from $30mm to $400mm in sales revenue. Our hands-on experience spans a wide range of environments, which reach from business services, consumer products, through high-tech. Industries served are service, automotive, aerospace, durable consumer products, rubber, plastics, electronics, off-road vehicles, and distribution. <BR> <BR></font><CENTER><A HREF="http://rockfordconsulting.com/manufacturing-consulting-firm.htm"><font size="2">Manufacturing Consulting Firm</font></A><font size="2"></font></CENTER><BR> <CENTER><FONT color=#000000 face=arial size=2><FONT color=gray face=arial size=3><B>Contact Information</B></FONT> </CENTER><BR> <CENTER>Forward Requests For Proposals To:</CENTER><BR><CENTER>Rockford Consulting Group<BR>Century Plaza<BR>Suite 206<BR>7210 East State Street<BR>Rockford, Illinois 61108<BR> Telephone: 815-229-2900<BR>Telefax: 815-229-2612<BR>Toll-free 800-667-7495 </CENTER><BR><CENTER> <FONT color=gray face=arial size=2><A href="mailto: rligus@RockfordConsulting.com">E-mail Richard G. 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