business efficiency platforms ©management performance limited 1

Business Efficiency Platforms

©Management Performance Limited 1


We are MPL…We are an experienced solutions and outcomes consultancy providing business improvement services to a wide range of companies worldwide.

We work in partnership with SMEs, household names and worldwide brands to manage business change, remove waste and inefficiency from processes, enhance productivity and to provide workforces with the skills and tools and techniques to continuously improve business performance.

We work with manufacturing and services industry resolving short and long term issues in production, logistics and customer facing operations.

We have 28 years experience in over 400 major blue chip client projects combining consultancy with state of the art web based data tools to achieve outcomes of at least 4:1 ROI on project cost.


We are MPL…


Organisational Issues

• Intense pressure on efficiency and performance• Short Interval control to improve

efficiency/reduce waste• Clear Responsibilities definition• Tightening budgets• Cross unit activities in isolation of each other• Need for end to end measurement and

management• Adjustment to evolving insource/outsourcing of

core functions within and external to an organisation


Performance Management

• MPL has nearly 3 decades of experience with large companies to drive efficiency in core business functions

• Combine this with cross organizational metrics and workflow

• A combination of on coaching, mentoring and systems to get total visibility of process and create a culture of improvement

• Link this to management and cross organization measures

• Sustainability of improvement a major deliverable on all of our projects


MPL’s LeanDriver™


The Platform


ReferencesMPL has received nearly 200 references for its support from successful SME’s, family businesses and PLCs over the last 25 years, examples of which are shown below:


Reference Examples


MPL’s ValueDriver


The Three Elements of Lean

R&D

R&D

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

PurchasingPurchasing

LogisticsLogistics

AccountingAccounting

Warehousing

Warehousing

Work Processes

StrategyDriver Management Processes• Performance measures• Financial management• Strategic planning• Capital budgeting

ValueDriverBusiness Processes • Product development• Order fulfillment• Customer service

LeanDriver™Unit based performance measurement

ValueDriver software provides six key functions to drive efficiency

Process Optimization

Dynamic Management

Activity Monitoring

Integration

Collaboration

Web Services

• Simplifies, streamlines and automates processes

• Improves change management

• Impose standards

• Improves control and management

• Manage and monitor performance of processes, tasks and personnel

• Enables collaborative commerce through standards e.g. XML/SOAP

• Enables inter-enterprise transactions

• Integrates existing assets

• Integrates people, processes, systems and applications

ValueDriver Benefits

Integrate applications across the entire business process

Provide a single point of entry for related data

Reduce or eliminate human error

Replace people tasks with automated tasks

Reduce or eliminate waiting time for tasks

Provide real-time status about processes to management

Integrate data flow with corporate systems such as SAP


ValueDriver MapsBusiness Processes

ValueDriver Explorer

ValueDriver Explorer is a web-based user tool, designed

for non-technical end-users to automate their daily

business processes.

It allows end users to start BPM workflow, monitor

business flow status, maintain archive tasks, and

organize daily work and responsibilities such as

approvals and assessments.

An all-in-one browser based console allow users to

participate all business activities across organization.

ValueDriver Explorer (Screenshot)

ValueDriver MobileWork (Screenshot) To Do


MPL’s LeanDriver™


Advanced LeanDriver™Web Application

The Advanced LeanDriver™ web platform has been developed to support the delivery and sustainability of our Performance Management projects

For unit functions it provides a powerful performance measurement system that complements the tools, coaching and techniques of the MPL Lean programs

On top of this ground up system it also offers a powerful and flexible workflow management system to support the cross unit Value Driver processes

Using Industry standard web based tools hosted in the cloud, deployment to fixed and mobile access points is extremely easy and low cost. The Platform is a critical part of project sustainability


The Decision Support and Community

Connection Cloud

Data for DecisionsCommon Purpose: • Creating a production

common culture message and KPI

Data for TeachingEducation and Teaching:• Consistent skills

development • Coaching • Learning organisations

Data for ResearchProcess Improvement:• Clear understanding of

improvement areas

Data for OperationsIndustry Community :• Factory operations • Warehousing • Logistics

Data for IncentivesManagement: • Strategy support • Cross organisation KPI’s• Margin analysis

Data for DesignProduct Manufacturers:• Real time feedback of

performance• Design optimisation

Data for ConnectionThe Internet of Things:• Mass connected devices• SCADA legacy interfaces

Advanced Lean Cloud Support


MPL’s LeanDriver™ PMSThe LeanDriver family consists of a short interval control management toolset. It has been refined and updated over a period of 10 years, and it has driven the delivery of many continuous improvement programmes in the UK and Europe.

LeanDriver can be targeted at every level of business. Management teams use LeanDriver as a measurement tool and as a focus for short interval control management. LeanDriver provides a powerful foundation tool for managers and their operating teams to add value to products and processes. Above all, to impact powerfully on unit and labour costs.

Cost of service is one key performance indicator which LeanDriver measures, drawing down data from existing systems. LeanDriver delivers results by the hour or less.

Advanced LeanDriver™ Web Platform

• Cloud based access anywhere data tracking applications suite to support/track SIC methods

• Drives lean management skills throughout operational teams, shortens processes by measuring, reporting, then analysing results to deliver improved performance. LeanDriver™ is targeted at every level of the business.

• Management & teams can easily monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)such as OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency), CPU (cost per unit) and UPMH (units per man hour) on a multi-site, multi-line basis on both fixed and mobile devices

• Additional functions including labour tracking/deployment, integration with wider Corporate ERP systems available

• Core application maturity from an 100+ blue chip client installations


Advanced LeanDriver Core System

• Production Monitoring Suite– OEE – Labour Efficiency – Availability – Right 1st st time– Labour cost per unit and by UOM e.g. carton

• Standard Reporting– OEE – Daily profile – Line downtime – Right first Time – Utilisation – Lost time split

• Data export via xml specified API or application level.csv


Advanced LeanDriver PMS


Advanced LeanDriver

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Mobile Platform access

• Antime/anywhere access strategy• Mobile browser support for all platforms with

scalable screens• Native Ios/Android releases early 2014

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Access Requirements

• Any mobile device with Safari, Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer (V10 onwards) browser supporting SSL encrypted connections

• Additional hardware requirements for add on modules such as barcode reading, printing, Scada and third party host based data API support

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Cloud hosted RDS Database and

applications servers

Multiple device types, PC, Phone, Tablet

APIs to exchange data with third party hosts e.g. SAP

Internet

Full disaster recovery, archive and

scalability in the cloud host

Specialist Printing and hardware interfaces

Technical Platform


ValueDriver Components

ValueDriver consists of five major components

Explorer - end user web application

Application Designer - process mapper

Organizer – company/project people map

Admin Console – system management/stats

Core Engine – web based database/app host


LeanDriver Components

• We based application access/core system– Desktop– Mobile

• Additional modules available – Bar code printing/reading– XML post box 2 way data exchange– More will be released during 2013/2014

• Core system database and app server hosted and delivered through cloud infrastructure from Rackspace inc.


Pricing

• ValueDriver

• LeanDriver


A Vision – end to end profit management

• The strategy driver/value driver/ lean driver combination is an integrated way to manage and maximize end to end profit in a business

• Our project approach is to use LeanDriver to identify and track immediate functional cost savings. Build operational KPIs with buy in

• Use Value Driver to extend these savings across an organization and tie operational KPIs to business APIs.

business efficiency platforms ©management performance limited 1

Documents

business performance

change management

management adjustment

organisation slide

business improvement

business change

core business functions

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