Provides a brief overview of Core4 Consultants, LLC management consulting services - "Increasing your Competitive Advantage" www.core4consultants.com

1. Increase your Competitive Advantage
C4C – How we can Help!
Robert Francis
03/11/2013

2. Core4 Consultants – How we can help!
• Strategic
(some areas)
• Company problem/opportunity
• C4C assessment / recommendations
• Strategic planning
• Organization infrastructure
• Voice of the Customer Strategy (VOC)
• Business/Engineering/Manufacturing
Process Improvements
• Quality Management
• Export Strategy
• Employee reward/recognition programs
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3. Core4Consultants – How we can Help
• Tactical Strategy
• Business Improvements
• Vision implementation
• Processes Improvements – Value Steam, Six Sigma,
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ISO
Cost reduction strategies
Resources
Infrastructure changes Organization, IT, Software
Export Strategy ( see attachment 2)
Financial Analysis
Project Management
Other – Deployment/Transfers
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4. Core4Consultants – How we can Help
• Tactical Strategy
• Market > Customer focus
• Market Requirement Process
• Customer – VOC (Voice of the Customer), problem
resolution, process Improvement, field support
issue/resolution
• Program Management
• Metrics
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5. Core4Consultants – How we can Help
• Tactical Strategy
• Engineering Process Implementation
• Design/Software project Management
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Design requirements process
Value Engineering
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
Design form Manufacturing (DFMA)
Design for Test (DFT)
Quality Function Deployment
Customer/Supplier Support
Metrics development/execution
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6. Core4Consultants – How we can help
• Tactical Strategy
• Manufacturing/Supply Chain Improvements
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Lean/Value Stream Mapping
Six Sigma
Quality Improvement - Kaizien
Process Improvements
ISO
Cost Reductions
Capital Improvements
Project Management
Metrics
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7. Core4Consultants – How we can help
• Business Development/Export
• Work with US companies to help them
export there products into international
markets (see slide 9).
• Work with foreign companies to:
• recommend US products and services
they can they partner with for their market.
• pursue products, service, and partners
they have identified for there markets
• provide export service of US products.
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8. Business
Vision,
Business Processes,
Infrastructure, Cost
Financials, Metrics, Exports
Engineering
Engineering Process
Value Engineering
Design Requirements
DFMA
DFT
DFSS
Phase Gate
Marketing
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Manufacturing
Voice of Customer
Market Requirements
Program Management
Quality, Cost, Delivery
Six Sigma
Lean
Process Improvements
Core4 Consultants Project Management – All Areas

9. Core4Consultants – Export Strategy
Nevada/Sierra
Nevada/Sierra
Region
Company
Company
NNDA
A)Tools/Info:
* Find
* Communicate
* Sell
B) Service
* US Gov.
* Funding
* Compliance
* Codes
* Duties/Taxes
* Freight
* Contract
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Government
Partners
Companies
Customers

10. Core4Consultants –
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Q&A
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Next Steps
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11. Core4Consultants – 20+ years Experience
• Business
• Vision implementation / support –
• Business Development / Export Strategy - Domestic/International
• Infrastructure development: Organizations, IT,
• Resource management/development/recognition
• Marketing
• Developing/deploying market requirements for technology products
• Voice of Customer (VOC) activity
• Program/Product Management
• Engineering
• Product/technology introduction/improvement, cost reduction development
• Product Launch/transfers domestic, international
• R&D to commercialization process development /implementation (start up)
• Manufacturing
• Product / Process Improvements - DFMA/DFT/VE implementation
• Six Sigma, Quality improvements, Cost reduction, capital improvements
• Lean: product introduction, assembly, Test, mfg. software execution
• New facility - Mfg. Processes / Warehousing project management
• Project management across all sectors – Domestic, International
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