Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Strategy, Lean Manufacturing Software, and Facility Design

Manufacturing and Operations Strategy Consultants

DeHart Consulting, Inc. offers Operations management consulting services to manufacturing companies.

AREAS OF FOCUS

Manufacturing Facility Design and Industrial Engineering
Engineering of business and manufacturing processes
Demand-pull shop floor implementations
Supply Chain Strategy
Outsourcing Decision Analysis
Manufacturing Operations Strategy
Manufacturing systems software implementations

PRIMARY MARKET

Technology Manufacturing Companies

STRENGTHS

Team-based Lean manufacturing principles
High-mix Manufacturing Demand-pull software
Cost and cost reduction analysis
Simplification of material and production planning systems
Product development and concurrent engineering processes
Supply chain engineering
New product innovation and introduction

DEMAND-PULL
IMPLEMENTATIONS

Bring the power of your manufacturing operations strategy to bear on team-based ownership of Customer Service. The best lean manufacturing organizations have learned how to focus individuals within the company and entities within the supply chain on serving the customer first.

Do we outsource or implement our own manufacturing operation? What about hybrid structures?
What path will lead to the lowest unit cost, working capital, and highest customer service levels?
What Quality systems will we need to improve performance and dovetail with customers?
Is an Enterprise Resource Planning System necessary, and at what point?
How about Manufacturing Execution Systems?
How much capacity will we need and what will it cost?
How can location influence my competitiveness and where is the best fit?
What service levels will our customers require?

These are all crucial questions that DCI helps its customers answer.

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Practice Areas

Engagements

Xilinx, Inc.

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San Jose, CA, Module Five

Designed a new engineering lab to accommodate growth in the SERDES Product Engineering group, 4,000 square-feet in total, built in three phases to prevent productivity losses during current-space renovation. Primary project objectives were doubling bench capacity, improvements in wire management, reduced acoustical noise levels, and improvements in Electrostatic Discharge prevention. Deliverables included facility designs and accompanying CAD files, utility requirements for Power, Networking, Clean Dry Air, and Chilled Coolant loops for chillers that serviced coolant to test fixtures. Additional Details

San Jose, CA, Module Four

Designed a new engineering lab and back-end test lab, 10,000 square-feet in total, for a new domestic site housing the company's Complex Programmable Logic Device Product Line.

Raving Fans

C-Speed

C Speed, Inc.
Santa Barbara and Santa Clara, CA
"DeHart Consulting, teamed with our internal organization, helped C Speed to jumpstart its operational strategy by developing our supply chain, operational infrastructure, reliability and product development processes. DCI recommended the most advantageous supply and infrastructure partners, and worked to bring these partners to the bargaining table. This has created a path for us to become a world-class player in the optical networking and telecommunications industry."
-- Dwain Aidala, President and CEO
C Speed, Inc