Del is professional, articulate, and a strong facilitator who leads teams with ease toward their objectives.
-Julie S
KPIs
Key Performance Indicators are everyone’s business. Learn to assign the correct measurements to the correct individuals, and how to use those indicators to continue to improve your productivity and efficiency.
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Strategy Deployment
Make sure your overall company goals are clear and understood by everyone. Individual efforts must be in solid alignment in order to keep your business on the fast track to success. Strategy deployment will help everyone understand how they fit into the big picture.
Problem Solving
There are many problem solving tools on the market today, each with their own benefits. The goal is to get to the real problem for a solution. Choose the one that will allow you to stop troubleshooting, and start problem solving.
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The Ultimate Revenue Retention Formula
Del is an excellent teacher. Whether in his training classes or in the moment during a Kaizen event. He quickly gains the trust of our team members and gets their buy in from the start.
- Peter M
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Convenient, affordable, web based learning modules* take you step by step through a revenue retention formula to keep that monthly revenue flowing in every month, month after month.
Bonus video Lean Basics 101
8 Wastes
Learn about the 8 deadly wastes, how to identify them, and how to eliminate them from your everyday processes. Process waste is considered to be minimal because it can hide in the multitude of daily activities.
In-House training classes and workshops are proving to be the best option for organizations that want to see instant return on their training dollars. With in-house workshops, your employees will build their skills with compacted training sessions and hands on experiences. They will immediately apply their new skills to real time situations in your business to start the improvement cycle. In house training is a practical choice because everything that your employees learn will be put to the test right away. You will see immediate results from the very first class to the last…and beyond.
Value vs. Non Value
Do your processes add value to the final product or are they costing you money for things the customer cares nothing about. Learn to identify true value and reduce or eliminate your non valued activities.
-Del Calkins
Watch my latest webinar and you'll learn the details to drive those monthly revenue numbers right back up where they belong, month after month.
Theory of Constraints
Learn to recognize the bottlenecks that are holding you back. Develop systems to eliminate the bottlenecks, and set up processes to keep them from returning. When your bottlenecks are cleared, your productivity will skyrocket.
Creating a Visual Factory
You’ve heard the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, and it’s never truer than in a place of business. Everyone will know what is going on and the proper way to accomplish goals when you are working in a visual organization
* Also available for on site consultation
5S
5S is the foundation for your Continuous Improvement journey. With a solid 5S program in place, your efforts will take root and your employees will be empowered to achieve. Your future projects will be more successful.
Gemba Walk
Develop your Gemba walk into an efficient daily routine that will teach accountability and communication to your leads and their team members. Learn to stay abreast of the details that matter.
I have been consistently impressed with his knowledge, attitude, and diligence. Del always demonstrates professionalism and great attention to detail.
-Tony M
Process Mapping
The best way to improve your processes is by knowing and understanding them. By mapping them out, you can see opportunities for improvement jump right out at you.
I have personally been involved in several events that he oversaw and was impressed with his ability to guide the team in a direction the company needed, while still making sure that all the people involved had a voice and left the event with a sense of ownership of the results and bought into the new way of doing things.
-Jeff C