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Business Consulting Services

Services

Practice Areas
Employee Recruitment Services

Safety

  • Creating Safety Culture

  • Data Collection/Analysis

  • Incident Reporting - Root Cause and Abatement

  • STOP Program

Quality Control​

  • Defect/Scrap Reduction

  • Root Cause Analysis

  • Data Based Problem Solving

  • PPM Reduction Techniques

  • Poke-Yoke

  • Containment

Human Resources

  • Change Management

  • Policy Development and Implementation

  • Compensation

  • Wage Administration

  • KPI Development

  • Alternative Pay Process

  • Performance Appraisals

  • Employee Relations

  • Good Faith Bargaining

  • Interviewing Techniques

  • Retention/Onboarding

  • Recruitment

Lean Manufacturing

  • 5S

  • Visual Management

  • Dynamic Change Process 

  • Turn-key MOS

  • War Room

  • Product/Process Flow Optimization

  • Value Stream Mapping

  • Level Scheduling

  • S.M.E.D. 

  • Automation

  • Cycle Time Reduction

  • Inventory Management

K-LEAD Consulting, LLC is a business built on over 30 years of manufacturing experience in the automotive, agriculture, industrial, and hydraulic valve industries.  It is our mission to achieve manufacturing excellence for our customers through in-person facility assessments, as well as, one-on-one management consultations. Additionally, recruitment services are available to aid in the process of resolving employment gaps within our customer's organization.

 

We are well-versed in lean manufacturing, quality problem-solving methodologies, shop-floor improvement activities, product/process flow, MOS implementation, contract and pricing negotiations, CapEx projects of any scale, human resources, and maintaining a culture of safety.  Our years of experience have allowed us to implement realistic, effective, and cost viable solutions.  We have successfully led hundreds of continual improvement projects accumulating savings of more than $30,000,000 over the past decade. We provide the avenue for promoting and maintaining a culture of safety.  Our techniques are proven effective by achieving 5,000,000 employee hours without a lost time accident in a foundry operation.  Our team offers a turn-key MOS system which utilizes visual management techniques, War Rooms, Key Metrics, and Executive Reporting.  We offer scrap reduction techniques that are proven effective along multiple product lines, including highly complex components. Our team has saved millions of dollars through effective contract negotiation techniques, leverage buy and favorably negotiated T&C's. Lastly, we have the experience to provide any of your human resource needs for manufacturing facilities, which includes hiring techniques, policy development, retention, employee relations, and compensation programs.

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K-LEAD Consulting, LLC is built on proven success, ensuring our customer's investment with us will drive results. Our success is measured by yours!

Our recruitment services are available to aid in the process of resolving employment gaps within our customer's organization. We strictly recruit for our customers, never from our customers. Our network of selected candidates has been established through our previous working relationships, providing a known level of character, talent, and performance. Unlike other recruiters, we will have personally been in your facilities, working with your team. This allows us to understand your culture and better meet your recruitment needs, saving you time and resources. Lastly, as a valued customer of our consulting business, we are able to offer this service at a cost lower than industry standard. 

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