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The Performance Gap is where management spends most of its time. This is the making of products and/or services faster, better, cheaper, and with higher quality than their competitors. In a constantly changing technological environment, this is not an area of long-term stability. Barris Lotterer Management Consulting (BLMC) helps our clients on the following performance gap issues:

• The Product Volume Pareto - the problem of managing a broad product portfolio with a lot of parts, and the attendant impact on overhead costs and structure
• Managing the Supply Chain and the Order to Cash Cycle - improving the efficiency of short cycle delivery and the structure of the supply chain.
  • The Procurement Cycle Time - 2-4 weeks is okay; anything else is not
  • The Manufacturing Cycle Time - becoming world-class in a matter of months
• Optimizing the Manufacturing Process - making the manufacturing process world-class while substantially minimizing all forms of inventory
• Optimizing the Spare Parts and the Product Service Support Process - maintaining high up-times on products in the field while lowering the cost of service
• Connecting the Design Chain to the Supply Chain - understanding the increasing complexity of cross enterprise product development collaboration
• Optimizing the Design Process - with multiple teams, globally and across enterprises
• The Creation and Sustaining of Supply Chain - over the product life cycle
• Managing the Post-Initial Design Period - with the supply chain and the subsequent sustaining engineering