Ruth Miller Consulting will come to your facility, take your goals for the business and assist you in optimizing your processes!
We will use what needs to be taken from the Manufacturing theories and show you how to implement them in your company processes.
If you would like, we will then design a project to implement these as well as train everyone necessary to make it happen.
For detailed information on services offered, please click on the area that interests you:
Other services offered are:
- Back-up Operations Management
- Facility Layout and Warehouse Redesign
- Same-Day Shipping Set-up
- Documentation
To discuss how we may assist your Company, please email Ruth Miller or phone at (503) 351-5914. We offer competitive rates and deliver service which is tailored to your unique situation.
Often companies need a professional to step in temporarily in a Manager’s
role. This can often happen during corporate buy-outs, termination, or
sick leave. Ruth Miller has often helped companies in this way. She quickly
assesses the department’s needs and takes on the Manager’s role immediately.
She handles all open issues left by the prior Manager including; all administrative
functions, training, employee hiring, termination (if needed), goal setting
and team building.
Below are a few recent assignments:
- Materials Manager position for 9 months, managing Purchasing, Planning and Warehouse operations. Worked with staff to improve reporting measurements. Reduced inventory dollars while increasing product availability to shop floor and sales. Interviewed, hired and trained replacement.
- Stepped in as Warehouse Manager for several months. During this time, worked with crew to get additional equipment needed to do their jobs safely. Worked with other downstream departments to improve delivery timeliness and accuracy. Interviewed, hired and trained replacement.
- Have taken over Executive Staff functions when executive is on business trips and/or out of the country for brief periods of time.
Storage space is increasingly expensive. Ruth Miller is skilled in both
layouts for new and currently inhabited facilities. Warehouse redesign
is a favorite project as the rewards and appreciations are great.
Below are a few examples of completed projects:
- Consolidated two remote warehouses into another warehouse. Designed
and coordinated installation of narrow aisle storage techniques and
a horizontal carousel system.
- Designed new layout for production floor to reduce space used by manufacturing
to add room for additional product line. Coordinated the move and handled
all issues that arose.
- Have redesigned layout of warehouses several times over the years.
Utilize practical storage techniques and process flow for incoming receipts,
storage, picking, packing and shipping. Handle all aspects of change-over
from selecting equipment suppliers to purchase, installation, move and
set-up.
- Set-up spare parts inventory for same day delivery to catalog customers
for a local manufacturer of large equipment. Utilized company’s older
model computer system and lower-level employees. All necessary personnel
were trained with reference documentation prepared by Ruth Miller Consulting.
All issues were resolved and project reached goal of same day delivery
for cataloged spare parts.
- Set-up new same-day catalog shipping area. Met with Sales and Customer
Service departments on new catalog being produced and goals to be met
by shipping area. Worked closely with Buyers to incorporate new requirements
into their sessions. Designed new shipping area, ordered equipment necessary,
hired staff and trained on new process. Successful from very first day
of launch.
All successful implementations and changes in companies need to have
documentation for current and future training and audits. Ruth Miller
Consulting will prepare all documentation needed to sustain the operations
and changes to the highest level. Ruth has prepared documentation of all
kinds, and also prepared procedures that have passed both ISO audits and
FDA audits.
Examples of documentation prepared:
- Training manuals for computer transactions for:
- Inventory transactions such as transfers, inventory issue, physical
inventory,
Return Material Authorization (RMA), etc.
- Cycle count procedure and audit process for Accounting department
- Receiving & Shipping with all required transactions
- Manufacturing – work order launch through completion
- Subcontract product with flowchart and detail computer input needed
- Item Master input with definitions for all fields
- Inventory transactions such as transfers, inventory issue, physical
inventory,
- Process flowcharts for:
- Customer order flow through entire company process ending with
shipment
- International shipment with detail on letter of credit and wire
transfers
- Purchasing, scheduling, manufacturing, warehouse processes, etc.
- Customer order flow through entire company process ending with
shipment
- Other documentation:
- New product introduction process and forms for necessary department
inputs
- Job descriptions
- Work Instructions – detail
- Operational Procedures including ISO ready procedures
- New product introduction process and forms for necessary department
inputs
To discuss how we may assist your Company, please email Ruth Miller or phone at (503) 351-5914. We offer competitive rates and deliver service which is tailored to your unique situation.