BBK’s Performance Improvement services are requested by parties interested in increasing output, improving quality, speeding delivery and/or realizing more profits.

Increasing the Bottom Line

BBK Performance Improvement clients typically are:

Company leaders who realize they’re not achieving revenue goals or who are unable to accept new business due to capacity constraints

OEMs/Tier 1s that require increased throughput/better performance quality to satisfy production

Lenders who are concerned about risk

Investors who are seeking to improve the operational performance of portfolio companies

The Performance Improvement Process

We closely examine a company’s existing performance vs. desired performance to determine the best solutions for bottom line improvements.

While every situation is unique, our process includes:

• Gaining a clear understanding of the current situation
• Examining the client’s key performance indicators
• Determining whether the company is implementing sound measurement methodology; understanding what they’re measuring and how it relates to bottom line performance
• Culling the measurements list to remove unnecessary factors
• Analyzing current process capability
• Comparing objective data with that of companies of similar size and technologies to reveal areas of weakness
• Designing programs or reprocessing current systems

Choosing the Right Program

Our financial tools enable us to measure a specific project’s potential contribution to the client.

We generally assess operational strength in terms of quality; we measure first-time yield in defective PPM's, scrap dollars, rework, repairs, not achieving run rate, and the cost of poor quality. We take the measurement results, equate them against true cost, and prioritize projects in terms of those that will result in the best return.

The BBK Difference

Most consultants assess, write white papers, make recommendations and walk away, leaving clients to manage change on their own.

BBK brings in professionals that can actually do the work:

• Our staff includes a wide range of process technology experts
• Many have senior engineering and manufacturing experience
• Our experts are self-starters who require little (if any) training
• They are prepared to roll up their sleeves to fix problems
• They have built—and continue to build— careers that are founded on performance improvement, analysis and implementation

Our professionals have a breadth of expertise unmatched in the industry. As a result, BBK clients realize quality throughput with current processes, reduction in defective parts per million, improvement in throughput without additional capital investment, reduced cost and increased profitability.