We do not follow a “one size fits all” approach. Instead, we work with our clients to identify the best tools to solve their business issues and help implement them in the most effective way for that particular situation.

Much of our work draws on these and other methodologies:

Six Sigma (DMAIC)
Six Sigma uses statistical analysis to identify and fix problem/opportunity areas by reducing process variation.

Lean
Lean eliminates wasted activity, improves speed, and increases throughput across a value stream.

Sigma Lean
Often, we combine Lean and Six Sigma to attack both process inefficiency (Lean) and process variation (Six Sigma) as a single effort.

Cash Hunt
Our Cash Hunt offering is a comprehensive investigation of cross-functional end-to-end payment cycles to help companies free up cash quickly. This offering includes a 3-week assessment to identify and prioritize cash flow opportunities, followed by a series of rapid improvements that typically deliver a minimum 5x return on investment. Six Sigma uses statistical analysis to identify and fix problem/opportunity areas by reducing process variation.

Design For Six Sigma (DFSS)
DFSS is an innovation tool that helps companies understand customers better and design products and services to meet their needs in a disciplined, efficient way.

Innovation
Process improvement is as critical to innovation as it is to day-to-day business operations.  SSA & Company uses creative tools and methodologies such as TRIZ (a model-based innovation methodology regularly used in Design for Six Sigma), Scampr and 6 hats to help companies approach innovation in a systematic and structured fashion that enables real and measurable business results.

Project Selection and Design
One of the biggest challenges in a deployment is to identify and design projects that will lead to significant results.  SSA & Company’s rigorous workshop approach helps clients develop projects that will yield a meaningful impact on the bottom line.

Financial Assessment and Validation
Nothing drives the success of a process improvement deployment more than achieving quantifiable, verifiable financial benefits. SSA & Company has created training workshops and tools for financial valuation, tracking, and closing in profit improvement efforts.

Change Management
Embedded in all of work, SSA & Company’s change management tools provide a quantitative, disciplined way to understand and drive better performance for your team.