Global competition, and an urgent need to free up cash, have made it increasingly important for companies to quickly re-structure their operations. A.T. Kearney’s Inside Four Walls methodology addresses operational performance improvement within individual sites. It engages several levels of client employees in order to bring both tangible and cultural shifts in performance to the site.
A typical engagement is split into 4 phases and lasts from 4 to 8 weeks. The baselining and brainstorming phases aim to understand and quantify the opportunity. The subsequent two phases aim to fully detail the opportunity and implementation plans. The methodology borrows heavily from the leading Lean toolkits, and then fits the most relevant practices into a pragmatic and sustainable implementation framework.
A typical set of deliverables from Inside Four Walls might include:
- A clearly-articulated and pragmatic vision of what the site can achieve
- New ideas for delivering a step change in the key performance metrics
- A clearly-defined portfolio of agreed initiatives
- A robust implementation plan
- A client team committed to delivering the plan
The teaming structure of each engagement is designed to ensure a sustainable transfer of know-how into a clients’ organisation, allowing them to roll out successful implementation programmes across global operations.
The Inside Four Walls methodology has been used in a variety of client situations across a range of industries. Engagements typically yield a three- to six-fold return on investment.
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