SM Thacker & Associates

Highlights of our full range of training courses / Workshops:

Lean & Agile Supply Chain / Inventory Modelling

Lean & Agile Manufacturing Planning & Control

Operations Management / Team Leader Training

Step Change Management / Business Process  Reengineering

Continuous Improvement

Procurement (Purchasing & Supplier Management)

IS / IT / e-commerce

Product Management / New Product Introduction  / Quality  Management

Relevant Further Reading: The following further articles were mentioned in this paper:

a. Permanently Maintained Website Articles:

Code of professional ethics and conduct

Featured Malpractice

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Our full range of training

Who are we

Our experience

Depth of our specialist knowledge

Range of clients

Breadth of knowledge

Documented case studies

Relevant Further Reading

About SM Thacker & Associates

Who are we

Our experience

Depth of our specialist knowledge

Range of clients

Breadth of knowledge

Documented case studies

Who are we

Formed in 1995, from a group of senior and practice manager level, international management consultants, and professional trainers, who have researched, trialled and introduced leading edge thinking in best practice change management, supply chain, manufacturing, operations management, IS / IT strategy, software selection and implementation, and IS / IT operations management, business process re-engineering, cellular manufacturing, programme management, strategic purchasing, supplier development, and training in over 200 projects in a diverse range of both large and small client organisations, worldwide.

We have pioneered the introduction into the UK of MRP, ERP, BPR, World Class Manufacturing, Just In Time, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, TQM, Kaizen, Strategic Procurement, Advanced Planning & Scheduling, Operations Control Systems Software, consultancy diagnostics & expert systems, EDI, and recently Agile Manufacturing, and Lean & Agile Supply Chain Management.

Our uniquely stable relationship and friendship (rarely found in large consultancy firms), has allowed us to build up over multiple projects and over 15 years a unique single set of values, methodologies, programme management processes and a published, strict code of professional ethics and conduct.

Professional updating is a significant problem to many consultants which we have solved. Over this time we have been involved in collaboration with a number of UK Universities & clients on several major research projects in manufacturing processes selection, best practice materials and capacity management, benchmarking, measures of performance, and ERP software selection and implementation, the result being the continuous incorporation of leading edge thinking into our consultancy and training. One of our recent research projects is illustrated in "Featured Malpractice", and there are many articles / expert systems and tools on the site resulting from other research.

Our experience

Depth of our specialist knowledge

We have spoken at a number of conferences, and on the site are a selection of our articles previously published in authoritative and peer reviewed journals as well as many articles which are not published elsewhere.

As two examples we have run training courses for consultants in:

1. Manufacturing Control Systems Design & Implementation,
2. IS / IT strategy.

Range of Clients

We always respect the confidential nature of our services and do not publish a full client list on the Web. However our brochure, which contains a list of over 75 of our larger clients (not covered by confidentiality agreements), and over 30 fully documented case studies are available on request.

We have undertaken many large multi-site projects in blue chip companies and smaller projects in medium and small companies, government & military organisations. As an example we have implemented an ERP system into 14 divisions in a multinational company, the biggest site employing 2,000 people and the smallest 50 people. Our largest clients are multinational and our smallest, small. We feel this gives us a unique insight into how to make large companies less bureaucratic and small companies more structured and enable them to grow.

We have completed consultancy assignments in over 50 blue chip companies and government organisations in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Holland, Germany, India, Mexico, and the USA.

Plus over 150 Small to Medium Enterprises (S.M.E.'s)

Our training courses & in-house workshops have helped many more.

Breadth of knowledge

We have, in our team, a unique blend of up to date technical knowledge in the wide range of specialist areas shown on our website and have applied this in a diverse range of organisations, around the world including:

As an example we have implemented about 80 BPR projects in companies as diverse as aerospace and insurance in 5 countries, and in all areas of these companies, from Sales to Purchasing.

Documented case studies include:

• Increasing output by 100% in 8 weeks
• Improving quality by 100% in 14 weeks
• Company growth of 500% pa
• IT costs reduced by 40%
• Reducing product costs by 10% in 2 months
• Reducing Work in Progress by a factor of 4 in 3 months
• Reducing shortages by a factor of 3 in 2 months
• Simultaneously reducing stock by 2/3 and Improving on-time delivery by a factor of 2 in 14 weeks.

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