DELIVERING VALUE
Is Your Company....
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Looking to lower product costs?
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Struggling to off-set increasing labor, material, tariff and other inflationary costs?
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Challenged with launching major projects on-time and on-budget?
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In need of re-thinking your manufacturing footprint to improve supply-chain efficiency and resiliency?
SRN Associates offers proven, targeted methodologies, tools and insights to help companies address these real-world problems.
VAVE & OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT TRANSFORMATION
Subject Matter Experts
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Product Redesign (VAVE)
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Facility Start-Ups, Expansions & Consolidations
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Operational Footprint Strategy
VALUE ANALYSIS & COST EXCELLENCE SERVICES
SRN Associates has extensive experience in the following business workstreams that can deliver bottom-line improvement for your company.
VAVE
Having led hundreds of Value Analysis/Value Engineering Workshops focused on the redesign of products and processes, with an average cost reduction of 20%, we are confident we can deliver similar results to you and your teams.
FACILITY START-UPS, EXPANSIONS & CONSOLIDATIONS
Whether it's transferring major production lines, standing-up, expanding or closing a facility, we have the Project Management methodologies, tools and global insights to help you execute these critical projects on-time and on-budget.
OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT STRATEGY
Developing future-state manufacturing plans is a difficult undertaking. Minimizing lead-times, reducing freight costs, building resiliency and tariff mitigation all require detailed long-term production planning. With our Footprint Transformation methodologies, tools and experience, we can assist you from project ideation through project completion.
ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
Below are some specific services we offer for clients ranging from singular workshops and training modules to full project management support. Contact us so we can better understand your needs.
VAVE FACILITATION
Full support from product selection, workshop preparation and workshop execution.
Working with your product and process experts, we will to identify 8-12 changes that will deliver an average of 20% cost down while improving performance and maintaining quality expectations.
Typical Deliverables:
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Workshop Preparation
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Cost Flow Diagrams
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Samples
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Competitive Benchmarking
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Specifications
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Workshop Site Prep
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2-3 Day Workshop Facilitation
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Full Workshop Documentation
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Unit Cost Breakdown
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Cost/Function Analysis
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Ideation Summary
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Proposal Selections
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Savings Summary
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Cost To Achieve
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Execution Plan
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FACILITY START-UPS, EXPANSIONS & CONSOLIDATIONS
Option#1 - Share tools and techniques to make your project managers working on footprint related initiatives more effective.
Typical Deliverables:
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Best Practice Sharing
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Organizing For Success
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Team Make-Up
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Team Meeting Rhythms
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Detailed Task Checklists
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Functional Playbooks
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KPI Tracking
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Reporting Templates
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Beneficial Software Options
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Option#2 - Engage us to directly manage a large-scale project.
Typical Deliverables:
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Lead a Project Team (or Teams)
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Project Oversight
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Deploy Best Practice Tools (Above)
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Champion Executive Reviews
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Drive Results
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OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINT STRATEGY
Share best practices to support future state operational footprint design and transformation answering the question, "What should be made where?"
Working with internal stakeholders, we can deploy a robust process to improve footprint project ideation, project selection and project execution.
Typical Deliverables:
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Best Practice Sharing
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Documenting The Need
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Organizing For Success
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Stakeholder Identification
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KPI Documentation
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Payback Analysis
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Project Selection Criteria
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Phase Gate Project Maturation Process
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Formatted Executive Reviews
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Formatted Working Team Reviews
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Detailed Execution Checklists
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Share Lessons Learned
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About
Steve Nelson
President - SRN Associates LLC
During Steve's career, working with exceptional people around the globe, he earned the title of Subject Matter Expert for two Fortune 500 companies specializing in the areas of Value Analysis/Value Engineering, Design-to-Value, Project Management and Footprint Transformation. The latter two mainly focused on facility start-ups, expansions, consolidations and production transfers. He directly championed teams that delivered bottom-line savings of ~$300M over the past 10 years.
Steve started his career working as a machinist before earning a BSME from The University of Lowell where he graduated with honors. His engineering career began in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment manufacturing safety critical components for the automotive industry. He quickly gained a deep understanding of Lean, 6-Sigma, Problem Solving, Cost Reduction Techniques and large-scale Project Management. Steve also worked in the aerospace, plastics, consumer, and industrial product industries with a heavy focus on mechanical components and assemblies.
When not working, Steve enjoys spending time with family and friends. He has been married for over 30 years and has two amazing, accomplished daughters. He loves the outdoors, especially snow skiing, cycling and golf. A few of his favorite mottos that he likes to live by are... "People First", "Work Hard/Be Kind" and "Go Big or Go Home!"
TESTIMONIALS
"Steve has delivered simply incredible results for me in distinctly different operations. He combines extremely deep manufacturing operations experience and an amazing ability to completely engage a cross functional team. He works with an energetic, can do, and contagiously positive attitude. I'll take him on my team anytime, anywhere!"
Chris Mosby
COO
Kalwall
"Steve's VAVE/DTV expertise, Lean Manufacturing skills and integrity are unparalleled. Working closely together at Stanley Black & Decker, I watched him deliver well in excess of $150M in savings. He always ensured product quality & performance were maintained and he always elevated the capabilities of his colleagues. Steve's unique approach to creating value combines a granular understanding of customer insights, rigorous analysis of product design & profitability, and thoughtful streamlining of operations & supply chain to eliminate waste and accelerate the delivery of value to customers. We have remained in close contact over the past 7 years, during which time his counsel and assistance have proven invaluable to the companies with which I have been associated."
Jason Santamaria
CEO, ABX Packaging
"It has been my pleasure to work with Steve over a number of years focusing on Special Projects and Major Programs including; Plant & Distribution Center start-ups, expansions and closures, VAVE Events, Design-to-Value initiatives and operational integrations. Steve has a unique and effective style when managing projects or facilitating workshops. He is always engaging with the teams and has strong mentoring skills. The activities that he has managed/facilitated have delivered real impact to the business and visible in the P&L's."
Mark Osmolski
VP Finance
StanleyBlack&Decker
Contact
SRN Associates LLC
65 Morgan Rd
Canton, CT. 06019