Throughput & Productivity
Separate the few losses that drive most of the gap from the noise. Turn recovered capacity into a new, higher plan the team can run.
Explore ThroughputUSC Consulting Group / Discipline 07 · Analyze & Improve
Find what drives results. Then change it for good.
We sit down with your team, look at the numbers and the floor together, and agree on what is really holding performance back. Then we help put practical changes in place, with clear owners, and carry what we learn into the next plan.
Discipline 07 of 07
Understanding a problem is only half the job. The other half is making the fix stick.
We sit down with your team, look at the numbers and the floor together, and agree on what is really holding performance back. Then we help put practical changes in place, with clear owners, and carry what we learn into the next plan.
What we look at
- 01Whether root causes are proven or just debated
- 02How much the team trusts the data in front of it
- 03Who owns each improvement and how it is followed up
- 04How lessons reach the next plan and schedule
Signs it needs attention
- 01Fixes treat symptoms and the same problems return
- 02Good data exists but decisions are still made on gut feel
- 03Improvements fade within a few months
- 04The same projects are relaunched every year
One connected step
From evidence to everyday practice.
Analysis without action changes nothing. Action without analysis guesses. We do both, in the same engagement, with the same team.
Know why
Analyze
Get to the real cause before deciding what to do.
- 01Bring data, floor observations, and team input together
- 02Test the assumptions behind current results
- 03Size the gaps so effort goes where it pays back
Make it stick
Improve
Turn what you learn into the way work is done.
- 01Shape practical changes with the people who do the work
- 02Give every change an owner, a date, and a measure
- 03Feed results back into the next Plan
What we learn here becomes the starting point for the next Plan, so the cycle keeps getting stronger.
Across the operation
How Analyze & Improve shows up in each area we improve.
Maintenance & Reliability
Find repeat failures and the conditions behind them. Shift effort from emergencies to prevention, one asset class at a time.
Explore MaintenanceCost & Inventory Control
Trace variances back to the decisions and routines that cause them. Lock reductions into standards, min-max levels, and approvals.
Explore Cost & InventoryWorkforce & Leadership Effectiveness
Use observations and team input to find where leaders lose time. Strengthen routines and coaching so the gains hold after USC steps away.
Explore WorkforceSupply Chain
Find the root causes of shortages, expediting, and excess stock. Tighten the planning cycle so the supply chain responds faster.
Explore Supply ChainAI - Predictive & Data Analytics
Use operational data and predictive models to test assumptions. Build analytics into daily routines so they keep improving decisions.
Explore AI & AnalyticsQuality & Yield
Separate common causes from one-off events with evidence. Turn proven fixes into standards and training.
Explore Quality & YieldTurnarounds & Operational Readiness
Understand the causes of slippage, overruns, and startup issues. Capture lessons learned so the next event starts stronger.
Explore Turnarounds