DAB Industries, LLC

Management System Improvements

DAB Industries knows your management systems are essential to understanding operational performance. Symptoms of broken management systems include the perceived lack of accountability at all level, the inability to understand the operation at the shift, daily, or weekly frequency, the lack of meaningful operational metrics, inconsistent employee engagement and / or the inability to celebrate accomplishments after a productive day in the operation, which can often be attributed to an unclear definition of success.  When management systems are not aligned to organizational layers, it can result in confusion of roles, responsibilities and accountabilities.  Management systems should enable consistent processes and accountability and streamline informed decision making and responsiveness by employing key performance indicators and visual management.

DAB Industries believes a management system is only as strong as its weakest link. An effective management system will have a profound positive impact on the performance of your operations.  We will train your team on effective management systems and collaborate with you to identify gaps and assess the quality of existing pieces.  By working hand in hand with all levels of your operation, we will develop any missing elements and then coach the teams on the effective use of the new and improved management system tools.



Shop Floor Leadership Improvements

In many cases, shop floor supervisors and managers were once operators or technicians. That experience is often a bonus when it comes to equipment knowledge. However, it can also create challenges in areas of leading, planning, negotiating and controlling former colleagues leading to shop floor performance and labor relations issues. These skills are critical and can be learned through training from a mentor, coaching or instructor.

DAB Industries understands that the shop floor is the backbone of any manufacturing business. Underdeveloped, incompetent or average shop floor supervisory behavior can lead to safety, quality or labor relations issues. DAB Industries deploys tools and techniques to help improve behaviors like awareness, preparedness, accountability, problem solving, escalation, and proper communications at all levels



Productivity Improvements 

High levels of sustained productivity are key to an organization’s success. We will work with team members to increase productivity by establishing and communicating clear goals and expectations of performance. As part of the goal setting process, we develop metrics to track and assess performance progress. We then train managers on providing ongoing feedback to employees on how actual performance compares to the goal. To support the effort, we focus on streamlining key processes, implementing best practices, training of employees to improve competency and cross training to increase work flexibility. We provide management with the tools and techniques to increase productivity and management systems to monitor the organization’s performance.