{"id":14637,"date":"2020-10-28T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=14637"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:31:17","slug":"planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Planview and Argo Consulting: Helping Manufacturers Lean In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/argo-consulting-cropped-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/argo-consulting-cropped-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/argo-consulting-cropped-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/argo-consulting-cropped-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/argo-consulting-cropped-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/argo-consulting-cropped-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unplanned downtime costs industrial manufacturers an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/us\/Documents\/process-and-operations\/us-cons-predictive-maintenance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">estimated $50 billion<\/a>&nbsp;each year.\u202fWhat does&nbsp;an hour, a week, or a month of downtime&nbsp;cost your business?&nbsp;Adopting Lean principles and tools can greatly improve maintenance processes,&nbsp;which is why Planview and Argo Consulting have partnered together.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a global operations consultancy, Argo Consulting\u00a0leads manufacturing firms worldwide through a\u00a0results-focused process that improves target costs and drives sustainable performance. The company has long been a leader in Lean transformations, making the partnership with Planview a natural one.\u00a0If you are a Planview customer, you know that\u00a0Planview\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/solutions\/enterprise-agile-planning\/enterprise-kanban\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Enterprise Kanban<\/a> solution (LeanKit<sup>\u2122<\/sup>)\u00a0enables\u00a0organizations to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/solutions\/enterprise-agile-planning\/enterprise-kanban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tangibly apply Lean principles to their work<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/lean-kanban-for-manufacturing-in-a-digital-world-_webinar_lad_en_reg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" 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6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in\/#The_Value_of_Lean-Kanban_Manufacturing_Approach\" >The Value of Lean-Kanban Manufacturing&nbsp;Approach&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in\/#Argo_Consulting_and_Planview_in_Action\" >Argo Consulting and Planview in Action&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in\/#Webinar_with_Flint_Hills_Resources_and_Argo\" >Webinar with Flint Hills Resources&nbsp;and Argo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in\/#About_Argo_Consulting\" >About Argo Consulting&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/planview-and-argo-consulting-helping-manufacturers-lean-in\/#About_Planview_AgilePlace\" >About Planview AgilePlace<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-value-of-lean-kanban-manufacturing-approach\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Value_of_Lean-Kanban_Manufacturing_Approach\"><\/span>The Value of Lean-Kanban Manufacturing&nbsp;Approach&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Argo Consulting works with manufacturers to&nbsp;implement&nbsp;Lean manufacturing, which is the&nbsp;application of Lean practices, principles, and tools to the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/guide\/what-is-lean-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">development and manufacture of physical products<\/a>.&nbsp;Many manufacturers are using Lean manufacturing principles to eliminate waste, optimize processes, cut costs, boost innovation, and reduce time to market.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanban boards and Lean metrics help organizations achieve their objectives to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/guide\/introduction-to-kanban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improve delivery processes and speed<\/a>.&nbsp;Kanban helps to reinforce some of the key elements of Lean, including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/articles\/benefits-wip-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Limiting work in process<\/a>\u202f(WIP)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Using a pull system (as opposed to a push system).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Managing capacity to improve flow&nbsp;<\/li><li>Visualizing work&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Planview&nbsp;LeanKit&nbsp;enables organizations to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/products\/leankit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visually manage work using&nbsp;digital Kanban boards<\/a>. The solution provides the flexibility to&nbsp;easily model any workflow process, regardless of complexity. Maintenance teams, for example, can then&nbsp;plan, organize, and prioritize upcoming work, execute in-progress work, and move it through to completion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams can&nbsp;also start to improve their process, with the ability to&nbsp;see&nbsp;blocked work,&nbsp;identify process bottlenecks, and address them&nbsp;as quickly as possible.&nbsp;With&nbsp;Lean analytics&nbsp;built in, teams can&nbsp;track&nbsp;and measure how quickly work moves through the process,&nbsp;using lead and cycle time metrics to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/articles\/why-process-improvement-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identify opportunities for meaningful improvement<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-argo-consulting-and-planview-in-action\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Argo_Consulting_and_Planview_in_Action\"><\/span>Argo Consulting and Planview in Action&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership&nbsp;between Argo Consulting and Planview&nbsp;has already benefitted one joint customer.&nbsp;Flint Hills Resources&nbsp;produces a diverse range of fuels and ingredient products for many&nbsp;household&nbsp;goods.&nbsp;Based in Wichita, Kansas, the company has 5,000 employees working in 43 terminals, plants and refineries in the U.S. and Canada.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with Argo Consulting, Flint Hills&nbsp;Resources&nbsp;moved&nbsp;from managing their complex workflows, processes, and staffing options on physical Kanban boards to embracing Lean&nbsp;manufacturing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/guide\/what-is-lean-manufacturing\/lean-manufacturing-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">practices and tools<\/a>. Today,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the combination of Argo\u2019s expertise and Planview&nbsp;LeanKit,&nbsp;the Maintenance group&nbsp;has achieved&nbsp;greater workflow efficiency in their plants&nbsp;and&nbsp;shortened&nbsp;the&nbsp;company\u2019s time to market.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cPull enabled our&nbsp;craftsmen&nbsp;to utilize their skills within their capabilities to go out and get things done!&nbsp;Leankit&nbsp;enables&nbsp;us to visualize pull for everyone in the plant and to sustain our Lean practices.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p><cite>CJ Renegar, Vice President at Argo Consulting<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>They&nbsp;are&nbsp;able to&nbsp;respond faster, identify issues before they cause delays, and reduce costs by delivering work on time with&nbsp;fewer contractors and&nbsp;more insourced resources.&nbsp;As a result, they have&nbsp;decreased&nbsp;their cycle time from 180 days to 27 days and work order backlogs from around 9,000 to about 3,000.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-webinar-with-flint-hills-resources-and-argo\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Webinar_with_Flint_Hills_Resources_and_Argo\"><\/span>Webinar with Flint Hills Resources&nbsp;and Argo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Exactly how did&nbsp;Flint Hills Resources&nbsp;achieve such impressive results? Find out during a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/lean-kanban-for-manufacturing-in-a-digital-world-_webinar_lad_en_reg.html\" target=\"_blank\">webinar&nbsp;<\/a>on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at noon CDT.&nbsp;Brook Vickery, Vice President of Manufacturing at Flint Hills, and CJ Renegar, Vice President at Argo Consulting, will discuss the company\u2019s&nbsp;Lean&nbsp;journey&nbsp;as well as:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How to identify and address challenges across your manufacturing plants&nbsp;<\/li><li>Strategies for your Lean implementation and roadmap&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ways to leverage digital Kanban to increase your daily efficiency&nbsp;<\/li><li>The benefits Flint Hills realized by adopting Lean-Kanban principles&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.planview.com\/lean-kanban-for-manufacturing-in-a-digital-world-_webinar_lad_en_reg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save your spot today<\/a> for the webinar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-argo-consulting\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_Argo_Consulting\"><\/span>About Argo Consulting&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Argo Consulting&nbsp;is a global operations consulting company dedicated to implementing lasting performance improvements with offices in\u202fChicago,\u202fCanada and Germany and an active presence in more than 20&nbsp;countries.&nbsp;Argo helps companies with significant and complex operating asset structures around the world, improve their profitability by increasing revenue and customer service and satisfaction while reducing operating costs, fixed overhead, and working capital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working across most industries, Argo is experienced in and focused on five industries: transportation; oil and gas; industrial manufacturing; natural resource and basic materials manufacturing; and chemical processing. Additionally, Argo serves numerous Private Equity firms in their pre-acquisition due diligence and within the ongoing operations of their portfolio companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-planview-leankit\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_Planview_AgilePlace\"><\/span>About Planview AgilePlace<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about how you can&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/topics\/continuously-improve-lean-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">eliminate waste and continuously improve with Kanban<\/a>, or&nbsp;simply&nbsp;start a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/products\/leankit\/get-leankit-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">free trial<\/a>&nbsp;of Planview&nbsp;LeanKit&nbsp;for you and your team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unplanned downtime costs industrial manufacturers an&nbsp;estimated $50 billion&nbsp;each year.\u202fWhat does&nbsp;an hour, a week, or a month of downtime&nbsp;cost your business?&nbsp;Adopting Lean principles and tools can greatly improve maintenance processes,&nbsp;which is why Planview and Argo Consulting have partnered together.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a global operations consultancy, Argo Consulting\u00a0leads manufacturing firms worldwide through a\u00a0results-focused process that improves target costs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":3,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-work-collaboration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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