Aquila Business Services, LLC - Corporate Engineering

Business Operations And Management Benefits

- Sales Volume can increase from 30% to 100%
- We will discover and isolate problem areas
- We analyze, diagnose, and implement necessary systems with you
- We will develop, plan, and schedule cost effective solutions

System Overview

We conduct a step-by-step system analysis through an interviewing process that will effect the overall company structure and efficiency in the areas of: Administrative Systems, Production Systems, Sales and Marketing Systems, Work Environment, and Company Image.
We will discover and isolate problem areas using an interviewing process with investigative and analytical techniques.
Through this interviewing process we will be able to develop, plan, and schedule cost effective solutions to correct problem areas, optimize organizational efficiency, and maximize profitability.
We will stay on site throughout the project. We will assist and work in conjunction with the General Management to implement solutions.
As systems revisions near completion, we will gradually Phase Out of the process, working only with the General Manager. Primary emphasis during the "Phase Out" will be the institution of accountability and procedures for maintenance of our System Dynamics.

Affected Areas

Administration
Overhead Analysis
Inventory Control
Records Process Flow
Records Management and Control
Company Policy Manual Overview
Work Force/Efficiency Appraisal Wages, Salaries, Benefits Study
Employee Training
Combination/Elimination Analysis

System Maintenance
Progress Revitalization
Movement Forecasting
Maintenance Accountability
Maintenance Procedures
Policy Manual Revisions

Sales and Marketing
Distribution Analysis
Sales Effectiveness Audit
Marketing Audit

Environment and Image
Human Factors Study
Physical Image Study

Production
Procedure Analysis
Workspace Organization
Performance Standards
Work Process Flow Analysis
Procedural and Training Manuals
Equipment Research
Equipment Upgrade and Economic Analysis
Warehouse Study
Shipping and Receiving Study

Corporate Engineering Definitions And Terms

Combination/Elimination Analysis: Make sure there are not too many people doing a particular job. One man doing a one-man job.

Company Policy Manual Overview: See that the company policy is simple and clearly outlined, including company goals and purpose, and that the information is made available to all employees. When everyone knows where the company is going, it is more likely to get there.

Distribution Analysis: This is a look at how big an area the company is marketing its particular product(s) into. We may find there is more potential other than the area it is now serving.

Dynamics Forecasting: This is what we and our client can expect to see happen with the present system versus the system we will help put into place.

Employee Training: Teaching employees either how to do their jobs or how to do them better.

Equipment Research: A study to see if the present equipment is sufficiently doing a good job.

Equipment Upgrade and Economic Analysis: To consider the cost effectiveness of equipment replacement. Determine if equipment can pay for itself over five years.

Human Factor Study: Determine the attitude of the employees. Are they happy or unhappy; is the morale high or low; what will it take to make things better? The interviews will bring this out.

Inventory Access/Security: See if the inventory is easy to get at and if it is secure.

Inventory Control: Cataloging and arranging of inventory.

Maintenance Accountability: Knowing who is responsible for what and the assignment of duties.

Maintenance Procedures: How and how often the various parts of the overall system will be maintained.

Managerial Audit: How the management chain is organized and how areas of responsibility are divided.

Managerial Training: Improving management skills, such as defining job responsibility and establishing lines of communication.

Marketing Audit: Testing the validity of the marketing efforts. How large of the geographical area do they cover, how many marketing representatives does our client have, and how is the advertising?

Overhead Analysis: Looking at the company's overall business costs. Some costs will be fixed and some will be variable. This is the area where big cut backs can be made.

Performance Standards Study: Determining the actual production the company is doing to what it should be doing. Discovered in the interviewing process.

Physical Image Study: Looking over the company building and facilities, both inside and out. Get ideas from improvement, such as landscaping, painting and signs.

Policy manual Revisions: After gong over our client’s policy manual, suggest changes for improving it.

Procedure and Training Manuals: Instruction Manuals that show how employees’ jobs should be done. If they do not have these manuals we can create them.

Procedure Analysis: A study of company procedures and how they can be improved.

Progress Revitalization: Implementing program into the company that makes it progress.

Records Management and Control: Determine the record keeping system and problems associated.

Records Process Flow: The flow of the company's documents. Documents in this case can be money, sales slips, shipping invoices, general ledgers and the like.

Sales Effectiveness Audit: Determining the effectiveness of the marketing efforts and analyze the number of sales representatives versus the sales volume.

Shipping and Receiving Study: Make sure the shipping and receiving departments are efficient.

Wages, Salaries, and Benefits Study: Look at the total benefits package. Consider insurance versus wages. Determine what the employees want.

Warehouse Study: Determine how the products are organized in the warehouse. Do the products flow in and out of the warehouse smoothly?

Workforce and Efficiency Appraisal: Analyze total man-hours used to produce the company’s product(s). To improve this, maintain or increase production with fewer man-hours.

Work Process Flow: The flow of the product as it moves from one department to the next. The flow should be smooth and efficient.

Workspace Organization: The efficient use of space in production.

CORPORATE ENGINEERING

Business Operations And Management Benefits

System Overview

Affected Areas

Corporate Engineering Definitions And Terms