About the Bridgefield Group
The Bridgefield Group provides the concepts and theory that enable new methods of thinking, and the industry experience to turn theory into ongoing practices that directly improve your bottom line. Our consulting and education services help you improve quality, reduce cycle time, identify value-added internal processes and candidates for outsourcing and develop performance management systems that keep your progress on track. We average over 20 years of experience in planning, operations, quality, logistics, finance, IT, project management, consulting and with software vendors. Our areas of expertise include:
- Supply chain education
- Lean practices
- Six sigma
- Demand forecasting systems
- Performance measurement systems
- Supply chain collaboration
- Development of systematic problem-solving skills
Our methodology
We not only help our clients implement lean practices, we employ them in our own consulting methodology. We specialize in quick turnaround, high-payback assignments focused on specific, incremental improvements, not open-ended projects that often don't have your best interests at heart. We always integrate the people, process and technology aspects in any improvement project, and couple the planning and execution phases using our four part methodology:
- Assess - the opportunities for improvement and the strategies and options best aligned with company goals
- Define -the specific plan, scope and timeline that details the people, processes and supporting technologies involved
- Execute - the plan, using rigorous control of incremental steps and continuous feedback to keep progress on course
- Sustain - the improvements and avoid making them a one-time event by building them into ongoing processes
