Streamline processes to add value that meets customer expectations. Visualize the flow of materials and information through your organization. All new developments can be saved directly as a template and be made centrally available for certain users. Existing tools can be adapted to extend, to streamline, or to adjust them to a corporate identity. Results from all tools can be exported directly as PDF.įurthermore, it is easily possible to create your own tools. These can be used in the context of any project as well as for themselves. When installing Companion, all typical project tools of the different solution methods become available. Over 100 of the most common project tools with customization This allows Companion to cover all possible methods of solution. In addition to numerous presettings, you can customize the roadmap according to the company's philosophy as well as provide it as a template. Regardless what kind of project you're working on - a Six Sigma, Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), Lean, Kaizen, 8D, TRIZ, continuous improvement (KVP), or a simple "Just Do It" project - the roadmap included in Companion allows projects to be divided into phases in such a way that they follow the respective philosophy.
A platform to map all possible methods of solution Most of the tools can be customized, thus creating individual templates. This enables fast working with consistent data and few errors. Data entered in one tool is available throughout the entire project. Some of these predefined roadmaps already exist (all customizable), e.g., for the DMAIC cycle, which is used in Six Sigma quality strategies. The workflow of every project can be determined and adapted or predefined to any company-specific standards. Projects can be structured by so-called roadmaps, acting as a central theme in a project. Both software packages together optimize any quality initiative. You can maintain the overview, Minitab can be specifically applied to analyze critical points, and Gage R&R, Process Capability analyses as well as DoE (Design of Experiments) can be performed. Projects can be started by using tools from Companion. ) of improvement projects obtain a complete solution to perform their projects with maximal efficiency, since all essential data are stored in one standard, multi-user-abled environment. Connectivity to Minitabīy combining Minitab (the statistical analysis software) and Companion, team members (e.g.
Related documents and files can be saved in the project directly or be linked to it. Accordingly, it is possible, for example, to foward results from a flow chart or brainstorming directly to a FMEA. Information that has been entered once is then accessible from another place. In this manner, changes are quickly made using just one activity. Lean in Application - simplifying one's own project work and administrationĪll tools used in Companion store essential information in the project centrally. This approach saves time when administrating and organizing the improvement process.
All elements and data associated with the project are stored in a project file.
Process visualisation, generation of form sheets, or organization of meetings - to name just a few tasks – all follow a master plan, which every company can define for itself. To make team communication a coordinated process, roles and rights can be assigned so that components will be edited only by the respective person responsible for them. The software tools are used consistently and communicate with each other. Companion enables the efficient exchange of information among project team members as well as the standardization of project procedures and the corresponding documentation, simplifying the whole process.