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Business Excellence
PQA's experienced consultants each have over 15 years experience in
industry. They have training as Business Excellence Assessors for
national Excellence Awards. Take advantage of this expertise for
your business for maximum profits and customer satisfaction. PQA can
do an assessment of your operations, &/or help your team implement a
Business Excellence process to take you to the next level.
Business
Process Improvement
PQA had it in our name starting 17 years ago. It's all about the
process. Everybody has processes, as well as bottlenecks in those
processes. PQA has the expertise to quickly assess your current
processes, and develop an improvement program to achieve the maximum
co-ordination between all processes. The end result is the best that
you can be.
Being a generalist has its advantages. PQA is exposed to hundreds
of different companies and methods. We can help you identify new and
different ways as alternatives to the classic solutions; instead of the
classic solutions that you (and your competitors) have always used.
There is competitive advantages available in rapid change to improved
business processes.
PQA offers a wide range of consulting and training services for the
manufacturing, technology, and service industries.
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Leadership & Corporate
Governance Strategic Planning,
Supervision Leadership & Management Training,
Competitive Analysis, Balanced Scorecard and Measurement Systems, Coaching
& Mentoring, Business Excellence assessments (Malcolm
Baldrige and Canadian Award of Excellence), Best In
Class analysis & benchmarking.
- Operations Management
Systems: Productivity and Profit Improvement
Programs, Corrective & Preventive Action, Theory of Constraints,
Management of Change, Project Management (Traditional & Critical Chain),
Seminars & Workshops, Employee and Team Development, Employee suggestion
programs.
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Quality Management Systems: ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO/TS
16949, ISO 17025 and ISO 22000 Quality Management Systems, Assessment of
Excellence (Malcolm Baldrige Award, Canadian Award of Excellence, etc.),
Six Sigma Training and Implementation, Quality Assurance Procedure
Manuals, Quality System Development, Analysis & Audits, Statistical
Process Control (SPC) & Data Analysis, Supplier Development, Employee
Training Plans & Training Courses, Black &Green Belt Training for Six
Sigma, and Six Sigma implementations.
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Manufacturing Systems: Lean Manufacturing, Just-In-Time
(JIT), Scheduling Systems, Cellular Manufacturing, Poka-Yoke
(Mistake-proofing), Kanban systems, SMED (Quick Setup Technology), Theory
of Constraints (drum, buffer, rope scheduling), Synchronous
Manufacturing, Plant Layout, Document Management Systems, 5S,
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
- Coaching & mentoring of Sr. Management and Company
Owners: Management often need a friendly,
confidential ear to listen to their concerns and problems. Sometimes
it helps to have someone to ask tough questions that need to be asked.
Competitors understand the issues and the available options, but can't be
safely used for confidential discussions. Friends and business
associates are willing, but may lack the needed expertise. PQA
combines the expertise, willingness, and the personal strength to politely
ask the tough questions.
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is the first major advance in
Project Management principles since the 1950's. It allows you to get
your projects completed 10% to 50% faster with the same or better cost and
quality. PQA offers Critical Chain (CCPM) training courses,
consulting, assessment, and implementation assistance.
PQA has been in business for over 17 years. Here
are some examples of the work we have done for our clients.
PQA offers a wide variety of implementation, consulting, ISO training
courses on the ISO Management standards, HACCP (Food & Drug processing)
and GMP. Included in the ISO standards PQA covers are ISO 9001 (Quality
Management), ISO/TS 16949 (Automotive Parts Quality, International), ISO
13485 (Medical Device), ISO 46001 (CE mark for Quality), ISO 14001
(Environmental), ISO 17025 (Laboratory), ISO 18001 (Health & Safety), etc.
Maximizing value and speed, while minimizing waste, inventory and
control. PQA offers full-service Lean Manufacturing consulting, Lean
training courses, implementation, and assessment. PQA offers a
comprehensive package of training courses in Lean, consulting, assessment,
and implementation assistance. Lean can be done with 6 Sigma, or
Theory of Constraints (TOC).
Productivity Enhancements
First you get good, then you
get fast. Today, the leading competitive factor is time. How
fast can you go? Productivity includes time, quality, and costs to
give the maximum benefits from the minimum investment. You need
nothing less. PQA has the expertise to quickly assess your
processes, benchmark them against the ideal, then get you a plan for
capturing the available improvements within your current constraints.
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is the first major advance in
Project Management principles since the 1950's. It allows you to get
your projects completed 10% to 50% faster with the same or better cost and
quality. PQA offers Critical Chain (CCPM) training courses,
consulting, assessment, and implementation assistance.
Research &
Development PQA is trained and experienced in
Design of Experiments,
analytical problem solving, product & process development, and applied
research. We can help map the optimum direction for your research
dollars, as well as ensure they are effectively spent through
Critical Chain Project Management NRC
(National Research Council) and SR&ED (Scientific Research & Experimental
Development) funding programs can provide non-repayable grants and rebates
that could pay 50%, 80%, or 100% of the cost of doing business.
Frequently, PQA finds that normal operations (a necessary cost) could be
re-defined as R&D, making it eligible for government funding.
Everyone (some may need a little help from PQA to get started) can apply,
but only a fraction survive the scrutiny of the application process, or
the government audit that occurs before you get the refund cheque.
Let PQA help you ensure you get the full amount you deserve on your R&D
grants and subsidies.
Six Sigma was developed to create profit-based focus on improvements by
an infrastructure of change agents throughout the organization. Six
Sigma emphasizes breakthrough rates of improvement, and focuses on world
class performance to achieve organizational success. PQA offers Six
Sigma (6 sigma) training courses, implementation, consulting, assessment,
and improvement. PQA also acts as our Client's outsourced Master
Black Belt, and Green Belt.
PQA provides in-house
and customized training courses. Browse through our
Training Courses
to discover a course that meets your needs
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