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Technical Change Associates, Inc. (TCA) is the leader in Lean business consulting, offering an integrated suite of education and consulting services for operating, improving and growing your business.

We help build truly great companies through a wide range of education, training and engineering services that support formal lean/continuous improvement programs and other business improvement initiatives. At TCA, we work with a variety of tool kits, including Lean Business Practices, Human Resource Development and Leadership Training, ERP/Lean Integration and Six Sigma Quality programs. We’re among the best in the world at applying these tools and managing the complex change processes to provide superior results for your organization.

For more than 24 years we have worked with hundreds of clients in manufacturing, administration, and service industries – helping them achieve their operational goals, enhancing their competitive edge, and increasing profitability. We invite you to browse our website and thoroughly review our programs, services and experiences. We look forward to hearing from you soon with your request for more information, a no-cost site visit and assessment, recruiting assistance, or other business improvement needs.

Rick L. Smith
President, Technical Change Associates, Inc.

SIGMAPOINT IS AWARDED TCA'S

WORLD CLASS ENTERPRISE LEAN

SIX SIGMA SUPPLIER

CERTIFICATION

July 2, 2010, 12 noon—this might seem like an ordinary point in time, but not so for SigmaPoint Technologies’ suppliers, customers and 290 employees. This is when SigmaPoint was awarded World Class Status for superior performance as a contract manufacturer and certified as a Lean Six Sigma Supplier by Technical Change Associates.

“We’re extremely proud to be recognized for our success in implementing Lean,” notes Dan Bergeron, President and CEO of this Cornwall (Ontario, Canada) company. He adds: “Achieving this certification exemplifies our dedication to provide paramount value to our customers.”

THE JOURNEY

SigmaPoint’s journey to World Class status began when the Lean Steering Team, led by Dan Bergeron, decided to take the company to a new level by meeting these objectives:

• Be recognized by customers as a partner in continuous improvement
• Provide the highest quality at the lowest possible cost
• Deliver on time
• Maintain superior customer service
• Keep manufacturing in North America

With a goal to be acknowledged as a Lean Supplier by a nationally recognized association, the team elected to use TCA’s World Class Enterprise Lean Six Sigma Supplier Assessment and Certification model. This comprehensive method determines a company’s ability to perform at a World Class level.

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NEWS & ARTICLES
	SigmaPoint is awarded certification Lean - True Simplicity TCA's Lean Assessment Leadership Administrative Lean is the Stimulus Plan at LMI Aerospace Lean in the Job Shop Building a Lean, WC Enterprise Surviving an Economic Downturn
	Series of Lean Articles

CASE STUDIES
	Myers Case Study From loss to profitability
	Setup Reduction A case study of crankshaft grinding

EVENTS
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