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Why Pursue Business Excellence?

Process improvement is the means by which world leading companies ensure that excellence is achieved and success maintained. Continuous improvement is the norm and an organisation that doesn’t improve at a rate better than its competitors will not survive in the long term.

Thornley Group provides services that cater for the small, medium and large enterprise. Whether you are a service organisation or a manufacturing organisation, we can provide consultancy and training that will drive your business performance forward.

Thornley Group offer a wide range of business consultancy services. From strategy and policy deployment to the detailed resolution of day-to-day operational issues, we have the expertise and experience to assist. We can provide hands-on help or offer advice from a knowledge-base gained from working with a large number of companies world-wide.

Our consultants have world-class experience working at senior management level in multinational organisations ranging from the automotive industry to seafood. With expertise in lean services, lean manufacturing, six-sigma and a range of other business excellence approaches, our team will ensure that your organisation achieves its potential. Thornley Group has the capability to rapidly get to the issues and offer creative solutions.

Our ‘Integrated Excellence’ approach combines Strategy, Management Systems,Lean and Six Sigma to drive business forward.  We can provide training and assessment packages which lead to nationally recognised Lean Six Sigma certification.  Thornley Group uses methods developed, proven and used by some of the world's most successful companies over many years to ensure sales performance, service delivery, customer satisfaction and profits are improved.

 

 

Summary of Services:

Lean

  • Lean Manufacturing and Lean Services consultancy and training
  • Competitive Manufacturing Unit Standards
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Reducing waste and cost of resources
  • Process improvement and design

Six Sigma and Process Improvement

  • Six-Sigma deployment consultancy
  • Six-Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt training to National Standards
  • General Six-Sigma training including Six-Sigma Yellow Belt
  • Planning improvements and measurement processes
  • Project management and Delivery
  • Mentoring services 
  • Master Black Belt and Black Belt services
 
 

Competitive Manufacturing Unit Standards

  • Unit standards up to level 5
  • National Certificates to level 4

Strategy and Policy Deployment

  • The ‘Vital Few’
  • The Strategy and Policy Deployment Process
  • Methods and Documents
  • Management Information and Reporting

Quality Systems

  • ISO 9000
  • ISO TS16949

Supply Chain Performance

  • The Lean supply network
  • The Six-Sigma supply network
  • Supplier improvement strategies
  • Win-win supplier relationships
  • Total cost management
  • Zero defect delivery
 
 

 

 

Training Programmes

Thornley Group training programmes are designed to suit all levels. From senior management to new employees. From awareness training to specialised training. We provide an enjoyable and effective learning experience that is designed to give measurable results. Content can be designed for your particular organisation’s needs and delivered with your own corporate branding if desired.

Training locations can either be in one of our approved venues or on site as required. We can secure group discounts for accomodation at venues around the country.

 
 
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Lean

LeanBecoming a Lean organisation involves many steps and requires a commitment to doing business differently...

 

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NZOQ Certified public Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt and Yellow Belt Training in 2012.  The only National Quality Organisation certified Green Belt training in New Zealand will be held in Wellington and Auckland and is open to members of the public...
 

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