Research shows that improving people’s practices leads to improved business performance. The journey to excellence starts with doing the basics well in order to get out of constant fire fighting. Once in control, businesses can raise and sustain performance through a wider range of improvement tools. Leading companies can further profit from more sophisticated tools and innovation. But the journey will only happen with effective leadership and an effective skilled organisation.
Picme was established through collaboration between the DTI and several trade associations to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of UK process manufacturing industry. Whilst Picme is committed to its role for the process industries it has extended its services to other sectors.
Picme is committed to building up the skills base within businesses in order to deliver sustainable world class improvement.
Picme helps people to look at things differently, learn new tools and techniques, identify opportunities and most importantly make practical improvements in order to raise performance and realise real benefits.
Picme Profile
The work of a Picme practitioner often involves a combination of training, facilitation, mentoring, coaching and assessing in order to help the team to understand and successfully apply improvement methodologies and better working practices.
All our practitioners are degree level qualified professionals and have held managerial positions within industry.
Our Results
Picme has delivered over £120 million worth of process improvements for our customers.
Example benefits achieved through facilitated learning and implementation are;
- Increased capacity by 100%
- Raised OEE to world class levels
- Eliminated quality problems
- Improved procedural compliance
- Reduced lead times from weeks to hours
- Reduced customer complaints by 80%
- Reduced costs: Labour energy, processing, materials
- Reduced time required by maintenance by 75%
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