<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#00FF40"> <p> <b><font color="#990000"> Christine Associates is a Professional Industrial Engineering entity offering services to the public. We apply proven and cutting edge Industrial Engineering techniques to provide business process optimization in manufacturing or service organizations. <br> <br> Registered Professional Industrial Engineers (PE's) have demonstrated competence in the areas of Probability & Statistics, Engineering Economics, Facilities, Management Systems, Manufacturing Systems, Production Planning and Control, Inventory Planning and Control, Quality Assurance, Work Methods Measurement, Human Factors and Safety. Only registered Professional Engineers can legally consult in private practice to provide engineering services in the public arena. </a></font> </b> <br> <b><font color="#990000"> <br> Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality, and Six Sigma Quality philosophies are rooted in the Industrial Engineering discipline.<font size="2"> </font>Christine Associates is a Professional Industrial Engineering private consulting firm offering services to the public. <br> <br> Christine Associates applies Industrial Engineering techniques to provide business process optimization. We apply proven and cutting edge Industrial Engineering tools to optimize manufacturing and service organizations. All organizations can benefit from such techniques.</font></b><p> <FONT COLOR="#990000"> <b> Christine Associates can integrate culture change via Pull Thinking techniques to enable your Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma program to create sustainable gains. We can train your employees in all facets of Lean and Six Sigma technique implementation and project management. <br> <br> If tinkering with your processes is not your goal, we can pursue Whole Systems Architecture and start at ground zero. With as few as five employees, your organization can attain World Class Status via conversion to a customer focused ultimate service flow structure.<br> <br> Nagging quality problems giving you fits? Christine Associates can train your employees in the application of the statistical tools of Six Sigma and Total Quality. We can conduct process capability studies of your processes and make recommendations for implementing Statistical Process Control charting or Statistical Quality Assurance.</a></b></FONT><br> <br> <font color="#990000"><b> Christine Associates can offer experiential training which will enable your organization to spend more productive hours per day. Employees will create sustainable improvement gains and consistently meet objectives. Your Strategic Plan or Balanced Scorecard will accurately measure results with respect to your tactical objectives. We can develop the metrics you need to measure your progress in a Dashboard, or Key Performance Indicator matrix as well customized Balanced Score Card formats. </a> </b></font><br> <br> <b><FONT COLOR="#990000"> Not sure just how much time your processes should take? Whether you are in a manufacturing or service environment, Christine Associates can answer that question in a short period using Most Engineered Time Standards. You will have a basis for benchmarking improvements.</a></FONT></b><br> <br> <b><FONT COLOR="#990000"> Do you know your internal money trail? Christine Associates can answer that question by applying Activity Based Management (ABM) techniques. We can show you the profitability of your products or services to guide decision making or metric development.</a></FONT></b><br> <br> <b><FONT COLOR="#990000"> Need to purchase capital assets but are not sure how to justify the acquisitions? Christine Associates can introduce you to a variety of Capital Justification techniques. We can apply traditional methodologies as well as emerging techniques using behavioral science to seek a solution based upon your personal risk profile.<br> <br> If you are interested in instituting real change in your business and not just doing another "program of the month," contact Christine Associates.</a></FONT></b><br> <br> <b><FONT COLOR="#990000"> We will give you an honest audit of your processes and create a program of improvement specific to your needs along with Pull Thinking tools to create and sustain innovation. The key to sustainable success lies with you and your employees, not a consultant. We can equip you for your journey.<br> <br> Christine Associates values relationships. You won't go broke with our business process optimization services. It's our guarantee!</FONT></b></p> <p> <font color="#990000"><b>Contact us at <a href="mailto:info@christineassociates.com">info@christineassociates.com</a> or 215 872-5255 for more information.</b></font> </p> </BODY>