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Winning Teams™

The Winning Teams™ program, developed over 10 years of delivering Continuous Improvement training to hundreds of companies, offers a customizable “learn and apply” approach that enhances an organization’s team-based problem-solving skills, combining the technical tools and desired behaviors of Lean, leadership, coaching, and organizational development.

Overview

In today’s competitive market, in which more than half of employees are searching for new jobs,* a high-performing workforce is the key to your company’s growth and survival. Learn to empower your talent to uncover and solve problems, and deliver results, which ultimately increases productivity and decreases waste. The Winning Teams™ program is ideal for leaders who understand that one of the best ways to grow their organization is through their people. DVIRC is ready to show you how.

The DVIRC Difference

This program will help any business set the foundation for world-class performance by ensuring leadership is aligned with performance targets that are understood and deployed to every corner of the business. With DVIRC’s unique “learn and apply” approach, we work with clients on-site to identify 3-5 projects that support the organization’s strategic direction. This enhances the quality of learning while building the organization’s capabilities and providing a healthy return on investment. Each organization gains tremendous productivity value and the ability to sustain improvements utilizing the tools and methods of Continuous Improvement. Our experts are available to partner with you to customize and adapt this program to meet your specific organizational needs. The program consists of the following core curriculum elements:

  • Program/Project Planning
  • A3 Thinking
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Effective Communication
  • Principles of Kata
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Standard Work
  • Principles of Lean
  • Change Management
  • Visual Workplace
  • High Performance Teams
  • Setup/Changeover Reduction (SMED)
  • Individual and team coaching days
  • Project Report-outs

Benefits

  • Improved company profitability through improved efficiency, customer service, and quality
  • Proven and repeatable savings
  • Improved organizational alignment, collaboration, and communications
  • Quantifiable results
  • Development of cross-functional teams
  • Cultural shift towards the company’s strategy
  • Develops effective problem solvers
  • Leadership development of participating employees
  • Guaranteed ROI
  • Enhances the organization’s capability for sustainability and further improvements

Testimonials

“The DVIRC experience was very positive. Our consultant had a way of working with our people and making them feel comfortable.”
Ernie DeLany
Owner, Probes Unlimited
“DVIRC advisors are down to earth and very responsive. They have experience in the business world and with other manufacturers and bring a lot of value to the table.”
Alan Thompson
President, Tech Tag & Label
“Our partnership with DVIRC has allowed our team to successfully meet the business and client challenges and grow our business in excess of 15% annually. Our people have demonstrated the confidence and skills to meet the challenges of today and lead us forward.”
John Fox
CEO, Air King Limited Division, Lasko Group, Inc.
“We are more excited about manufacturing than we’ve been in years—and now with young talent behind us!”
Art Newcomb
President, C&L Rivet Company, Inc.
“The support and response we have received from DVIRC has been top notch. We have worked with different consultants in the past and they are not even in the same league with DVIRC. We would definitely recommend DVIRC to anyone looking to implement a Lean program.”
John Jamison
Assistant Chief Mechanical Officer and Chief Lean Architect, SEPTA
“DVIRC has done more than 20 Lean project sessions with us over five years. Their expertise is highly valued. Our DVIRC consultant had great expertise in both manufacturing operations and Lean techniques. He could identify a problem in just one or two visits.”
Ernie DeLany
Owner, Probes Unlimited
“DVIRC is a very professional and knowledgeable organization. Their goal is to train a company to sustain Lean on their own and they provide the continuous support needed to help make this happen.”
Spencer Hoos
President and CEO, ESCO (Now Safran)
“DVIRC has played a huge part in our success through advising, training, networking, and acting as a liaison to other resources to help us grow.”
Larry Ward
Chairman, Packaging Progressions, Inc.
“Our DVIRC consultants and trainers have made the learning experience great. They get us and understand what it’s like to do what we do. Our employees connect with them.”
John Cox
Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill
“Greene Tweed’s partnership with DVIRC has been a positive experience. We rely on their professional experience in Lean consulting and for the training and development of our employees.”
Ed Gardner
Quality and Lean Six Sigma Director, Greene Tweed
“DVIRC was very attentive to our strategic interests and adapted their Lean efforts to who we are and what we wanted to accomplish. I wanted Turkey Hill to become self-sustaining as quickly as possible. DVIRC has been wonderful at helping us develop our own programs.”
John Cox
Executive Vice President, Turkey Hill
“The biggest value delivered by DVIRC was experience. Harry Landsburg has been through this hundreds of times. He knew the pitfalls we might encounter, what would be hard, and what would be easy. He made the whole process go much quicker than we anticipated.”
Jeff Harvey
Director of Information Services, Edmund Optics, Inc.
“The DVIRC Winning Teams training approach did an excellent job of bringing principles, concepts, and teamwork together. It was a great catalyst for our Lean efforts.”
Tony Jost
CEO, Superior Tube
“The most valuable advantage we gained from DVIRC was having a knowledgeable professional validate that we were moving in the right direction. Harry was not afraid to share his opinions and h he took the time to talk to all of our functional areas to gain different perspectives. This enabled us to validate our judgments about what we needed.”
Michael Carr
Vice President of Finance, Philadelphia Scientific
“Jeff Gossner worked with me on a regular basis to evaluate and really understand our business. Jeff became our go-to guy, helping us to understand all of the things that were coming into play. This understanding enabled him to recommend the DVIRC services that could help. When we were ready to implement these services, DVIRC was very strong.”
Tony Jost
CEO, Superior Tube
“Our partnership with DVIRC will continue to pay dividends.”
Bob Stajnrajh
Kaizen and Sustainability Director, Emission Control Technologies Plant, Devon
Johnson Matthey
“Harry’s combined knowledge of information systems and manufacturing was impressive. He knew exactly what he was talking about.”
Jeff Harvey
Director of Information Services, Edmund Optics, Inc.
“Harry Landsburg was familiar with the software that was out there. He also understood manufacturing and our business process. So, he was able to rule out features we didn’t need and help us focus on what was appropriate.”
Jim Dooley
Production Manager, Dooley Gasket and Seal
“We could not have gotten to where we are today as quickly without DVIRC’s assistance. Harry kept us to our timeline, and he was the ‘bad guy’ who kept prodding us to meet our deadlines.”
David Watkins
Chief Financial Officer, Star Roses and Plants

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