R. Lodwick & Associates Inc. is a professional management and business consulting organization. We offer and deliver an array of services to organizations seeking to improve their performance and competitive position. Our services (and core capabilities) lie in six (6) areas: • Management Systems Implementation & Registration; • Assessment and Audit; • Enterprise Excellence; • Operational Performance Improvement; • Organizational Development; and • Business & Technical Communication Services. Management Systems Implementation/Registration Our management systems services include: • Quality Management Systems (QMS) Implementation and Registration to ISO 9001, AS 9100, T/S 16949, ISO 13485, ISO 22000, FSEP, GMP, and HACCP standards. • Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Implementation and Registration to ISO14001 standards, and Federal, State or Province, and Local/Municipal requirements. • Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management Systems Implementation and Registration to OHSAS 18000 standards, and Federal, State or Province, and Local/Municipal requirements. • Integrated Management Systems (IMS) Implementation and Registration involving ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and/or OHSAS 18000. Assessment and Audit Our assessment and audit services include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party audit and assessment to quality, environmental, occupational health and safety, and enterprise excellence standards including: ISO 9001, AS 9100, T/S16949, ISO 13485, ISO 22000 FSEP, GMP, and HACCP; ISO 14001; OHSAS 18000; and CAE, BNQA, EFQM. Enterprise Excellence In association with the above we offer an array of services in support of organizations seeking to achieve recognition to national frameworks for organizational excellence including: •Canadian Award for Excellence (CAE), •Baldrige National Quality Award (BNQA), and •European Framework for Quality Management (EFQM). Organizational Development Our organizational development services include: •Organizational Needs Assessment •Organizational Performance Analysis; •Training Needs Assessment; •Training System Design & Installation; •Intervention; and •Change Management. Operational Performance Improvement Our operational improvement services include: •4D Approach to Manufacturing; •Cellular Manufacturing; •Concurrent Engineering; •Consolidation / Plant Relocation; •Continuous Improvement / Kaizen; •Design for Manufacturing; •Factory Design/ Focused Factories; •Feasibility Studies; •Greenfield Operations; •Brownfield Operations; •Inventory Reduction; •Just-in-Time / MRP II; •Lean Manufacturing / Lean Enterprise; •Six Sigma; •Shop Floor Control; •Supplier / Customer Relationships; and •Work Measurement and Standards. In conjunction with the above, we offer and deliver an array of services including: •Benchmarking; •Business Process Reengineering; •Process Engineering; •Production Engineering; •Project Management; and •Education and Training. Business and Technical Communication Services Business and technical communication services that we provide include development, production, installation, and maintenance of on-line and printed communications, including •Technical Writing and Illustration; •Web Publishing; •Content Management Systems; •On-Line Forms; •Document Maintenance; and •Technical Communications Training. Our Clients Since 1994 we have worked with over eighty (80) organizations in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Our clients include organizations in the private and public sector involved in: •Agriculture; •Aerospace; •Automotive; •Commercial and Industrial Products; •Defence; •Distribution; •Electronics; •Engineering and Construction; •Financial Services; •Food Production and Food Services; •Jewelry; •Logistics; •Mining and Metals Processing; •Printing and Publishing; •Transportation; and •Various Other Services.