KDC & Associates, Ltd. is a senior management consulting firm concentrating on competitiveness and profitability issues facing smaller and mid-sized North American manufacturing, fabrication, services, and distribution companies. KDC’s unique expertise in Operational Excellence provides powerful assistance to companies in identifying and executing solutions to their most pressing challenges. The firm specializes in companies with annual sales of $5 to $200 million.
Dealing with rapid change and severe competition is difficult for even the largest of companies. Smaller and mid-sized companies can find themselves caught in changing conditions that seriously threaten profitability and even business viability. Operating successfully in these environments often requires resources beyond the scope of all but the largest companies. For the smaller and mid-sized company, KDC is the Right Resource.
KDC works with owners and management in devising practical and high ROI solutions to competitiveness, performance, or crisis issues. The firm offers a wide range of tailored services, from training and coaching to interim management, that provide solutions to the key challenges of performance and renewal.
KDC’s principals are senior operating executives who have many years of successful experience leading smaller and mid-sized companies through highly challenging events and environments in some of the world’s most competitive and volatile markets. The KDC difference is practicality, effectiveness, and experience.
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KDC Has New Telephone Number
KDC has a new main office line. Beginning November 4, 2008, our new number is 1-866-964- LEAN (1-866-964-5326). For those who have had difficulty recently with our previous 7407 number, please accept our apologies. The transition from old to new was not nearly as simple or timely as advertised. But it is done. Our sincere thanks for your continuing support.
Dick Kallage Delivers Two Talks at Fabtech 2008
KDC principal Dick Kallage delivered two talks at the recent Fabtech 2008 conference and exhibition held in Las Vegas. The subjects were “Optimizing high Variation Operations” and “Lean Accounting and Metrics: Scorecards for High Performance”. As in 2007, both sessions were very well attended and were highly rated by the attendees.
Dick Kallage Elected to the Management Advisory Council of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Int’l.(FMA)
On November 3, 2008, KDC principal Dick Kallage was elected to the Management Advisory Council of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Int’l.(FMA). Dick and his colleagues will recommend and help develop relevant, timely, and high impact training and educational programs for members of the FMA, the premier association of fabricators and specialty manufacturers in N. America.
Greg Scharnott Named to Head KDC's Wisconsin Office
Greg Scharnott, Senior Operations Consultant, has been named to head KDC’s Wisconsin office. Greg is a seasoned and highly successful manufacturing executive with a strong background in operations improvement while holding executive posts at a number of specialty manufacturers in the Midwest. He was with GE for several years and is a graduate of its renowned Manufacturing management Program. Greg holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA.