Lighthouse Transformations and MetaOps Partner to Help Clients Dramatically Improve QtO Process

May 16, 2009 - PRLog -- MetaOps, Inc. (www.metaops.com), a diversified consulting and training services company, has signed a partnership agreement with Lighthouse Transformations, LLC to provide Lean Six Sigma consulting and training services beginning immediately.

“IT projects must be coupled with real business and cultural changes,” says Ken Noll, Program Director at Lighthouse Transformations.  “We’ve spoken with many companies that have tried to side-step the human side of IT transformations, particularly in the Quote to Order process.  This generally leads to marginal improvements.  By partnering with MetaOps, we can provide an extremely effective transformation process – both IT and organizational.”

“Over the years, MetaOps has helped executives and team identify what and how to rapidly, with in a few days, make dramatic improvements in their bottom line performance very, very fast,” according to Ron Crabtree, President of MetaOps.  “Many of these organizations have put hundreds of thousands in not millions on their bottom line every year after learning the things we teach.  In fact, if we can’t help an organization see a 500% or more annual return on their investment, we don’t take the work.”

The need for process improvement is strong. According to a recent Lighthouse Transformations survey, only 67 percent of build-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturers know how much it costs to produce customized products, and 73 percent don't know the cost of engineering change orders. Despite the lack of cost information, more than half of the survey respondents believed that they had the ability to charge a 10 percent or higher premium with a product customization strategy.

About MetaOps -  MetaOps™ is a diversified consulting and training services company helps organizations increase market share and profitability through a People Centrix™ approach. Their team of world-class experts brings an extensive toolkit of business process improvement strategies that helps management see problems and opportunities, and teaches staff how to make dramatic improvements and drive sustainable improvement - fast.

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