Overview
Transformation is at the core of AMT’s mission. The key to sustained operational excellence is delivering the cultural transformation and insightful coaching that ensures that specialized training and workforce development initiatives are consistently put into practice in day-to-day operations.
The AMT team will not only deliver the principles and processes that can transform your organization, they will also deliver the oversight and coaching required to make sure the transformation is sustainable.
How we do it
AMT helps manufacturing companies put the processes in place to achieve higher levels of quality that can lead to reduced costs and increased customer approval. Quality certifications are available specific to the industry a company works. Many large corporate buyers require their suppliers maintain current certifications. Manufacturers who are certified, have a greater opportunity to gain new sales and attract new buyers. AMT has successfully completed hundreds of Quality Management System projects and can assist you with multiple quality standards including ISO 9000, ISO 13485, ISO 14000, TS 16949, AS 9100, cGMP.
Enterprise-wide lean methodologies provide a customizable, measurable, and proven framework that transforms your company into a sustainable Lean Enterprise. Lean thinking, incorporated in your business strategy, is the foundation of a high-performance enterprise. Lean eliminates waste and provides manufacturers with the biggest opportunity for immediate bottom-line improvement. AMT can assist you in strategic and policy deployment activities to ensure successful planning and execution. Improvement and Coaching activities include Value Stream Mapping, Toyota Kata, 5S and Workplace Organization, Kanban/Pull Systems, Flow Manufacturing, Set-up Reduction, Standardized Work, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Production, Preparation, Process (3P).
Improving the effectiveness of business processes, both operational and transactional is often challenging. Many organizations resort to a “firefighting” method to solve day-to-day issues as needs arise. Our Six Sigma training and consulting services are a proven way to help organizations combat these problems by eliminating defective processes and identifying the underlying causes. AMT can also help you create an in-house capability by training and certifying your people as Yellow, Green or Black Belts in Six Sigma.
Facility layout and design is an important component of a business’s overall operations, both in terms of maximizing the effectiveness of the production process and meeting the needs of employees. The basic objective of layout is to ensure a smooth flow of work, material, and information through a system. AMT’s consultants help you leverage the right tools and training to better utilize your space.
Ensuring the safety of your people is paramount and has the added benefit of reducing insurance and other related costs. AMT can assist you with accident prevention, accident/near miss investigation, job hazard analysis, personal protective equipment, hazard communication, emergency action planning, ergonomics and other safety services. For more information on AMT services and training programs, go to https://www.amt-mep.org/safetyex/
AMT and its partner, NYSP2I, help companies, in all industries, identify opportunities and solutions to increase efficiency, reduce costs and reduce environmental impacts. We have a diverse portfolio of capabilities and programs that can help your company strengthen operational and financial performance, improve quality and outcomes, reduce risks and prepare for the future. Working with AMT and NYSP2I, businesses across NYS have become more efficient, economically stronger and more competitively positioned as environmentally-conscious businesses and suppliers.
AMT’s project management training provides you with the fundamental knowledge and skills to successfully lead a project from beginning to end. Learn to leverage key project management concepts, implement effective project management processes, and develop leadership skills needed for successfully planning, managing, and delivering projects of any size and scope.
Empower your employees to think like business owners through the power of play. Experience the results of sound business sense.
Celemi Apples & Oranges™: Business Finance for Everyone: Participants get an overview of how their whole organization functions, and can relate their daily actions and decisions to the company’s profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. Participants are grouped in teams which run one company each, competing with the other teams. To see if they win or lose, they have to complete the financial statements every simulated year. The learning curve is steep and with their new insight, participants come up with ideas how to improve profitability.
AMT staff are trained facilitators for Celemi Apples & Oranges™
Competition is no longer between companies, it’s between supply chains. Remaining competitive in the global marketplace demands that manufacturing supply chains be agile, flexible, and responsive to a set of complex dynamics. Whether you improve your supply chain or looking for a new supplier, contact us.
AMT provides, Celemi PartnerStock™ training, which is a competitive and interactive simulation. Participants are grouped into teams, and presented with life-like, inventory related dilemmas and challenges. They have to prioritize their limited resources to handle the challenges. The goal is to optimize inventory levels while managing customer satisfaction and profit. The most successful team wins the competition.
The discussions and decisions within the teams, the competition between the teams, and the debriefs in plenum create a learning environment which is highly engaging, competitive, interactive, and fun. The participants experience a significant peer-to-peer learning, make clear links to their real-life dilemmas, and apply research results and scientific models.
Cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and frequent, with a reported 4,000 attacks on small businesses each day. AMT works with manufacturers to become compliant with the DFARS clause based on the NIST SP 800-171 document requirements, as well as prepare to meet the standards of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). AMT can provide assessment and remediation support.
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Grant opportunities may be available to offset consulting and training costs.
“AMT was very successful in kicking off a continuous improvement mindset which engaged our production team and delivered fantastic results. Our business has been on a growth path for some time and the lack of performance has been an obstacle that AMT was able to remove.”
“This program was beneficial and has allowed us to achieve a level of productivity we would not have otherwise attained. We are also now positioned to go after new market opportunities for our sterilization platform.”
Wayne has an excellent all around knowledge of strategic Human Resources and how to transform HR from simply a department into a business strategy that yields results!
“Audits by AMT remain consistent and effective. You provide a valued service for DYCO Manufacturing to remain competitive with good quality products. Glenn has been excellent.”
“AMT’s guidance and professionalism helped guide successful outcomes of the program. This project will enable Ashlawn Energy, LLC to speed prototyping to production, and speed our process of commercialization of our battery energy storage product”
“AMT’s consultant facilitated a well-planned and effective Internal Quality Audit of ENSCO Avionics. His knowledge of AS9100D and the AS9115A software supplement afforded valued insight resulting in several OFIs that will improve the QMS and better prepare ENSCO Avionics for its 2021 Annual Surveillance Audit.”
“The AMT/MAP project enabled CPSI Biotech to expand our capabilities in a timely, flexible, and cost-effective manner. Beyond achieving our objectives of this project, the networking component of working with AMT has been very beneficial to our corporate goals of promoting individual growth step-in-step with company improvements.”
“The training and support that was provided to Golden Artist Colors by AMT was perfect. We have been provided with the building blocks to have a sustainable Continuous Improvement program and value the relationship that we have established with AMT. Thank you to Carol Miller and the AMT team for being so dedicated and mindful to our company and our needs.”
“Every metric we measure is trending in the correct direction. Whilst you can’t eat off the floor yet, you can now find everything on it.”
“I highly recommend AMT and Thomas Enderby to assist on any operational improvement project. Our two projects were well-planned, well-facilitated and well-executed and both have achieved the intended results. I am excited for future projects!”
“We very much appreciated the professionalism and business-friendly approach of the AMT team as they supported us not only in finding a provider who could address our Leadership training needs, but also in helping us find a grant that helped fund a program that otherwise would not have been held.”
“The goals we have reached as a small company would not have been possible without the help of AMT. We are lucky to have an organization like AMT to help small companies. Their staff are very knowledgeable and easy to work with. I always recommend AMT to any company I talk to that might need help.”
“We were able to successfully ship to the customer almost five times as many of these units in one month. This was a fantastic way to close out the year!”
“I would highly recommend working with AMTto any manufacturing operation looking to improve their productivity.”
“AMT has been very helpful to Cameron Manufacturing & Design on a wide variety of tasks. … They understand our business and can operate as an extended staff. As a result of their efforts, we feel that we have better control over the future.”
“AMT has been (and still is) a valuable asset in helping C&D Assembly to overcome some major growing pains. Having them available has helped us to stay on track, keep ISO certified and continually improve our overall business by winning new contracts and keeping existing ones. AMT has been a valuable resource in a variety of tasks over the last several years.”
“Through AMT’s efforts, Buckingham Manufacturing was able to develop and implement an effective ISO 9001 quality management system, which produced significant improvements in our product yields and provided access to increased numbers of customers both domestically and overseas.”
