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Consulting and training firm, accelerating operational excellence

Axsens bte is an independent consulting and training firm founded in 2005. Firmly focused on industrial performancethe firm carries out projects for various industrial customersThe Group's activities are focused on the aerospace and defense, distribution and logistics sectors.

Its approach combines field expertise and cross-disciplinary skills in the fields of Supply Chain, Industrial Methods, Management and Transformation, and Industrial Maturity.

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Board

Our consulting services are based on the experience, rigorous selection and seniority of our expert consultants, and the complementary nature of their fields of expertise. We support you in meeting new challenges, gaining autonomy and boosting your performance in terms of operational excellence.

Training

Our firm can help you improve your skills and competitiveness through professional inter and intra-company training courses. Our expert trainers will guide you through the approaches, methodologies and tools you'll need to succeed in your challenges. In addition to our catalog training courses, we also offer tailor-made training programs to meet your specific objectives.

Coaching

To cope with the complexity of organizations and new work environments, our coaching offer is an operational solution to your day-to-day challenges. Our experienced, qualified coaches can offer you individual, personalized or team-based support.

Interim management

Whether it's for a development project or to optimize performance, it's now essential for a company to successfully carry out its transformations within increasingly tight deadlines and with agility. Thanks to our interim management offer, you can rapidly call on appropriate and experienced external resources.

Innovation

The "Research & Methods" initiative was carried out as a result of Axsens' commitment to creating value for its customers, not only by delivering the highest level of performance, but also by developing practical and innovative solutions to meet their day-to-day needs.

Our consulting services are based on the experience, rigorous selection and seniority of our expert consultants, and the complementary nature of their fields of expertise. We support you in meeting new challenges, gaining autonomy and boosting your performance in terms of operational excellence.

Our firm can help you improve your skills and competitiveness through professional inter and intra-company training courses. Our expert trainers will guide you through the approaches, methodologies and tools you'll need to succeed in your challenges. In addition to our catalog training courses, we also offer tailor-made training programs to meet your specific objectives.

To cope with the complexity of organizations and new work environments, our coaching offer is an operational solution to your day-to-day challenges. Our experienced, qualified coaches can offer you individual, personalized or team-based support.

Whether it's for a development project or to optimize performance, it's now essential for a company to successfully carry out its transformations within increasingly tight deadlines and with agility. Thanks to our interim management offer, you can rapidly call on appropriate and experienced external resources.

The "Research & Methods" initiative was carried out as a result of Axsens' commitment to creating value for its customers, not only by delivering the highest level of performance, but also by developing practical and innovative solutions to meet their day-to-day needs.

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From SMEs to major groups, we have been working alongside you since 2005 to boost your company's industrial performance: supply chain, continuous improvement, industrial methods, logistics and transportetc.

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To cope with an increasingly competitive and changing environment, companies must rapidly evolve and adapt to change. For over 18 years Axsens bte has developed strong expertise in various fields of theoperational excellence : quality and continuous improvement, supply chain, industrial methods, industrial maturity, logistics and transport, management and change management and aims to pass on its skills through a comprehensive training program.

Our training courses include : Green Belt and Black Belt Lean Six SigmaDemand Driven Planner (DDP), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), time measurement (timing), proximity management etc. In addition to our catalog of inter- and intra-company training courses, we offer companies the possibility of creating customized training courses that perfectly meet their challenges and objectives.

To better support you, our teaching approach is based on learning by doing, which is why our training courses are composed of 30% theory and 70% practice (games, serious games, case studies, etc.).

Whether face-to-face, distance learning, 100% eLearning or form action, you're sure to find the training method that's right for you.

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Case Hermes - J3L

Objectives :

- Deploy the ProWhy tool on the sites that make up the J3L group
- Accompany the site in the implementation of ProWhy according to its needs (customization of the tool)
- Train employees in the use of the ProWhy tool.

Background :

J3L develops and manufactures metal parts for luxury accessories for high-end leather goods.
The group wanted to implement a solution that would enable its various sites to share a common vision, facilitate exchanges from a single point of entry and encourage group work.
This approach will also enable the group to respond more effectively and proactively to their customers' needs, by dealing more effectively with root-cause problems and non-conformities.

Results :

- Prowhy is now installed on J3L's server for all sites.

- 23 employees were trained to use the tool in addition to the 8D training course.

- All employees are now able to use the tool to process 8Ds and non-conformities.

Project features :

Business sector: Distribution
Expertise: Quality and Continuous Improvement
Location : Champigny sur Marne (94)

Merck case

Objectives :

- Drafting of specifications to define outsourcing scope
- Manage the call for tenders from logistics service providers
- Supervise outsourcing deployment

Background :

Entry data:
- MERCK BioDevelopment, a major player operating worldwide in the field of research-based pharmaceutical and chemical products, is experiencing rapid growth,
- MERCK BioDevelopment does not have a warehouse with the capacity to store all the products required for its growth, so MERCK wants to outsource part of its storage to a local player.

Mission :

Logistics outsourcing :

1. Drawing up specifications: interviewing key players, taking into account GMP best practices, workshop matching needs and quality requirements.

2. Invitation to tender for logistics service providers: research and identification of potential players in compliance with the quality requirements defined in the specifications. Analysis of bids, negotiation, auditing of solutions, shortlisting and contractualization.

3. Supervision of solution deployment with the chosen service provider and the customer's teams. Set up activity monitoring KPIs (quality, costs).

Project features :

Business sector: Healthcare - Pharma
Expertise: Supply Chain/Logistics
Location : Martilac (33)

Airbus case

Objectives :

- Reduce logistics problems: missing parts, loss of traceability, delays
- Standardize logistics flows
- Prepare to set up an end-to-end logistics chain

Background :

Input data :
- Ramp-up to be prepared
- Customer's most important program in terms of volume
- Pressure on costs, quality and deadlines
- Multiplicity of processes, flows and subcontractors
- Unsatisfactory AOS maturity

Mission :

The scope of the assignment covered the entire logistics chain for the 320 Comète program:
- Logistics hub
- Market Place
- Pulse Lines production lines

The mission was carried out in several stages:
- Logistics mapping as is: field observation, interviews, data analysis
- Logistics to-be mapping: collaborative workshops
- Transformation plan: roadmap, impact/effort matrix, implementation of quick wins

This mission gave rise to new projects:
- Reorganization of the market place
- Revision of SAP IT structure for logistics databases

Project features :

Business sector: Aeronautics
Expertise: Supply Chain/Logistics
Location : St Nazaire (44)

Case erasteel

Objectives :

Streamline the Distribution Logistics process with the dual aim of :
- Reduce storage and distribution costs by 40%.
- Improve distribution lead times (guaranteed fixed lead times of 24, 48 or 72 hours in Europe)

Background :

Input data:
- High loss of productivity due to local warehouses (infrastructure, storage and cutting equipment, human resources) in each European country
- High volume of high-speed steel stocks
- Organization fragmented and disparate from one country to another
- Poor customer image

Mission :

- Industrial diagnosis of the existing situation and preparation of a list of recommendations,
- Drawing up specifications for a European center
- Call for tenders from service providers
- Analysis of bids and site visits
- Selection of service provider
- Choice of location (barycentre)
- Assistance in drafting the operating contract
- Operational implementation of the European center
- Phasing of ramp-up
- Support for service provider through to stabilization phase
- Field support
- Development of procedures and operating modes
- Staff training
- Setting up the steering structure (Visual Management, performance indicators, steering committees)

Project features :

Business sector: Industry
Expertise: Logistics and Transport
Location: Plants in France (2 sites) and Sweden, European and worldwide customers

Daher case

Objectives :

Mobilize the company around industrial performance in order to significantly improve operating results throughthe use of the Lean approach:
- Significantly reduce work-in-process,
- control product quality and reduce delivery times
- Reorganize industrial layout to promote fluidity (flows, layout, workstations and ergonomics - safety)
Improve the preparation of customer quotations through a reliable approach to range times.

Background :

Input data:
- Strong pressure on costs, quality and deadlines from prime contractors (aircraft manufacturers).
- New activity within the Daher Group (resulting from the acquisition of companies)
- Highly labor-intensive
- Fast-growing division

Mission :

Deployment of the Lean Manufacturing approach at all sites:

- Lean diagnosis (maturity matrix)
- Creation of Lean framework (charter, organizational structure and documents)
- Project team set-up and training in Lean methodology and tools
- Launch of Lean projects dealing with layout and flow, equipment availability, organization, re-industrialization, communication, visual and participative management.
Management of the first pilot projects
Coaching of subsequent projects in Production,
- Leading the Continuous Improvement process
Time measurement :
- Timing training
- Time-measurement campaign for all product families at 2 French sites (timing, video-analysis)
- Realignment of operating ranges

Project features :

Business sector: Aeronautics
Expertise: Quality and Continuous Improvement
Location: France (Montrichard, Luceau, St Nazaire) and Morocco (Tangiers)

Satys case

Objectives :

- Implement project management based on the APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) approach/methodology, including its adaptation - depending on the complexity of the project, the type of product, the context, and so on.
- The idea is to create a single standard used systematically when a project is launched.

Background :

Input data :
- Pressure on costs, quality and deadlines from prime contractors (aircraft manufacturers)
- Anticipate deployment of EN9145 standard
- Anticipate demand from aerospace customers (e.g. AIRBUS) for deployment of this new standard.

Mission :

The project was carried out in 5 stages:
1-Building a SATYS working group
2-Sensitization of the working group to APQP
3-Creation of the SATYS Group APQP Standard & Creation of the SATYS Group APQP training module
4-Training in the SATYS Group APQP Standard
5-Support for the working group

Project features :

Business sector: Aeronautics
Expertise: Industrial maturity
Location: Toulouse (Blagnac)

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Your Questions, Our Answers

Are Axsens bte training courses certified?

The Green Belt Lean 6 Sigma and Black Belt Lean 6 Sigma training courses are accredited by the Université du Lean 6 Sigma. All training days include theoretical input, case studies and practical exercises.

How do you ensure that your interventions are pragmatic?

Whether it's consulting or training, the methodology we use for our interventions is an alchemy between theory and practice that we call Form'action. There can be no intervention in the field without concrete results that contribute to our customers' continuous improvement process.

Do you have the capacity to operate internationally?

International culture is part of Axsens bte's DNA, and our consultants work all over the world to meet our customers' needs, whether for consulting or training.

Do you have the possibility of training people in APQP Aerospace and the IAQG9145 standard?

We have a group of experts working in the aeronautics industry who have deployed APQP in several companies on the basis of the international standard, and who are experts in the associated methods and tools.

Do you provide training in FMECA-type maturity methods?

We have trainers/coaches in proactivity and industrial maturity methods, who provide international training in FMECA methods, problem solving, control plans, key characteristics and their management using statistical tools such as MSA and SPC.