Our Services

What does CÆDENCE do?

CAEDENCE improves your bottom line by accelerating Operational Excellence in product development and manufacturing.  We lead technical issue resolution & prevention for companies and their supply chains. As we execute on the most pressing issues, we also strengthen your teams and systems for long-term success. 

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 Acute Issue Resolution

Solving your pressing issues and preventing them from happening again
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Systemic Issue Resolution

Addressing systemic gaps within the business or functional groups
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Talent Development

Developing teams with tailored workshops and coaching emerging leaders for career growth
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CAEDENCE Focus Areas

CAEDENCE accelerates the execution of key business priorities with hands-on project engagements in these areas:

  • Engineering

    • Engineering Excellence
    • Drawing Rigor
    • GD&T & Tolerance Stacks
    • Critical Thinking
    • Structured Problem Solving
    • Lean Six Sigma
    • Cost Reduction Initiatives
    • Design for Assembly / Mfg
    • Design of Experiments (DOE)
    • Design Reviews
    • Product Testing

  • Quality

    • Setting the Quality Culture
    • Achieving World-Class Quality
    • Quality Goals and Measures
    • Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
    • Quality Management System
    • Quality Leadership Teams
    • Customer Quality Strategy
    • Supplier Quality Strategy
    • Quality Response / CAPA
    • Emergency Response System
    • Quality Audits
    • Audit Proofing the Business
    • Automotive Mindset
    • Automotive Systems (IATF)
    • Aerospace Systems (AS)
    • Industrial Systems (ISO)

  • Project Management

    • Project Schedules and Buffers
    • Managing to Tight Deadlines
    • Effective Meetings
    • Crisp Action Management
    • Managing Global Teams
    • Preventing Scope Creep
    • Influencing Customers
    • PM Toolkit

  • Customer Satisfaction

    • Customer Experience
    • Customer Communication
    • Customer Scorecard Mgmt
    • Customer Response Excellence

  • Product Development

    • NPD/NPI Stage Gate Process
    • New Product Dev. Mindset
    • Creating a Business Plan
    • Cash Flow Management
    • Risk Management
    • APQP and PPAP
    • FMEA / Control Plans
    • NPD Playbook
    • Predictive Robustness Scorecard
    • Design for Six Sigma
    • Zero Defect Program
    • Design Error Proofing


  • Launch Readiness

    • Health Check Process
    • Pre-Launch Planning
    • Pre-Production Readiness
    • Launch Controls
    • Safe Launch Plans
    • Incoming Quality Plans
    • Run at Rate Process

  • Manufacturing & OpEx

    • Standard Production System
    • A3 / Structured Problem Solving
    • Measurement Systems Analysis
    • Manufacturing Statistics - Cpk
    • Change Management
    • Abnormal Lot Control
    • Leading Indicators Program
    • Mfg. Error and Mistake Proofing
    • WOW Workplace (Culture)
    • Failure Analysis Excellence

  • Business Improvement

    • Business Process Transformation
    • Business Process Development
    • Leaning Out Business Processes
    • Business Systems Deployment

  • Strategic Initiatives

    • Management Compass
    • Portfolio Strategy
    • Annual Planning Process
    • Initiative Rollouts
    • Systemic Gap Scoping Tool
    • Learning & Dev. Planning
    • OGPM / KPI / KBI Management
    • Recruiting Strategy
    • Hiring for Excellence

Specific Talent Development Offerings

CAEDENCE offers custom skills workshops, team and individual coaching, and a comprehensive leadership development program. Here are some of our most popular development offerings: