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SIXTHSENSE Generalized Dimensional Variation Analyses (GDVA)

All complex processes, whether a semiconductor fabrication line, an automotive assembly factory, sourcing through a global supply chain, an in-house telephone-based sales force or an electronics manufacturer’s sales force embedded within Big Box retailers, have many parameters that effect performance.
Most such complex processes also have significant variation across their output results e.g.
- Yield/capacity utilization/quality/throughput, etc. across lines, products, shifts, operators, material vendors, etc.
- Sales per salesperson or store or office or region or manager, time per call per salesperson or office or region or manager, customer satisfaction per salesperson or office or region or manager, returns, average revenue/call, etc.
- Landed costs, transportation costs, inventory costs, costs of quality, delivery performance etc. across supply chain partners/vendors, across buyers, across products, across markets, etc.

GDVA integrates diverse data sources including our own financial, operational and affective data capture tools as necessary, excises data artifacts in our proprietary process, then normalizes and analyzes the resulting database and identifies the largest opportunities available to increase the value of the enterprise without major strategic or capital intensive bets.
Our methodology enables us to not only identify the highest leverage dimensions/variables available to increase profitability (we call these Strategic Levers because the associated opportunity frequently rises to the level of strategic impact on the customer) and to define the likely actions needed to realize these opportunities, but also allows us to estimate the likely range of increase feasibly available. This almost always enables us to forecast the range of likely ROI associated with any investment in the identified opportunities.