Pete DiSantis
Effectiveness & Efficiency Expert, Process Improvement Consultant

Peter DiSantis Consulting Associates (PDCA)

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• Do = ½ Done Blog
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• AIM: @PeteDiSantis - Twitter
• AIM: @PlanDoCheckAct - Twitter

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I am an Efficiency & Effectiveness Expert and a Productivity Consultant. My mission is the search and rescue of your profit. Process improvement is the key to your success along with the organizational and leadership training on the new processes.

My focus is helping your business run more simply and with more ease for you. I can streamline your operations so it runs smoothly with results-oriented process improvement directly and immediately effecting your bottom line.

I love to shine a light into the dark places, revealing the "Ah-ha! There's the problem."

Here is an example of how I saved a...[more]

I am an Efficiency & Effectiveness Expert and a Productivity Consultant. My mission is the search and rescue of your profit. Process improvement is the key to your success along with the organizational and leadership training on the new processes.

My focus is helping your business run more simply and with more ease for you. I can streamline your operations so it runs smoothly with results-oriented process improvement directly and immediately effecting your bottom line.

I love to shine a light into the dark places, revealing the "Ah-ha! There's the problem."

Here is an example of how I saved a major transportation company millions of dollars a month.

I designed a network to move overnight shipments by truck between Boston and Washington, DC. The regular procedure was to fly ALL shipments to the geographically centralized distibution center and fly them back out again before dawn each day. The regular system cost $0.70 a pound to fly. My new system cost $0.05 a pound to drive. That is a cost reduction of over 90%. This "ground" hub was the first of twenty to be established around the country.

On another project, I contributed and led a team that designed, wrote and delivered an 80 hour operations workshop for logistics managers and supervisors. The result was an average 6% a year improvement in productivity company-wide. The best business units improved 16% a year.

My logo is new, yet the philosophy is deeply ingrained. PDCA are the initials for my company name and an acronym for "Plan-Do-Check-Act" a four step repetitive problem-solving process. It is a classic Total Quality Management technique introduced as the Shewhart cycle. Although popularized by W. Edwards Deming in the 1950's, its origin reaches back to the 17th Century. Today Six Sigma refers to it as DMAIC.

PDCA is characteristic of how I work, and how I help my clients succeed. Plan: find the real problem, the root cause, not just the symptomatic issues. Define what one thing impacts others? Gather the internal subject matter experts to formulate a strategy and tactics to combat the real issue. We define and agree upon measurable metrics as a team. Do: Implement the plan with focus, measurement and accountability. Check: Verify the plan was implemented as charged. Do the metrics work? Can you measure the improvement? Has the real problem been diminished? Finally, Act: Analyze the gap between the "Plan versus Do". Adjust the plan and the metrics so they do the job. Then, start the (PDCA) process over again. I have used this process countless times and it has been a successful formula for thousands of companies around the world.

If your product, service or output is not consistently excellent, I can help you operate your business more effectively, more profitably while retaining your current employees and customers.

I can help your business grow into the future. [less]

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  From Travis Brandt

  Given on Thu Jun 23, 2011.

  Hi Pete, Great format for the MasterMind net together. I've come a couple times and plan to in the future.
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  From Nancy Hellstrom

  Given on Mon Jun 6, 2011.

  Pete, you're great at what you do and how your present it so effortlessly to groups. The 'Mastermind Net-Together' is...[more]

  Pete, you're great at what you do and how your present it so effortlessly to groups. The 'Mastermind Net-Together' is an amazing process - packed full of valuable ideas that are created collectively. I met wonderful people and feel motivated to launch in to action. Thank you!   [less]
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  From Roberta Winter

  Given on Wed Mar 23, 2011.

  Pete is a superior communicator, distilling the essence of the lesson into understandable actionable plans. He also remains flexible and fun throughout the business process.

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