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"To provide our customers with the expertise required to formulate strategies, concepts and breakthrough business processes that will turn their organizations into leaders in their field". Our Vision "To be known as a center of excellence in modern management methodologies and as a source of research and training in our field". KPA was founded in 1990 to improve the competitive position of its customers by promoting the implementation of advanced management methodologies. The company is currently involved in a wide range of organizations from the industrial, service and public sectors. KPA offers
extensive experience and advanced modern methodologies in the
KPA offers a variety of services, which form the foundation for the unique, integrated and tailored consulting packages offered to its customers. Our main areas of expertise are: 1. Strategic Planning - Strategic planning and on-going consulting during the implementation phase - Management of real options and project portfolios - Creating and managing of joint ventures 2. Market Research and Customer Satisfaction Surveys - Market research and customer surveys (also via the Internet) - Characterization of customer profiles and identification of customer needs - Testing for Market potential 3. Organizational Development, Change Management and Employee Surveys - Organizational development - organizational structures and work processes Change Management in Enterprise System Implementations - Training, management consulting and management development programs - Workforce satisfaction surveys and internal supplier-customer surveys 4. Statistical Consulting and Analytical Methods The Statistical Consulting activities of KPA range from Industrial Statistics, including Six Sigma implementations, SPC and DoE, to Credit Scoring, Risk Management, Reliability of hardware and software, Data Mining, Biostatistics and design of clinical trials. These activities are conducted as stand alone activities or in conjunction with the various alliances listed below.
Other activities Creativity and Change Management KPA has set up a strategic alliance with Crescendo-Italia, a consulting firm specializing in change management and creative processes. Crescendo-Italia offers a complete package of creativity management tools based on experiences in EU funded creativity research. In partnership with KPA, this knowledge is now made available all over Europe. The Israel ESPINODE The Israeli Software Process Improvement Node was established at KPA to support Software Process Improvement Experiments (PIE) under the European Community ESSI initiative, in the context of FP4. This knowledge center specializes in CMM and CMMI assessments, Software Metrics and Software Development Management Dashboards, Software Quality Assurance, PIEs, Configuration Management, Requirements Management and Project Management Key Process Areas etc...Link to Israel ESPINODE The KPA Cost Reduction Initiative The KPA Cost Reduction Initiative is providing companies and organisations with focused activities aimed at reducing expenses in telecommunication, travel, facility management and purchasing. Specifically we can significantly reduce costs by optimizing communication package contracts and exploiting VOIP technologies. Facility management is an area that poses unique challenges in terms of cost calculation and quality measurement. The Pareto Plus model developed by the KPA Cost Reduction Initiative offers a unique model for assessing cost and quality of cleaning operations in large office space and industrial buildings. For information on the Pareto Plus model contact ParetoPlus@kpa.co.il.
Nili Bergida is a KPA Senior Consultant and coordinates KPA's marketing and infrastructure development initiatives. Nili is in charge of KPA's Customer Satisfaction Surveys projects and is KPA's senior expert in international projects. She has an MBA and a B.A. in economics.
Ariel Kenett is a KPA Senior Consultant with internal responsibility for human resource development and knowledge management. Ariel leads Organizational Development, Employee Surveys and Customer Surveys projects. He has a B.A. in economics. Yossi Shuchmacher, Ph.D. is a KPA Senior Consultant and member of the KPA Organizational Development and Change Management team. Former VP Human Resources in global companies such as EDS and National Semiconductors and Organizational Development and Training Manager of Teva Pharmaceuticals. Yossi is an experienced and highly reputable management coach, Human Resources Management expert and Organizational Development consultant to companies and organizations in the private and public sector. Yossi Raanan, Ph.D. is a KPA Senior Consultant and member of the KPA Strategic Planning team. Former dean of the business management school of the academic course of the College of Management. PhD in operations research from Cornell University. Senior Lecturer in the College of Management. Chairman of Tadmor - The Central School for Hoteliers. Director and Chairman of the Lahak Investment Committee - Management of Trust Funds Ltd. and consultant to companies and organizations in the business sector. Office Management Iris Biel Yechiely
She has worked at KPA since 1994. B.A. in textile design from Shenkar, Israel's leading textile design school. Nir Aran - Chief Technology Officer Professor David Steinberg - industrial statistics and biostatistics Professor Shelley Zacks - statistics and clinical trials Professor Irad Ben Gal - statistics and industrial engineering Dr. Benny Yoskovitch - industrial statistics and biostatistics Dr. Eyal Bartana - IT and MIS consulting Dr. Michael Dalith - preclinical and clinical strategies, and regulatory affairs Avi Harel - usability analysis and web technology Yehuda Blumenfeld - industrial statistics and data management Eyal Cohen - data analysis and application development Avraham Lazarov - strategic planning and business development Moshe Miller - lean manufacturing and six sigma Dan Almog - Test automation and software technologies Ilana Gotlieb - organizational development and human resources management
Yael Chazan - organizational development and employee surveys Ron Ben-Jacob - data mining and information systems Lena Kenett - data analysis and customer surveys
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