Lean Manufacturing Consulting

Enable the Organization to Sustainably Deliver More Value to Your Customers While Improving Your Top and Bottom Lines

Find your True North and build the DNA for continuous improvement, breakthrough thinking and execution

What We Deliver:

Productivity Improvement

by eliminating the waste in the processes and engaging your team members

  • 50% Improvement in Equipment Capacity
  • Double Digit Improvement Labor Productivity
  • Reduce Set Ups by 75%
  • Improvements in COGS by Double Digits
  • Double Digit Improvements in EBITAD

Quality Improvement

by eliminating the waste in the processes and engaging your team members

  • 50% Reduction in Material Losses
  • 75% Reduction in Scrap Material
  • Quality at the Source Culture
  • Establishment of a Problem Solving Culture

Delivery

achieve consistent levels of your customer lead-times

  • Lead-time Reductions of 50%
  • Small Lot/One-Piece Flow Manufacturing to Minimize Losses and Obsolesce and Provide Flexibility to Changes in Customer Demand
  • Supply Chain Optimization in Partnership with Suppliers and Customers
  • Establish Pull/Kanban Systems and Eliminate Excess Inventories Across the Enterprise

Safety/Morale

create a culture of safety and employee engagement across the enterprise

  • Achieve Consistent Zero Days of No LTA
  • High Levels of Employee Morale and Engagement Through the Participation of Improvement Initiatives and People Development
  • Alignment with EPA, FDA and OSHA Standards and Requirements.

The first step for senior leaders in implementing a lean enterprise transformation is:

Learning To "See" Enterprise Waste

A key step for senior leaders in leading a lean enterprise transformation is:

Learning To "See" Enterprise Waste

Our Services

A cornerstone of our mission is to prepare the organization and its executive team in delivering a model lean enterprise

Business Strategy

Corporate Strategy and Strategic Planning, Policy Deployment/Hoshin Kanri, Business Process, Growth and Innovation, Organizational Design, Mergers and Acquisitions, Digital Strategy

Lean Enterprise Transformation

Value Stream Improvement Architecture, Leadership and Team Development, Lean Management System, Daily Improvement Structure

Training and Development

Lean/Six Sigma Workshops, 5s Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Pull Systems and Kanban, Leadership Development Program, Change Management, Leader Standard Work

Organizational Development

Assess the Organizational Structure, Create Organizational Plan Aligned with Strategy and Human Development Needs. Implementing Organizational Structure, Leadership Development Program, Change Management Process

Supply Chain Management

Customer Relationship Management, Customer Service Management, Demand Management, Order Fulfillment, Manufacturing Flow, Procurement, Product Development and Commercialization

MRO Optimization

Total Productive Maintenance, Inventory Optimization, Maintenance Excellence, Autonomous Maintenance

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With over 30 Years in Leading Organizations in their Lean Enterprise Transformation...

With over 35 years of lean manufacturing expertise, we have helped our clients overcome chronic challenges such as: lead-time attainment, equipment and process reliability, quality issues, low customer service levels, high safety incident rates and low employee morale. With our coaching and guidance, you will achieve employee safety targets with higher levels of employee morale, targeted levels of customer satisfaction, double digit improvements in productivity and quality, industry leading lead-times and higher inventory turns.

Companies that are not able to successfully steer their way through change lose market competitiveness and the critical connection with their team members

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