Lean
management.

Lean Management addresses the gap between day-to-day or hour-to-hour management and a Lean approach of a conventional production or office routine.

Lean Management addresses the gap between day-to-day or hour-to-hour management and a Lean approach of a conventional production or office routine.

Sustainable transformation through
lean culture.

Sustainable transformation through
lean culture.

Eliminating waste with a Lean transformation is comprised of concepts that are simple to grasp.  However, if the appropriate monitoring tools aren't put in place and embraced by all levels of the organization the enterprise tends to shift back to "the way it's always been done around here".

Eliminating waste with a Lean transformation is comprised of concepts that are simple to grasp.  However, if the appropriate monitoring tools aren't put in place and embraced by all levels of the organization the enterprise tends to shift back to "the way it's always been done around here".

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We engage to implement the tools to
sustain Lean transformations.

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Train all levels of the enterprise from Team Leaders to Plant Managers.

We transfer comprehensive knowledge on how to:

We transfer comprehensive knowledge on how to:

Minimize waste

Equipment downtime, operators waiting for upstream work, scrap, and building parts the customer haven’t called for are all costs your customer isn’t willing to pay for. We help find and eliminate the costs of “hidden factories”.

Minimize waste

Equipment downtime, operators waiting for upstream work, scrap, and building parts the customer haven’t called for are all costs your customer isn’t willing to pay for. We help find and eliminate the costs of “hidden factories”.

Minimize waste

Equipment downtime, operators waiting for upstream work, scrap, and building parts the customer haven’t called for are all costs your customer isn’t willing to pay for. We help find and eliminate the costs of “hidden factories”.

Eliminate reliance on tribal knowledge

Relying on heroes is risky. We capture all of the work being done beyond the operator instructions and make it a part of the process so everybody can be trained to improve efficiency and eliminate reliance on heroes.

Eliminate reliance on tribal knowledge

Relying on heroes is risky. We capture all of the work being done beyond the operator instructions and make it a part of the process so everybody can be trained to improve efficiency and eliminate reliance on heroes.

Eliminate reliance on tribal knowledge

Relying on heroes is risky. We capture all of the work being done beyond the operator instructions and make it a part of the process so everybody can be trained to improve efficiency and eliminate reliance on heroes.

Remove micro-stops

Even though they only last a couple minutes, these losses to micro-stops add up. We find, track, and eliminate them to improve productivity and efficiency.

Remove micro-stops

Even though they only last a couple minutes, these losses to micro-stops add up. We find, track, and eliminate them to improve productivity and efficiency.

Remove micro-stops

Even though they only last a couple minutes, these losses to micro-stops add up. We find, track, and eliminate them to improve productivity and efficiency.

Increase profitability

The result of eliminating waste, decreasing downtime, and making business predictable with standard work is increased profitability.

Increase profitability

The result of eliminating waste, decreasing downtime, and making business predictable with standard work is increased profitability.

Increase profitability

The result of eliminating waste, decreasing downtime, and making business predictable with standard work is increased profitability.

Our methods.

Our methods.

Our methods.

We aim to make production
predictable and boring.

We help your organization increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve product quality, and respond more quickly, ultimately leading to a more competitive and sustainable operation.

Our 3-step core methodology addresses the problems at the source, rather than downstream.

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Visual controls

We implement Visual Controls that are updated in real time on the shop floor. They capture and advertise production misses and abnormalities.

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Visual controls

We implement Visual Controls that are updated in real time on the shop floor. They capture and advertise production misses and abnormalities.

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Visual controls

We implement Visual Controls that are updated in real time on the shop floor. They capture and advertise production misses and abnormalities.

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Standard accountability process

The data in the visual controls is only useful if you react to it. We implement daily accountability meetings to review the abnormalities found in production. Tasks are assigned and issues are tracked to closure.

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Standard accountability process

The data in the visual controls is only useful if you react to it. We implement daily accountability meetings to review the abnormalities found in production. Tasks are assigned and issues are tracked to closure.

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Standard accountability process

The data in the visual controls is only useful if you react to it. We implement daily accountability meetings to review the abnormalities found in production. Tasks are assigned and issues are tracked to closure.

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Leader standard work

We create and train the leader’s daily routine, from the Team Leader to the Plant Manager. Beyond confirming existing standard work, it emphasizes the importance of visual controls and daily accountability meetings by reacting to data and following up to ensure a boring, predictable production process. If it’s important to the leader, it will be important to everybody in the plant.

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Leader standard work

We create and train the leader’s daily routine, from the Team Leader to the Plant Manager. Beyond confirming existing standard work, it emphasizes the importance of visual controls and daily accountability meetings by reacting to data and following up to ensure a boring, predictable production process. If it’s important to the leader, it will be important to everybody in the plant.

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Leader standard work

We create and train the leader’s daily routine, from the Team Leader to the Plant Manager. Beyond confirming existing standard work, it emphasizes the importance of visual controls and daily accountability meetings by reacting to data and following up to ensure a boring, predictable production process. If it’s important to the leader, it will be important to everybody in the plant.

However, the benefits from this process are not limited to the production floor.  We've been successful using the same thought process to create departmental SIPOCs (supplier, input, process, output, customer) and order-to-invoice process maps and customizing Lean Management tools to eliminate waste in administrative functions, as well.

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together?

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We don’t just diagnose problems; we fix them. Our team engages directly with your operations to implement sustainable solutions that keep you on schedule and on budget.