Lean Enterprise Consulting and Training
Since 1989 we have worked with companies around the world to improve their business processes and results.
- Another consumer goods manufacturer improved inventory turns from 4 to 34 per year:
- Working with another client, we reduced their suppliers’ lead times by 70%. This was accomplished in 60 days:
- A pharmaceutical producer reduced their manufacturing cycle time from 60 to five days and this was accomplished in six months. They closed a warehouse and put millions in the bank. Product shelf life problems were reduced and customer service greatly improved.
- An automotive parts producer reduce internal rejects by 32% and reduced their shipping time by 66%.
- A consumer goods manufacturer reduced their time to market on new and reconfigured products by 40 % by applying Lean principles to engineering, marketing, and suppliers.
- We trained a client’s key suppliers to assist them in their Lean efforts. The client was a beneficiary when lead times were reduced from 4-6 weeks to 5 days.
- A capital equipment producer reduced cycle time by 60%.
- A plastic packaging manufacturer reduced their set-up time from 12 hours to 55 minutes.
- A family-owner furnishings manufacturer reduced their on-hand inventory by $1 million.
Our services include consulting (or as we like to call it – “result-ing” because results are what count), coaching key members of management, and training. Services and approaches to Lean are tailored to each organization based on their needs, culture, and situation.