We provide our clients with the following Lean Manufacturing (Kaizen) services to help them remain competitive in today's markets and execute on the planning developed during the planning phase of and engagement:

Kaizen - A five-day workshop conducted on the floor or in the office with a cross-functional group of employees under the guidance of a world class Sensei. This workshop teaches the fundamentals of the Toyota Production System Methodology and implements improvements at the same time!

Associated with the Kaizen are:

Standard Work - The most powerful tool within the Toyota Production System Methodology. Learn how to flow work, operators and machines to TAKT time and develop a stable and predictable process.

Cellular Manufacturing - Understand the concepts and implement the change in your organization from batch processing to 1-piece flow while reducing labor, inventory and increasing quality.

Set-up Reduction - Take machine set-up times from hours to minutes to seconds! Learn how to combine the resources of the floor, tool room and support groups in identifying waste in set-ups.

Visual Factory - Increase productivity by making your factory easy for you and your employees to navigate and improve the flow of vital communication to the floor!

Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM) - A one-week workshop that is comprised of operators, maintenance personnel and supervisors to implement a total productive manufacturing system for increased machine capacity and up-time.

Quality Control Process Charting - A highly powerful but simple technique used to identify and quantify all those informal rework & reprocessing activities that fly under the radar of standard quality systems.

Please contact us for additional information as to how these Lean Manufacturing Tools can be applied within your organization!