Lean Manufacturing is a leadership philosophy, a management system and a set of tactical tools that, when implemented, is the single-most powerful strategy for improving a production operation’s competitiveness.

The benefits of Lean can drive a wide range of outcomes, including:

• Reductions in material and process waste, inventory levels and quality defects
• Increased asset utilization, cycle time, throughput and overall capacity
• Enabled enterprise objectives such as aggressive cost reduction, growth and integration strategies

To achieve these kinds of results, we keep a few fundamentals front and center. We:

• Ensuring management shares the vision: What, How and Why
• Proactively address the organization’s natural resistance to change
• Develop a complete strategy that integrates the use of tools and change-management approaches

Kaufman Global modified waste wheel – The 9 Wastes

We have a standard implementation and project management approach, but we adjust according to application. For example, batch, discrete and continuous flow operations typically behave differently. Consider also build-to-order versus build-to-stock. Inventory mitigation and maintenance are critical success factors.

Kaufman Global has worked with hundreds of clients since the mid 1990s. Our proprietary methods: SLIM-IT ^®, the Lean Daily Management System ^® and the 20 Keys ^® are in use around the world. Part of our Lean practice is developing Operational Excellence Leaders. In this work, we’ve developed hundreds of experts. Client include: BD, IR, Meritor, Schlumberger, Genentech, Avery Dennison, Goodyear, West Pharmaceutical and more.

We can help you speed results in manufacturing.

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