Lean Excellence

Lean Enterprise Excellence is a management philosophy that aims to maximise customer value while minimising waste. It involves continuous improvement, respect for people, and a focus on delivering value to customers. By implementing Lean principles, organisations can streamline their processes, reduce costs, and improve quality, ultimately leading to greater customer satisfaction and business success.

LEAN

Philosphy

The philosophy of Lean is centered around the idea of maximising value while minimising waste. It emphasises continuous improvement, respect for people, and the importance of delivering products and services that meet the needs of customers in the most efficient manner possible. By focusing on efficiency and eliminating unnecessary steps in processes, lean aims to create a culture of continuous improvement.

The Eight Wastes

The concept of Lean works on identifying the non-value-add aspects of your organisation.

We will help you identify these and reduce the waste that costs you time, resources, and money.

The eight wastes of lean are

defects,
overproduction,
waiting,
non-utilised talent,
transportation,
inventory,
motion, and
extra processing.

Lean Tools

We can utilise Lean tools in your process, and train your teams in their use. Typical examples include:

1. Value Stream Mapping

2. 5S Workplace Organisation

3. Kanban

4. Just-In-Time (JIT)

5. Continuous Flow

6. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

7. Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)

8. Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing)

9. Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)

10. Andon (Visual Management)