LEAN 4.0
We do things differently
PROMISE !

We consider ourselves has coaches
not consultants
Here is why…
Coach
- Focused on accountability
- Asks questions
- Teacher
- Generalist
- Knowledge transfer
- Client does the work
- Life-long learning by client
- Plan is driven by client needs
- 90 days plan
- Uses client’s team
- Self-maintainable systems
- Client does homework ; constantly involved
- Little or no industry knowledge required
- Solution come from client
- Long term relationship
Consultant
- Focused on the deliverables
- Tells the Client what/how will do it
- Doer
- Technical specialist
- IP/Expertise is their value ; they keep it
- Consultant does the work
- When their gone, so is the expertise
- Plan is driven by deliverable definition
- Deliverable milestones
- Uses other consultants
- Maintenance contract for deliverables
- Client involved with initial planning and final acceptance
- Must be an industry expert
- Solution comes from consultant
- Short term relationship driven by revenues
The way we coach
We like to work in a bottom-up philosophy to ensure success in our mandate.
We share our knowledge to all levels of your organization.
Not all businesses are the same.
We have a versatile team of coaches ready to help you reach your goals.
Our interventions are customized to every client’s needs.
We will work with your team to foster a continuous improvement culture.
We provide interactive and hands-on tools as needed.
Our team always stay up-to-date with latest trends and innovations.











Your team works with us and learns
If we have to spend time in a room, kaizen team will be working. Production employees need to be active to be at their best.
If theory needs to be transfered to team members, it will always be brief and supported by easy to understand documentation.
We rely on facts to understand. As we dig with the team on available data, they will learn that field observations are essentials to make sure we fully understand and take best corrective measures (action plan).
Team members will often require help from other employees and managers to collect all the information. Even people outside of the workshop will be involved.
Every time we hold a kaizen event, there is a communication plan for both the team members and employees of the company.
Mandates we do
Manufacturing system diagnostic
Comprehensive review of the manufacturing system using value stream mapping (VSM).
Definition of the current state and sources of waste in your processes and in your operations.
Recommendations and potential gains of a manufacturing strategy (Hoshin Kanri).
Complete plan for digital initiatives and solutions to support your efficiency objetcives.

Optimization projects
Partial or complete plant layout (material and information flow)
TWI (Training Within the Industry) – Work Instruction and standard work
Kaizen workshop (3P, Quality, 5S, SMED, cell layout, etc…)
Stock management (raw material & finish goods, Kanban & PFEP)
Built-in in ALIX – Smart Assistant our own software
TPM methodology and maintenance management
Data analysis projects (six sigma / big data)
ALIX – Smart Assistant is the best user-friendly software to collect all your data in real-time

Continuous improvement culture
Daily Management System (DMS) :
Daily routine for supervisors and their teams
Problem solving skills and culture (A3)
Improvement management system (PDCA)
Business process mapping and improvement (production & services)
Deployment of an Operational Excellence strategy
