LEAN 4.0
We do things differently
PROMISE !

Lean Coaching - Guiding Shop Floor Employee

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.

Lean Coaching - Shop Floor Employee

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 
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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
Lean Coaching - Daily Management System (DMS)
If you want to learn more about Lean, we have lots of content for you on our website and we encourage you to visit our blog.
And if you have any needs or questions, feel free to Meet Us.