Lean Thinking

Lean is a word that is often used to describe the world famous Toyota management system of continuous improvement, the Toyota Production System, which can be adapted to suit almost any business including service industries.

Lean is a new way of thinking about a business enterprise. A whole systems approach of continuously improving quality, cost, delivery, safety & service through a team based method for systematically eliminating all waste wherever it occurs. Waste is defined as any activity which adds time or cost which does not create value for the customer.

Lean Thinking has been adopted by many of the worlds leading organizations including Ford, GM, GE, Adidas, Nike, Motorola, H.P. Electrolux, Pratt & Whitney, Boeing, Fisher & Paykel in New Zealand plus many Financial Services and Health providers e.g. Jefferson Pilot Financial USA and Flinders Medical Centre South Australia.

How can Simply Lean assist you to improve your performance by at least 25%?

• By helping you systematically implement the tools and techniques of Lean Thinking including Toyota's world renowned Inventory Management tool Kanban. Tools and techniques such as Kaizen, Single Piece Flow, Jidoka, Heijunka, Poka Yoke, 5S, JIT, TPM, etc

• By assisting you to design processes which enable your people to discover "Simple solutions for complex problems"

• By coaching your Team using our Sensei (Sensei is the Japanese word for a master coach or teacher)

• By distributing leading, practical learning materials, books, tools and workshops on world class business excellence.

      We are a competitively priced service with no hidden costs

      We show you how to make Lean work

      We will work on the shop floor with your staff

      Lean will make work less stressful and your staff will love it!