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Lean Management Consulting
Lean Management Consulting: Targeted productivity increase and quality improvement through Lean Production
Professional Lean manufacturing consultant, continuous improvement and process optimization as well as training and, if desired, with purely success-based remuneration. Our focus is on practical implementation in production.
What is Lean Management / Production?
Lean manufacturing was originally derived from the Toyota Production System. The main goal of lean manufacturing is the elimination of waste. This design principle aims to eliminate all non-value-adding activities within the production system. Value-adding activities are defined here as those that increase the value of the product for the customer. Non-value-adding activities are therefore considered waste.
There are the following Types of waste, called Muda in Japanese:
- Material movements
- Stock
- Movements
- Waiting times
- Post-processing
- Overproduction
- Corrections due to errors / defects
Examples include search times for materials or tools, unused waiting times in production, excessively long setup times, avoidable internal transport movements, or rework due to a lack of process stability/quality.
With lean manufacturing / lean production can one improve productivity and quality in production, in the warehouse or Significantly increase shipping. In our experience increases Productivity often by 25-30% measured by the time required by direct employees to manufacture a product. Search times for material and other non-productively used Working time or waste can be by Process improvements will be systematically eliminated. Quality defects measured as parts per million (PPM)) can, based on experience, by 1/3 to 2/3 reduce within 6 months.
Tools and methods used in lean manufacturing to increase productivity
Our experts have decades of industry experience, including from the automotive supply industry, and are familiar with the Danaher Business System.
The following field-tested Methods / Tools for Process Optimization and Continuous Improvement, to increase productivity to increase, we use:
- Strategic Plan / X-Matrix
- Value Stream Mapping and Design (VSM)
- Standard work
- 5S Order & Cleanliness
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Setup time reduction SMED
- Supply Chain Management (KANBAN)
- Problem-solving methods
- Visual Management
- Optimization of administrative processes as well
Besides Lean Management / Production Consulting we also offer Lean manufacturing training and workshops or the methods mentioned above. Together with you and your employees, we will analyze the processes in your company and identify potential for improvement. In addition to the training materials, further tried and tested tools will also be provided. Target is the identification and Reducing waste, to the productivity and thus the To systematically increase company results. To ensure that the initiated changes have a lasting impact and that Lean thinking becomes part of the company's DNA/culture, we develop a customized solution. KPI reporting (Key Performance Indicator) and support our clients on a monthly basis over an extended period of time.
Supplier management in case of quality problems and delivery difficulties
Another area of application is the Supplier management, especially in the case of quality problems and delivery difficulties. We work closely and in a spirit of trust with your suppliers to analyze the root causes of quality problems or delivery delays and subsequently stabilize and continuously improve the (manufacturing) processes operationally.
Lean consulting for SMEs, also for Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands
The target audience is specifically medium-sized industrial companies with series production. In addition Germany we also offer our consulting services in the Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands on.
The following article relates to this:"Switzerland is a leader – except when it comes to productivity: How can Switzerland increase its productivity?": "Swiss labor productivity is only average compared to many other industrialized countries. We urgently need solutions for improvement. Digitalization based on lean processes is one of them."René Brugger, President of the Central Board of swissT.net) "Especially at «Lean manufacturing» can achieve a significant result with minimal financial expenditure Increase in productivity can be reached."
Industry 4.0 / Quality management solutions for significantly increased productivity and improved quality
In addition to consulting in lean manufacturing, we offer you, as part of our Industry 4.0 Shops ® also digital solutions for increasing quality or for quality management on.
We offer a unique solution that automatically integrates with all your manufacturing data (worldwide if required) and creates a comprehensive diagnostic analysis for you:
"Maintaining our existing data structures, but significantly reducing the manufacturing time of products and achieving complete end-to-end transparency across the entire manufacturing cycle. Our Production capacity increased by 22% within the first year of use." (Head of Quality)
Benefit from our extensive experience to significantly increase the quality and productivity in your company.
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