Customer demands will continue to push organizations, as more is required in less time at a lower cost.  Popular initiatives for dealing with these demands are Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.  But implementing Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma can easily overwhelm an organization because of the seemingly endless number of methods and work practices to put in place.  Too often, initiatives don’t directly improve earnings or customer satisfaction.

Beginning at Toyota, changes in thinking caused different approaches to manufacturing and service operations that created the lean enterprise we see today.  The key was that improvements were made only where they raised customer satisfaction or improved earnings—in other words, Toyota leaned due to market-driven needs. 

SageThink's LeanENTERPRIZE instills the thinking processes and skill sets that Toyota used to create their production & service systems.  These skills go beyond Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma because they begin from an enterprise point of view using Constraint Analysis.  Constraint Analysis finds the market-driven leverage points for the enterprise.  Actions that improve performance at these constraints yield the gains needed in today’s competitive environment.  By starting with Constraint Analysis, LeanENTERPRIZE ensures that bottom line performance and competitive advantage improve with every project.  The synergy of Constraint Analysis, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma coupled with the foundational skill sets create a powerful strategy that is easy to execute.

LeanENTERPRIZE is designed for the organization's top-level managers.  As a minimum, we recommend a team of the chief executive (or site manager), the financial lead person and the change implementation lead person.  LeanENTERPRIZE is delivered through a series of 2-hour modules that are easy to understand & immediately applicable.  Your team learns new ways of thinking & practices new techniques on real issues in your organization after each module.  This “practice field” approach provides a safe learning environment before you take on the risks of big changes in the organization.  You will go forward with the confidence that every move you make will increase earnings & customer satisfaction.  You will naturally integrate new thinking and skill sets into your management systems.  Customers will seek you out and your competitors won’t know what hit them.

Win the PRIZE of ever-increasing earnings & delighted customers with LeanENTERPRIZE.