Lean Consulting
Consulting, training and coaching for lean production, lean maintenance, lean administration and lean service.
Lean Management · Operations Excellence · Admin Excellence · Interim Management
Lean management that works in practice.
Consulting, coaching and hands-on operational support for sustainable improvements in production and operations – from analysis to standards that are lived every day.
Positioning
Producing without waste.
Lean OpEx supports industrial companies in introducing and sustainably implementing lean management principles based on the Toyota Production System – holistically, across the entire operations area. The aim is to permanently reduce your operating costs and secure your competitiveness.
- Efficiency
- Stable processes
- Shorter lead times
- Less waste
- Employee involvement
- Sustainable improvement
Services
Four routes to greater operations excellence.
From strategic lean consulting to hands-on support in day-to-day operations – we work with you where the impact is made: in your production.
Process Optimisation
Value stream design, SMED, standard work, micro-stop management, OEE and tailored production systems.
Interim Management
Hands-on operational support in critical production situations, management vacancies and backlogs.
Lean Game
Practical lean training with a production simulation – understand lean by experiencing it.
Our approach
Implementation instead of slides.
Our implementation-driven approach involves your employees from the very beginning. The result: solutions that are accepted – and standards that last.
- Step 1
Analysis
Capture the current state of the value stream, understand key figures and cause-and-effect relationships.
- Step 2
Involve employees
Those affected become those involved – combining top-down and bottom-up.
- Step 3
Identify potential
Make waste visible, evaluate and prioritise areas for action.
- Step 4
Implement measures
Develop concepts together and, where required, implement them together on site.
- Step 5
Establish standards
Standardise and visualise new processes and anchor them in leadership routines.
- Step 6
Improve continuously
Build know-how within the company – your employees become internal lean experts.
- Involve employees early on
- Combine top-down and bottom-up
- Make processes transparent
- Develop improvements together
- Support implementation
- Build know-how within the company
Why Lean OpEx?
Practice instead of theory.
We come from the line, not the drawing board. That shapes how we advise – and how we implement.
Many years of operational experience
Responsibility in line functions within operations – we know everyday production life from first-hand experience.
Practice instead of theory
Methods are a means to an end. What counts is what works on the shop floor.
Sustainable implementation
We stay with you until the standard is lived every day – not just until the presentation.
Tailored solutions
No one-size-fits-all: concepts are tailored to your company, your products and your people.
Employees actively involved
Change happens in people's minds – or not at all. That is why we work with your team, not around it.
Consulting + operational implementation
From concept development through training and coaching to interim management – all from a single source.
Industries
Experience where things are made.
Our experience comes from a range of industries with high demands on quality, on-time delivery and cost.
- Automotive supply industry
- Machinery and plant engineering
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Process industry
- Aviation / aircraft maintenance
- Waste management
- Defence
Interim Management
When operations are on fire, we are on site.
Management vacancies, production backlogs or on-time delivery at rock bottom call for fast, impartial action. Our interim managers take on responsibility for a limited period – until the situation is stable or the position has been filled.
View interim management- Management vacancies
- Production backlogs
- On-time delivery
- Crisis situations
- Operational support
Let's talk about your challenge.
A no-obligation initial consultation is enough to find out whether and how we can support you – with the introduction of lean, in a specific method project or with interim management.