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Consultancy Profile LeanMap - Leadership to World-Class We assisting companies to become 'Lean' by providing the 'Map' to achieve a world-class operation. - Lean - free of excess - being agile, fast, efficient - able to outperform 'heavier' competitors
- Map - plan to leanness - the path to go through from the current state to desired future state
Transformation and Turnaround We are a consulting-boutique specialized in business-improvement and turnaround - assisting manufacturing and service-companies to restructure, stabilize and expand. Clients buy from us the critical skill, structure and system to overcome operational business-problems and achieve stretch-targets for capability, capacity and profitability. Turnaround (fix) – bringing underperforming companies back on track by improving the way they operate Transformation (boost) – building capability of people/process/systems to gain an edge over competitors
Key-Benefits from working with us Results – we build, change and support until results are stable and sustainable Custom – our approach is tailored to client-strategy, capability and culture Profitable – projects are profitable, typically return 5-10x within 5-10 months Partnership – we view the engagement as a partnership for mutual benefits
Fix Problem - Boost PerformanceClients typically want to 'fix' what is not working or 'boost' what works well already - in five key areas: Change – modifying structure, skills and system to better adapt to a changing environment Stability – building capability to achieve consistent, repeatable and reproducible quality Capacity - improving output-levels to meet market-demand during periods of high growth Flexibility – redesigning processes to respond quicker to changing customer taste and demand Efficiency – reducing waste, steps, parts, and handovers to improve value, cost, and efficiency
Impact is measurable Success is measured in hard- and soft-results our clients achieve from the engagement. Hard Results – improvements in speed, quality and profitability - measured in cycle-times (hours), labor-content (LMPU), time-to-market (days), on-time delivery (%), profits (EBIT), and quality (DPMO)
Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) Success is multidimensional and impacts several KPI's: Speed – launching new products ahead of competitors, reducing cycle-times to benchmark-levels Cost – reducing material, labor and overhead-content, while maintaining function and service-levels Quality – dramatically reducing defects, delays, rework, launch-failures – at appropriate Sigma-level Delivery – improving throughput/flow, while right-sizing inventory for superior on-time performance People – better training and motivation (skill/will), more opportunities for development and ownership
From Stability to Growth“Navigating to Results” means full engagement - hands-on and on-site. With our deep technical knowledge, proven management expertise, and cross-cultural skills we are able to create effective solutions, tailor-made to client needs, implemented onsite - that deliver results.
We emphasize on cooperation, working alongside with our client’s people, developing their capabilities while eliminating the root-causes for missed performance targets. Capability-building and skill-transfer are central elements of all our programs to ensure improvements will be maintained even long after we are gone. In a full-cycle transformation program, we start by stabilizing processes while building specific capabilities of people that are required to maintain the desired future-state. In the second phase we implement support-systems with focus on efficiency - improving value-add and profitability. Efficiency-improvements free-up the resources that are typically re-deployed to further improve capability (faster processes and repeatable quality), breadth (range by adding new products) or depth (vertical integration and insourcing).  STABILITY – building skills and capability of people and processes to achieve repeatable and reproducible results
PROFITABILITY – redesigning processes and implementing support-systems to reduce waste and improve efficiency
GROWTH – maximizing capacity by upgrading technology, skills and capabilities to create a competitive advantage
Principles apply to manufacturing (shop-floor), administration (backoffice), continuous production (food, oil, cement, pharma), as well as service-businesses (banks, hotels, hospitals, education, government).
Key Success Factors (KSF's)Successful engagement and implementation is based on 3+3 success factors: What we need from our client: Understanding + Commitment + Engagement
Modern management principles are often counter-intuitive to conventional wisdom; therefore require full understanding and commitment of senior managers to remove obstacles, allocate resources and set appropriate priorities - keeping people 'on the ball' and the program 'on track'. What our programs cover: Company + Employees + Customer
Successful programs deliver triple benefits:
(1) Shareholders: higher returns from improved efficiency
(2) Employees: better skill and job-satisfaction from training and ownership
(3) Customer: benefit from better quality, price, delivery
Addressing all three areas simultaneously ensures buy-in and sustainable results.
Guiding PrinciplesWorking with us is simple, contracts are lean and based on eight guiding principles: Purpose – maximizing gains for the client while making money in the process Start – when approach and deliverables are agreed and charter is signed-off Guarantee – full satisfaction guaranteed, engagement at zero risk to our client Remuneration – fees depend on scope, location, support and deliverables Payment – per diem 50/50%, project-based 25/50/25%, result-based 10% Ownership – client has full ownership over IP created during the engagement Confidentiality – information is kept strictly confidential, release per approval Legal – client holds Leanmap harmless from any claims and liabilities
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