Benchmark Your Operation »
Do you operate at a world-class level? Perform the self-assessment to find out, scoring health and maturity level against world-class references. As a result, you can identify the necessary changes to make your operation invincible to attack by competitors.
Operations Health Check
How close to World-Class? The Operations Health Check (OHC) benchmarks your operation against world-class references. The audit takes 10-20 minutes to answer 20 diagnostics questions.
Lean Factory Audit
Assessing Manufacturing Maturity » The Lean Factory Audit (LFA) is designed for manufacturers, logistics, and also processing companies that turn raw materials into finished goods.
Lean Office Audit
Assessing Service Maturity » The Lean Office Audit (LOA) is designed for service companies operating in an office environment that turn consumers into satisfied customers.
Lean Certification
Bronze | Silver | Gold » Any product and service company can be assessed and Lean-certified based on maturity level, after passing a physical audit.
Lean Factory Audit
The 20 Keys to World-Class Manufacturing
- Costing and budgeting, process and system
- Efficiency management and resource planning
- Inventory* amount and management system
- Layout, distances, communication, ergonomics
- Leadership and policy deployment process
- Maintenance* and asset management
- Management, priority setting, decision making
- Metrics and performance measurement
- Quality level, process capability, yield
- Readiness, willingness to change, flexibility
- Renewal, innovation and improvement
- Service level, internal and external customers
- Solving, root-cause analysis and elimination
- Standards, policies, procedures, instructions
- Structure, organizing and housekeeping, 5S
- Teamwork, cooperation and coordination
- Technology, equipment, computers, systems
- Time management, deadlines, commitments
- Training, capability building, skill flexibility
- Visuals, status signals, visual management
* Factory-specific assessment keys
Lean Office Audit
The 20 Keys to World-Class Service
- Costing and budgeting, process and system
- Efficiency management and resource planning
- Information** management and system
- Layout, distances, communication, ergonomics
- Leadership and policy deployment process
- Management, priority setting, decision making
- Metrics and performance measurement
- Quality level, process capability, yield
- Readiness, willingness to change, flexibility
- Renewal, innovation and improvement
- Roles**, responsibilities and ownership
- Service level, internal and external customers
- Solving, root-cause analysis and elimination
- Standards, policies, procedures, instructions
- Structure, organizing and housekeeping, 5S
- Teamwork, cooperation and coordination
- Technology, equipment, computers, systems
- Time management, deadlines, commitments
- Training, capability building, skill flexibility
- Visuals, status signals, visual management
** Office-specific assessment keys