Culture Change is needed to achieve Lean
It is the alignment of culture which enables Lean to be internalized and successfully sustained by the organization
Lean Six Sigma Consulting Services Overview
Improve quality while eliminating waste
A staple of world-class companies, Lean and Six Sigma has accelerated in recent years to transform business in every industry.
With foundations in the manufacturing industry, to improve quality and efficiency, Lean Six Sigma continues to be adopted globally by a host of companies and industries, but with mixed results.
Lean Six Sigma is defined as the combination of two philosophies: Lean Manufacturing, which eliminates waste, and Six Sigma, which improves maturity, quality and predictability in execution. Together they can help companies realize their full potential, transforming their performance – faster, cheaper, better. Despite its growing popularity and impressive results, Lean Six Sigma often fails to deliver expected results. A recent survey found that 65% failed to achieve expected value, and 44% failed to gain any competitive advantage.
WGA’s Lean Six Sigma Service Consulting Offerings
Our experience across industries and geographies has revealed that when companies fail to sustain lean and/or six sigma programs, the root cause is traditionally “company culture.” Many companies do not incorporate the organizational change aspect needed to deliver the enduring benefits of Lean Six Sigma. As a result of our experience, WGA has developed an upfront change assessment that enables companies to address these cultural change issues and to identify which opportunities will have the quickest results with the least amount of resistance.
Next, we plan a strategy to address the cultural issues in parallel while we identify the enterprise value streams, and then rapidly map out processes and costs. We then conduct a bottleneck, waste and quality analysis. Finally, we zero in on areas for improvement, conduct training, optimize improvement and execute changes.
Lean Process
Operations streamlining
- Kaizen
- Process waste and bottleneck elimination
- Competency building
- Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Visual Operations
- 5S, 6S and 7S deployment
- Layout/flow optimization
- Cell/line process improvement
- Logistics/inventory optimization
- Yield/quality improvement
- Utilization improvement
- Value stream mapping
- Business process management
- Industry benchmarking
- Lean Culture Deployment
- Operational Excellence
- Workforce right sizing
- Lean administration and support functions
- Outsourcing/in-sourcing
- Leadership development
- Simplifying Complexity
Lean Six Sigma Consulting Case Studies
Lean on me: Achieving Lean Sustainment through Culture Change
Culture Change is needed to achieve Lean. It is the alignment of culture which enables Lean to be internalized and successfully sustained by the organization
Standards: Unlock standards and implement change that matters
Standards: Standard work is a key element of high-performing, consistent, and predictable operations. Focus on the critical few, those in greatest need of improvement
OEE: The perils of pervasive poor performance
OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Developing an impactful and enduring manufacturing operations recovery strategy through OEE Segmentation.
Lean – The Fragility of Kaizen
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Insight: The Rise of Lean And Why It Matters
0 commentsUnderstanding the business value of lean and how world-class organizations are unlocking the benefits of lean and why it matters.
- $276B Global Pharma, Consumer and Medical Device ManufacturerJose
General Manager
Supply Chain Operations“After a number of global product recalls, front-page news, U.S. Senate hearings and a FDA Consent Decree, we began to make sweeping improvements across our network of manufacturing sites. We engaged WGA to develop a strategy and manage efforts. I repeatedly call on WGA’s world-class team to assist our organization with strategy, planning and critical initiatives.”
$102B Pharmaceutical ManufacturerTom
Sr. Director
Manufacturing Operations“WGA assisted us with developing and executing scenario-based turnaround strategies and addressing a number of business problems. WGA’s experience and services have helped us reduce operational costs, increase our competitiveness and improve operations.”
$2.5B Food Manufacturer“After a number of setbacks with a large multi-year Business Transformation, we engaged WGA to assess our deployment model, PMO and user adoption problems. WGA helped us identify a number of corrective actions and deployed an innovative organizational change management strategy and practical methods that got us back on track. “ Contact Us
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