Are you ready for the lean transformation, do you need assistance?

We can help you with the following:

Value Stream Mapping
Just-In-Time
Seven Muda Assessment
5S implementation
Standardised Work
Visual Management
Total Productive Maintenance
Single Minute Exchange of Die
Poka Yoke

Whether you need assistance with the implementation or the training of your workforce, we can provide guidance to make the transformation a success.

Contact Information:

Ray Hayter _MCMI

e-mail: rayhayter@lean4ward.co.uk

([mobile] +44 (0)7909 804528

( +44 (0)1452 553884

About me:

I have been working with Lean principles and philosophies for 20 years, applying these in both Manufacturing and Administration environments. Working with International companies in implementing the 'Toyota Production System' within European and American facilities, ensuring full empowerment of all employees to achieve World Class performance.

The key asset of any business is the employees, and by providing training that fully involves this resource, a business will ensure the commitment and support to achieve a stable and profitable future.

Ray Hayter

Lead Consultant

Why implement Lean Processes:

In a recent report the Engineering Employers Confederation, stated that UK businesses were remaining competitive by increasing productivity, taking a systematic approach to tackling waste in processes, enabling them to use the saving to develop and become more resilient to fluctuations in the global marketplace.

While many British companies are considering outsourcing to take advantage of cheaper labour costs in Eastern Europe and Asia, some companies are coming back to production in the UK. “Outsourcing is not necessarily the answer,” the report says. “It could be seen as sensible to have cheap labour, but you compromise on other things, such as delivery time and quality control. By the time the products arrive here from China, it is too late to discover flaws. You may save on labour but you lose in lead time and flexibility.”

British businesses are embracing “lean” manufacturing, making production as smart and efficient as possible. Led by the car-manufacturing giants with plants in the UK, such as Nissan, Toyota and Honda, lean manufacturing means building products on a “just in time” basis, saving on expensive inventory and warehousing and forming close partnerships with suppliers to streamline the supply chain.

“The biggest challenge for UK manufacturers is to be globally competitive,” this can be achieved by employing the “lean” principles, but this for many organisations highlights another problem, a limited knowledge of deploying the tools to make the transformation.

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