Why Lean?

You may have seen your competition improving their own price, delivery and cost. With the economic environment becoming ever more crowded, it is crucial that you respond to these challenges by increasing your own productivity, reducing costs, delivering consistent high quality, and improving lead times. By doing this, you will see your company continue to grow and prosper.

Centred on the idea of continuous improvement to increase value-added work by eliminating waste, companies that adopt a Lean philosophy and use Lean tools typically experience:

• Reduced inventory costs
• Increased quality
• Reduced scrap
• Improved cash flow
• Increased productive manufacturing time
• Decreased down time
• Increased flexibility
• Reduced lead times
• Reduced material management issues
• Growth from within the organization
• Better utilization of resources, rather than adding resources
• Increased profitability
• Increased staff productivity and morale

With Lean in place, your company, in turn, is supported by the concepts of:

• Thinking of value from the viewpoint of customer
• Using “Just in Time” production to ideally make only “what is needed, when it is needed, and in the amount needed”
• Creating systems and processes so that quality is built in, not inspected in
• Employing a multi-skilled flexible workforce with a responsibility to deliver process improvement

Again, the question is really why not Lean? Call Applied Performance at 403-470-1659 to start your Lean journey today!