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Online Lean Benchmarking
Benchmarking orgnanisations in a similar industry or sector, provides a focus for improvement and can give a business that vital competitive edge.
This web based self assessment tool identifies current strengths and improvement targets across seven Lean competencies.
The personalised report provides a detailed gap analysis as well as a series of key recommendations and actions required to take your organisation to the next level.
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Lean Benchmarking
Do you need to reduce lead times, increase 'right first time' quality performance or improve productivity and bottom line profits?
Organisations that develop Lean systems are more competitive and increase their profitability in spite of tough market conditions.
This on site assessment carried out by a seasoned Lean practitioner benchmarks performance against businesses in a similar industry or sector.
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Skills Coaching
How are you developing the potential leaders within your business?
Skills Coaching enables an organisation to tap into hidden capabilities, motivate key individuals and grow potential leaders.
Through a series of monthly one to one sessions we work through nine recognised leadership competencies. The coaching sessions are designed to develop the necessary skills required in order to deliver the stated business objectives.
'I have worked with Mark over the last 18 months on a variety of Change projects. In that time, he has clearly and consistently demonstrated all the key attributes I would expect from a Business Improvement Consultant. Moreover, his fresh approach not only easily engages people in change, but also enables them to take
ownership at a very early stage. Mark is driven to provide the expertise for businesses to become sustainable quickly and he has certainly made a lasting impression on the Lean Champions within Balfour Beatty Rail UK. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Mark to anyone who wants to achieve sustainable change, without the need to go through a long-drawn out process.
As the turbulent economic and political environment continues, organisations across many industry sectors are faced with fierce competition, shrinking 
operational budgets and reduced profit margins.
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Supplier selection – is it an art or a science?
categories: Benchmarking supplychain30-Apr-11 18:12
Identifying suppliers that consistently meet our Quality, Cost and Delivery expectations can be a real challenge. Is there a simple formula for supplier 
selection, or is it okay to rely on our intuition and gut feel?
Click here to Benchmark your suppliers Lean performance, it takes just 15 minutes (Sample Report)
Here are my top 5 tips for supplier selection, but what do you think is important to consider when selecting a new supplier?
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In these times of austerity, it seems to me that some business leaders in the service sector who favour ‘slash and burn’ cost cutting measures are short sighted and would do well to reach for a set of Waste Goggles first.
Many operational leaders don’t really appreciate what waste (or ‘Muda’ using the Lean jargon) actually looks like, are busy satisfying immediate (urgent and important) customer needs and cannot see the wood for the trees when it comes to improving efficiency.
Enlighten business leaders can spot waste, are Benchmarking thier Lean performance
Benchmarking is a systematic process for identifying and implementing best practice - or in simple terms it is about learning from the experiences of others.
Comparing performance with organisations in either similar or dissimilar sectors enables individuals and teams to develop improvement plans and adapt specific best practices, usually with the aim of increasing some aspect of performance.
The age old question - how to get started with lean?
It’s a bit like Chicken or Egg…should we just try a few lean tools first and see how we get on, or begin with a clearly defined lean strategy and implementation plan.
Lean Benchmarking Accelerates Manufacturing Performance
categories: Benchmarking Lean19-Sep-10 09:35
"There were a number of benefits to our organisation; this gave us independent feedback on the status of our lean implementation, it also allowed us to compare and highlight strengths and weaknesses with others in the lean community and analyse our current status. The gap analysis offered useful suggestions for improvement projects.
This web based tool offers a FREE trial and an opportunity to assess your current Lean performance. The Advanced version provides a unique LeanBenchmark™ report (Sample Report) enabling organisations to target scarce resources, improve productivity and reduce costs.
Benefits of Lean Benchmarking:
- Identifies competitive threats
- Provides a complete picture of Lean performance
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