Why is the world going Lean?

Because it works!!

Who am I?

• Enterprise Ireland, Competitiveness Department

• EU Japan Centre for Industrial Co-Operation

• European Benchmarking Network

• Advisor Internationally on Benchmarking and Best

Practice

• Trinity College Dublin, Business School

• Author

Lean - Action based on FACTS

How GOOD are you? How do you know?• Benchmarking = Diagnosis

Do you DECIDE to get better?• Lean - Best Practice = Medicine

Facilitated Assessment

Benchmarking

Physical&Process Flow in the Office

Physical&Process

Development

Production Control Systems

Saving Time in the Workplace Maintenance

Practical Quality Tools

Team Building & Culture

Sales and Growing them

Financial Management

Supply Chain & Logistics

Innovation&

Design

Business Strategy

Implementation

Level 3

Self Assessment Benchmarking Physical Flow Process Flow

Set Up Time

Reduction

Check Sheets

Run Chart People & Teams

Basic

Maintenance

Level 1

Level 2

Process Benchmarking The Five S’s

Total Productive

Maintenance

Overall Equipment Efficiency

Six Sigma

Business Excellence

Value Analysis &Management

Lean Production

Target Cost Management

What do we mean by Lean?

• Lean is shorthand for Best Practice within a sector

• Helps People identify and deliver improvements in their

businesses

• Provides a framework for competitiveness improvement

by building the capability and competences of people

• Driving and integrated into company strategy

What is Lean?

• Based on the Toyota Production System

• Focused on Effectiveness and Efficiency

• Doing the right things well!

• A War on Waste!!!

• What is the alternative?

QUICKER

BETTER

CHEAPER.........TOGETHER

Lean is doing what you do….

Some Lean Principles….

• Time

• Money

• Effort

Must want to compete…..

Rules

1. Fairness

2. Firmness

3. Consistency

4. Look

5. See

6. Understand

7. Think

8. Do

Dealing with People

Dealing with Processes

Five Fundamental Lean tools…..

• Process Mapping

• Physical Flow mapping

• Check Sheets – What is going wrong?

• Run Charts – Is it getting better or worse?

• Teams – People working together to improve their business

Key Lean Questions…..

• What are you doing?

• How are you doing it?

• Why are you doing it?

• Who is going to improve it?

• When?

Capture the FACTS!

Make things better…..

NOT just on the Production Floor!

Enterprise Ireland Lean Business Offer

Eligible cost elements Client

costs

EI grant

Lean-Start ‘Lean’ consultancy

fees at €900 per day

€6300 €5000

Lean-Plus ‘Lean’ (& specialist )

training fees

Cost of company

‘lean project champion’.

subject to EI assessment.

Up to

€70 k

Up to

50%

Lean

Transform

Training fees

training costs

company staff costs and

other costs as may be

approved by EI

Typically

over

€100 k

As set by

EI.

< 50%

Lean Works - Project Impacts

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Transform Projects reporting very significant results…

Percentage change in employment for companies

engaged in Lean Transform Projects

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Savings made

Just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean it can’t be done...

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First Steps to Green Competitiveness Guidebook

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