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The investment in a Lean Transformation program is relatively modest. It takes time and money for Lean projects, continuous improvement, and program management. The results, or return, can be astonishing.

Thus, astonishing return divided by modest investment = outstanding ROI.

A few of your results could be:

• Reduce the cycle time for new product development creating faster time to market and increased revenue.
• Reduce defects and wasted effort creating more efficient processes with reduced cost.
• Improve service and quality leading to impressed customers and increased revenue.
• Cut down on mistakes and miscommunication creating a better quality of life with fewer hassles and firefighting.
• Create stable processes which don’t rely on tribal knowledge and can scale up for growing revenue.
• Develop empowered employees with a common language able to drive continuous improvement.
• Reduce the waste of energy and materials lowering your carbon footprint and delivering on your sustainability goals.

A Lean Transformation program delivers results. There is a reason Lean is the #1 improvement program in the world.

Low morale, low productivity, and high turnover plague many organizations. Processes rely on tribal knowledge and firefighting. Processes breakdown when there is the smallest disruption. There are too many hassles, the ship is sinking, and quality of life is low.

It does not have to be that way. A Lean Transformation program will create processes which are stable, flexible, and able to meet stakeholder needs. Empowered employees will focus on data-driven decisions and leverage systematic methodologies which will mean problems get solved and don’t keep coming back. No more whack-a-mole.

Processes which rely on tribal knowledge and firefighting will hold an organization back. Many find they cannot grow as everything seems to break at the slightest increase in customer demand.

It’s very common for an organization to grow to a point where the old processes no longer work and it’s time for a significant upgrade. This is the ideal time for a Lean Transformation. It’s time to understand what works and doesn’t work with the current state. The next step is to create a better future state which leverages best practices and is scalable.

Lean more about reaching the points where it’s time to upgrade your processes at: 7 Stages of Growth.

Lean is the #1 improvement program for a reason. As the most popular and best improvement program, there are a number on advantages:

• The tools exist and you don’t have to recreate the wheel or waste resources developing new methodologies or new classes
• You will develop a common language, built around the elimination of waste, creating empowered employees able to drive continuous improvement
• You will recruit better candidates with Lean experience and won’t be fooled by those who have only been chaotic cost cutters
• You will join those organizations who proudly claim they are members of the Lean community, creating a competitive advantage

Lean more at: What is Lean?

The goal of a Lean Transformation is to craft a sustainable organization which “achieves its mission while meeting the needs of the present without compromising the future”.

The greatest benefit from undertaking a Lean Transformation is fulfilling the mission of your organization in a manner which protects planet earth and all stakeholders.