Lean Manufacturing Pros and Cons Evaluated by Pinnacle Strategies

PRLog (Press Release) - Dec. 29, 2012 - Lean is great because:
•   Looks at the whole value stream
•   Lean has lots of great tactical tools
•   People have read about success at Toyota and want to do it themselves
Lean fails because:
•   People treat all waste as equally bad
•   People focus on reducing waste instead of increasing flow
•   Lack of focus
•   People do not see lean as a system and leave out important pieces – all must be present for Lean to be great

These are the opinions of Mark Woeppel and his team at Pinnacle Strategies; they are among the first in the world to integrate concepts with Business Process Reengineering, Lean, and Six Sigma.   Along the way, helping companies produce astounding bottom line results.  
Woeppel is an internationally known author, including The Manufacturer’s Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints, published by APICS/St. Lucie Press, in 5 languages and Projects in Less Time, published by BookSurge in English & Japanese. He has helped organizations that range in size from the Fortune 100 to the local entrepreneur.  He is the author of numerous white papers and presentations regarding improving process performance related to operations, production, supply chain, project management, and performance management. He is a teacher, having taught at the college level and at many executive conferences.
After carefully examining the value of Lean Manufacturing, Woeppel simplified great elements of Lean, and what causes Lean to fail.
Pinnacle Strategies (www.pinnacle-strategies.com) is an international management consulting firm delivering operations management excellence. The company brings decades of process improvement experience; these talents cross an array of industry sectors (aerospace to oil and gas and beyond) as well as many processes (complex manufacturing including Engineer-to-Order).  Pinnacle Strategies increases shareholder value by developing high-performance business processes that significantly enhance productivity, reduce costs and time to market, improving profitability and accelerating sustainable growth.
Pinnacle Strategies is the developer of ViewPoint a service that dramatically simplifies managing projects, enabling project teams to rapidly improve project performance.
Pinnacle Strategies also is the creator of the RABIT methodology, a proprietary approach that is concentrated on implementing quick response solutions with rapid results. The RABIT methodology culminates years of practical experience and expertise in continuous improvement; it consistently delivers dramatic increases in process output to deliver solutions to industrial and manufacturing firms worldwide. Industry leaders using this approach have realized 20% more output in just two months.
Pinnacle Strategies offers results-driven consulting solutions in the areas of performance management, project management, operations management, and supply chain.


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