6th Annual European Manufacturing Strategies Summit

18th – 20th October 2010
Swissôtel Düsseldorf, Germany
Positioning manufacturers for the economic upturn

Simpler Consulting Ltd Details

Simpler Consulting Ltd

Company Profile:

Simpler was founded in 1996 and has become the largest   exclusively Lean transformation coaching organization in   the world. With over 140 Sensei in the US, Europe, and   Asia, Simpler has built a reputation for strategically applying lean to   achieve breakthrough performance.

Our client list numbers in the hundreds and many are household names: Coloplast, Gillette, Pepsico, Lundbeck, Novelis, Lely, Hanes Brands, Baxter, Owens-Corning, Lockheed-Martin, Elekta, Bentley, Vossloh Group, Sellafield, Vestas etc...

Simpler consultants deliver services using the Simpler Business System (SBS), Lean model founded on the values, principles and tools of the Toyota Production System.

Simpler has our roots in Commercial Manufacturing, but Simpler has also built a reputation for applying SBS (Lean) in non-traditional and non-manufacturing industries and in different Department: SDS (Simpler Design System) to implement Lean product Development, Lean Accounting in Finance Department with the same level of results and success. Simpler has active engagements in insurance, pharmaceutical, banking, private equity, construction and Healthcare.

 

Our Corporate Values:

Leading with Humility and Engagement

Relentlessly Reflecting

Forever Improving

Respecting All People

The principles that spring from our values and drive our core focus and mission are:

Seeking what's right regardless

Deciding carefully, implementing quickly

Candidly admitting imperfections

Speaking honestly and with deep respect

Going, seeing and listening to learn

Delivering on meaningful challenges

Serving the Customer

Being a mentor and a role model

Previous Clients:

Our client list numbers in the hundreds and many are household names: Coloplast, Gillette, Pepsico, Lundbeck, Novelis, Lely, Hanes Brands, Baxter, Owens-Corning, Lockheed-Martin, Elekta, Bentley, Vossloh Group, Sellafield, Vestas etc...

Key Products:

Simpler Solution

The Simpler Business System is founded on the values and principles of the Toyota Production System. It is a comprehensive system designed for strategic enterprise transformation. SBS threads together a series of lean activities so organizations achieve superior results, while learning principles, techniques, and tools. Improvement activities are aligned to higher level strategies and executed locally by the people that do the work. Our goal is to create an environment with careful balance of praxis versus didactic learning. All lean activity is aligned to specific goals so that improvement resources are used effectively. Organizations are coached and helped to prepare strategic plans and use A3 thinking to develop an individual improvement plan and road map.

 

Effective application of SBS requires engagement and participation of Senior Leaders.

Implementing lean using SBS provides breakthrough improvements organizationally, operationally and culturally. It is a precise system that methodically changes the way work is conducted and completed. It drives continuous improvements in organizational development, quality, customer experience, cost control and capacity (human and facility). There is no single recipe for lean transformation, but there are common components that are deployed at the appropriate time and interval to meet the unique needs of an individual institution or entity.

 

Simpler believes our true value to our partners is to transfer Lean knowledge so that our client partners become internally capable to achieve continuous improvement. Lean improvement activities are team based so that as process performance is improved, many people learn to see waste and learn tools to eliminate or reduce it.  It is vital for a critical mass of the organization to become in tune with the lean journey, building an organization into a culture of continuous improvement and sustained excellence.

 

Toyota has taught us that understanding requires deep learning and personal experience. Our consultants are all ex-executives that understand what it takes to lead an organization through transformation. We expect our consultants to teach and coach at all levels of the organization.

Website:
www.simpler.com