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Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing

Master Black Belt-led Kaizen events, DMAIC consulting, and certification programs that cut changeover time, eliminate hidden handoffs, and unlock capacity — without capital spend.

Manufacturing supervisor and engineer reviewing real-time process data on a modern factory floor.
81%
Changeover time reduction on a critical line
57%
Order-to-ship lead-time reduction
+11pt
OEE improvement, no capex
Common challenges in manufacturing

Why manufacturing teams call us

  • Long changeover times eating capacity on critical lines
  • Order-to-ship cycle creep with no clear owner of the bottleneck
  • Recurring quality escapes that survive multiple corrective actions
  • Performance reviewed monthly — by which time the issues are already lost revenue
  • Frontline operators without the language or tools to surface waste

Manufacturing · Featured case study

Specialty contract manufacturer — changeover Kaizen

Changeover on a critical line was averaging 4.5 hours and killing on-time delivery. A five-day Kaizen event with operators, maintenance, and engineering working the line together produced a new standard changeover of 52 minutes by Friday — and the gain held past 90 days.

  • Standard changeover dropped from 4h 30m to 52 min
  • 27 redundant steps eliminated, validated on the line
  • +11% capacity unlocked with no capital spend
  • New standard work and visual controls held the gain past 90 days
81%
Changeover time reduction
How we help

Lean Six Sigma solutions built for manufacturing

Every engagement is scoped to your real processes, your terminology, and your business goals — not generic case studies.

Kaizen Events for Changeover, Cycle Time, and Throughput

Three to five days of focused, cross-functional improvement work with operators, maintenance, and engineering on the line together. Standard outcome: 25–50% improvement on the target metric, with new standard work and a 30/60/90 sustainment plan.

Value Stream Mapping & Lead-Time Reduction

Cross-functional current-state and future-state mapping for order-to-ship and end-to-end production flows. Surfaces hidden handoffs, redundant approvals, and waiting waste that quietly drain capacity every day.

Daily Management & Tiered Huddle Systems

Design and rollout of three-tier daily management systems with leading and lagging indicators, visual boards, and structured escalation. Issues escalate within 24 hours instead of weeks.

Yellow Belt & Green Belt Certification for Plant Teams

Yellow Belt (2 days, on-site or virtual) for operators, supervisors, and frontline leaders. Green Belt (5 days, on-site) for engineers and project leaders running DMAIC work on quality, throughput, and reliability problems.

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Manufacturing · FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Friday afternoon of the Kaizen, the line ran a 52-minute changeover for the first time in the plant's history. What surprised me wasn't the number — it was that the operators owned it. Three months later it's still standard work.
Plant Manager, sponsor
Specialty contract manufacturer — 5-day changeover Kaizen event
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Unlock plant capacity without capital spend

Whether it's a changeover problem, a chronic quality escape, or a lead-time creep, we'll scope a Kaizen event, value-stream map, or coached DMAIC project that moves the metric in days — not quarters.