About Strategos, Inc.

Manufacturing Strategy

Forge Your Most Potent Competitive Weapon

Manufacturing Strategy is the overall philosophy or policy that guides the design and operation of a factory. A well-thought-out Manufacturing Strategy flows from and supports marketing by optimizing those factors that bring success in the marketplace (e.g. quality, customization, price, delivery). We have been employing the work of Wickham Skinner, Wheelwright, Hill and others in practical situations for several decades. We have also seen the unfortunate results of the failure to think through strategic issues. We can assist you in the discussion, debate and development of your Manufacturing Strategy.

Lean Manufacturing

Streamline Operations for Quality, Productivity & Speed

Strategos consultants have been designing and implementing Lean Manufacturing for many years--before Lean was known as Lean. We have contributed to the literature of Lean through hundreds of seminars, articles and papers as well as with this website. Through this experience we have developed procedures, rules of thumb and techniques to bring Lean to industries where the concepts seemed inapplicable.

Facility Planning & Layout

Make the Most of Space & Workflow

Strategos consultants have written three of the most popular books on facilities planning. We have done hundreds of facility plans from site-level to workstation level using our systematic and structured approaches.

Cellular Manufacturing

Integrate People, Process, Product & Technology

Mr. Lee has been designing and implementing workcells for more than 30 years--long before Toyota made them popular. While Toyota cells are ideally suited for Toyota, they do not work well in many non-Toyota environments. Our structured design approach helps design optimum workcells in a wide variety of environments, including many job shops.

Value Stream & Process Mapping

Make Any Process Smoother, Better & Faster

Let us assist you with improving any of your processes using VSM, Process Mapping and other improvement techniques. Mr. Lee's popular book on the subject can be a starting point for your workshop or guided Kaizen Event. This is a "must" for any Lean Implementation or Workcell Design.

Warehousing & Supply Chain

Reduce Inventory, Stockouts & Space

Sims Consulting Group, a Strategos Affiliate, literally "wrote the book" on warehousing with the U.S. Navy's 800-page publication NS529. Ed Phillips is one of the foremost authorities on Warehousing, Supply Chain and Materials Handling.

The Human Side

Leverage Your People

People are an integral part of every manufacturing system. As such, their needs and limitations must be accommodated and integrated with equipment, layouts and systems for best results. We start with the Socio Technical Systems (STS) approach originated by Eric Trist to ensure that people and culture are woven into every design

Lean Office/Administration

Streamline Your Most Wasteful Activities

There is nothing fundamentally different about an office. As the pioneers of Industrial Engineering such as Frank Gilbreth understood, work is work and the same principles apply to factories, offices, hospitals and every other purposeful activity. Strategos has been applying Lean methods to administrative activities and knowledge work for many years. Our projects include Maintenance, Engineering, Finance and Purchasing.