Strategos Lean Manufacturing/Operations

Lean Manufacturing Consulting

Use the Past–Manage the Present–Prepare the Future

Our mature and experienced consultants offer more than just technical expertise. Through hundreds of projects we have learned to build consensus and merge our knowledge with the knowledge of the client. Use Consulting for:

Strategos consulting projects range from quick assessments to the planning of major factories, offices  and warehouses. We can guide the development of your Manufacturing Strategy at the highest level or assist 5S on the factory floor. We can execute all of the work or guide a mixed project team. Strategos Consulting>>

Strategos Lean Training

Targeted—Practical—Engaging

Give your people the skills to solve their own problems. We provide lean training that addresses the specific situations they face every day. Often with a case study from your own facility. The result is a trained cadre of employees and:

A Problem Solved A Workcell Designed

A Value Stream Mapped A Process Simplified

Strategos training employs proven principles of Adult Learning. It is full of videos, dialogue, exercises and experiential learning. Instructional methods alternate frequently to maintain interest and address the learning modes of individual participants. Our "Learning Team" approach engages participants, increases discussion and allows for large overall sessions (50 or more).  Standard  Lean Training Programs >>

Our Expertise

Manufacturing Strategy

Forge Your Most Potent Competitive Weapon

 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. 

Lean Manufacturing

Streamline Operations: Quality—Productivity—Speed

Strategos consultants have been designing and implementing Lean Manufacturing for many years.  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. 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; work is work. 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.