Implementing Lean
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Implementing Lean Home Lean Articles How to get started with implementing lean. One of the most commonly asked questions relating to Lean is… “How can I remove the waste activities from my business, when we produce so many things or when our range of […]
Self Audit your operation
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Self Audit your operation Home Lean Articles Self-Audit: How do you know that you have an effective operation? Five questions every Lean Manager should ask on the shop floor… A good lean operation is agile enough to respond to most problems and self-correct with […]
Leadership behaviour
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Leadership behaviour Home Lean Articles How hands-on should a Manager be? Whenever we’re approached to work with a company on an Op Ex project, one of the questions we ask ourselves is “How is the support from the Management team going to manifest itself?” […]
Lean and Agile
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Lean and Agile Home Lean Articles lean and agile A recent trend in Lean Consulting projects has been the need to add ‘agility’ into the mix. Historically, Lean interventions have focused on eliminating waste and building efficiency through process mapping, removing the low value […]
Resistance to change
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Resistance to change Home Lean Articles Resistence to change Your company needs to change, you’ve worked out what needs to be done and put a plan in place but now what? Change doesn’t happen without effort, and understanding where Resistance to Change is likely […]
Planning our way out
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Planning our way out Home Lean Articles For Planning our way out of the Cost of Living crisis. The cost of living crisis and the war in Ukraine has disrupted markets worldwide and is threatening to herald recession for businesses across the UK unless […]
Cut the work – not the workforce!
ALC’s LEAN Articles Series DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING Cut the work – not the workforce! Cut the work – not the workforce! “Process Improvement”, “Rightsizing” and “Operational Excellence” are synonymous with getting ‘more’ out of the business by identifying and eliminating waste. Yet these terms can strike fear into the grass-roots of […]
The Tethered Cat
The Tethered Cat DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIEDLEANCONSULTING Home The Tethered Cat A LEAN ARTICLE The Tethered Cat Category Lean Article Date 2022 How many tethered cats do you have? Once there was a monastery where the monks befriended a stray kitten. Whilst they played with it in the refectory and garden, it became a […]
Company of the Year 2020
ALC in the News DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIEDLEANCONSULTING Home Case Details NEWS DETAILS Industrial Process News Industrial Process News is an advertorial-led publication that circulates 5,000 printed copies on a national basis to approximately 15,000 readers and sends out 20,000 eshots per issue independently. Our app is only available on the App Store for […]
Selden Masts
Seldén MastsLean Success Story DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS APPLIEDLEANCONSULTING Home Seldén Masts PROJECT DETAILS Seldén Masts The Seldén Group is the world’s leading manufacturer of mast and rigging systems in carbon and aluminium for dinghies, keelboats and yachts. Their well known brands are Seldén and Furlex. The worldwide success of Furlex has enabled them to […]