TBM Home
Manufacturers
Process Companies
Service & Business Process
Lean Value Chain
LeanStrategy™
Product Development
Training
LeanSigma®
About TBM
News & Articles
Video Archive
TBM Store
Contact Us

Lean Value Chain Assessment Tool

We would like to ask you a few questions before you get started.

What is your primary industry?

1. How long has your company engaged in lean?

Never
Less than 1 Year
1–3 Years
3–5 Years
5 Years or more

2. What is the revenue base of your company?

Less than $100 million
$101–$250 million
$251–$499 million
$500–$999 million
$1 billion or greater

We've created the simple assessment survey to help you identify where you need to focus to create lean value chain improvements.

1. How long does it take to process an order from purchase order to invoice?

15+ days
10–14 days
5–9 days
3–4 days
1–3 days

2. What are your finished goods inventory turns per year?

Less than 5 turns per year
6–10 turns per year
11–15 turns per year
16–24 turns per year
25+ turns per year

3. What is your on-time delivery score?

Fewer than 90% of orders are shipped on time
89–95% of orders are shipped on time
95.1–98% of orders are shipped on time
98.1–99.5% of orders are shipped on time
99.6% or more of orders are shipped on time

4. What is your quality rating as measured in defects per million?

4,000 defects per million or more
1,000–3,999 defects per million
500–999 defects per million
201–499 defects per million
200 defects per million or fewer

5. What is your quality rating for raw materials as measured in defects per million?

4,000 defects per million or more
1,000–3,999 defects per million
500–999 defects per million
201–99 defects per million
200 defects per million or fewer

6. What is your raw material turns?

15 or fewer turns per year
16–25 turns per year
20–25 turns per year
36–50 turns per year
51 turns or more per year

7. What is your raw material on-time delivery rate?

Less than 80%
81–88%
89–94%
95–98%
98.1% or greater

LeanSigma®, The Perfect Engine®, LeanStrategy®, and the TBM Consulting Group logo
are registered trademarks of TBM Consulting Group, Inc.
Contact the TBM Consulting Group | Site Map