Overview
Articles of Interest
The ABC's of Good Food Manufacturing
David Beal, Food Safety Magazine, August 2009
The
quality revolution, sparked by Toyota and its ability to produce more
reliable cars, has now turned its face to the food industry. Think
about it—30 years ago, a story about melamine-contaminated infant
formula supplies in China would never have made...
Scholle Partners with TBM for Lean Strategy
Michael Edwards, Food Magazine, July 27, 2009
Everyone
in the food business knows the challenge of satisfying changing tastes.
Food grows slowly, but consumer tastes change quickly. Few people over
the age of 40 grew up with radicchio, for instance, or Viognier. Now
these varieties are commonplace…
The Right Foundations: Alstom’s Lean Train Still on Track
Railway Strategies, May 1, 2009
After
eight years the lean transformation taking place in Alstom is on track
and firmly on the rails with lean partner TBM Consulting Group. Its
ongoing focus on lean has resulted in some great achievements and the
company continues to work hard at improve...
Case Studies
TBM Case Study – GEX – Improving Productivity through a LeanSigma Transformation
TBM Consulting Group, August 17, 2009
India’s Gokaldas Exports Ltd. is building a lean culture to remain a leader in the highly competitive global garment industry…
TBM Case Study – Beer Production Company
TBM Consulting Group, June 10, 2009
A North American brewing company uses LeanSigma to improve yield, ensure quality and reduce costs…
TBM Case Study – Republic Airways: Keeping Aircraft Flying with LeanSigma
TBM Consulting Group, April 22, 2009
A regional air carrier uses LeanSigma to decrease planned maintenance cycle times and lower logistics costs associated with overnight maintenance…
Events
Industry Week Best Plants Conference
April 19-21, 2010 in Cleveland, OH
TBM is proud to be involved with Shingo’s annual conference.
TBM’s LeanSigma Global Summit
September 14-17, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV
Network, benchmark and learn strategies for your continuous improvement office.
Lean Glossary
Design for LeanSigma
A unique approach to new product development, production process planning and implementation by using rapid, team-based product and process design…
LeanSigma
Pioneered by Maytag and TBM, LeanSigma is today’s fastest and most effective approach to business improvement…
Working Capital
Current assets minus current liabilities. It measures how much, in liquid assets a company has available to build its business. In general, companies that have a lot of working capital will be more successful, since they can expand and improve their operations.
Managing Times
Q1 2009 Managing Times
Includes a case study about Norfolk Southern, Seaman Corporation and a story on Policy Deployment…
Q4 2008 Managing Times
Includes a case study about QuadTech, a story on Progressive 5S and a strategic article about Lean distribution…
Q3 2008 Managing Times
Includes a case study about Steinway, a story on Conn-Selmer’s lean product development process and an article about removing waste from the annual budgeting process…
Press Releases
LEANSIGMA INSTITUTE EXPANDS LEAN CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
March 24, 2009
New Courses Offer Immediately Applicable Knowledge to Help Streamline Manufacturing Operations. The LeanSigma Institute announced today the expansion of its “Lean Certification Training” program with two new certificate…TBM CONSULTING GROUP LAUNCHES NEW “RAPID RIGHTSIZING” PRACTICE
March 23, 2009
TBM Consulting Group, the global business improvement leader for the manufacturing and service sectors, announced today the launch of its new ‘Rapid Rightsizing’ practice, which deploys ‘Extreme Lean’ SWAT teams to help man…INCREASING COST PRESSURES MAJOR CONCERN FOR MANUFACTURERS, ACCORDING TO TBM LEANSIGMA INSTITUTE SURVEY
December 15, 2008
While general cost pressures continue to be the main challenge for manufacturers globally, rising energy costs have reached a new level of concern according to TBM Consulting Group’s sixth annual “Multinational…
Recommended Books and Videos
The Antidote – Anand Sharma & Gary Hourselt
The Antidote is a one-stop guide to conducting business in the 21st Century and provides a roadmap for creating competitive advantage in the current global market place.
Developing LeanSigma Leaders – TBM Consulting Group
Every lean company needs a steady supply of kaizen team leaders – individuals who will motivate, teach and guide their teams to success. The question for many organizations has been, who will train the team leaders? Developing LeanSigma Leaders: A workbook for kaizen breakthrough team leadership is the answer.
The Toyota Way – Jeffery Liker
In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors.
Go to Recommended Books and Videos
TBM Store
Shopping for your lean transformation experience…
Useful Links
AME (The Association for Manufacturing Excellence)
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), founded in 1985, is a not- for-profit organization dedicated to cultivating understanding, analysis and exchange of productivity methods and their successful application in the pursuit of excellence…
Industry Week Magazine
IW connects decision-makers within manufacturing enterprises to share ideas and tools that inspire action…
Intermedium Group
As companies make investments in training, new capital, new technologies, and/or new facilities, the IM Group helps clients to lower costs by obtaining government financial benefits…
Video Library
About TBM
Watch a brief video about TBM Consulting Group.
About LeanSigma
Watch
a brief video detailing where "LeanSigma", the combination of lean and
Six Sigma, came from and how it can work for your organization.
ASSA ABLOY'S "President's Kaizen" Event
Watch
a video about the week long President's Kaizen event at ASSA ABLOY, a
global manufacturer of door opening solutions, and see how its senior
leaders reacted to a hands-on experience with the LeanSigma methodology.
Whitepapers
TBM Whitepaper – Using Value Innovation to Identify and Capture New Growth Opportunities
Gary Hourselt, June 2009
In this paper, TBM Value Innovation practice leader, Gary Hourselt elaborates on what it means to be market-driven and introduces concepts and tools that can help companies identify and capture meaningful growth opportunities through new product development, voice of customer and value innovation…
Small Improvements in Raw-Material Yield Make Big Improvements to Bottom-line Profitability
Jonathan Chong, February 2009
In a continuous process manufacturing facility, nearly 80 percent of downtime on high-speed packaging lines comes from minor stoppages which are generally caused by inconsistency of physical characteristics in the products being produced on the line. These minor stoppages can significantly affect product quality and negatively affect profit margin. By effectively following the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process and Six Sigma tools, manufacturers can satisfy customers’ quality standards while boosting profitability targets with improved raw material utilization. In his article, Chong, advocates the use of both lean and six sigma tools to expedite the “define and measure” phase into one short week of focused activity. Learn about Chong’s approach and see how several companies are using the DMAIC process to take thousands of dollars back to the bottom line…
TBM Whitepaper – Energy Reduction through Lean (2 of 2): Using LeanSigma to Reduce Energy Consumption
Doug Kiss, February 2009
How common continuous improvement tools can eliminate waste and yield savings…
