Founded to support organizations in productivity improvement, Kaizen and operational excellence.
About Van Goubergen
Your partner in productivity improvement since 1993.
Van Goubergen P&M helps organizations improve productivity, flow and competitiveness through Lean/TPS implementation support, Industrial Engineering, work measurement, coaching and mentoring.
Company proof
A focused improvement firm with long operational experience.
Belgium based, with project and training experience across Europe, America and Asia.
Manufacturing / supply chain, healthcare and service / office environments.
Founder authority
Expert-led, but always company-first.
Van Goubergen P&M was founded by Dirk Van Goubergen, PhD in Industrial Engineering and Associate Professor in Operations Analytics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work combines academic depth with practical productivity improvement experience in real organizations.
That authority supports the firm, but the website remains focused on the client challenge: improving work, flow, standards, measurement and internal capability.
What we combine
Lean/TPS, Industrial Engineering and work measurement in one practical approach.
The work combines Lean/TPS, Six Sigma, Industrial Engineering, work measurement, performance measurement and organizational transformation. These are not separate labels on a brochure; they are disciplines used to understand and improve work.
Alongside implementation support, Van Goubergen P&M also provides supporting tools for measurement, analysis and follow-up where they strengthen the improvement work.
Core Competences
The expertise areas behind the work.
These competences shape the way Van Goubergen trains, supports implementation and structures improvement work.
Lean helps improve flow, reduce waste and strengthen day-to-day operations.
Six Sigma supports structured analysis, problem solving and reduction of variation where measurement matters.
Industrial engineering supports work design, productivity improvement and the practical organization of processes.
Performance measurement makes the current situation visible and gives teams a clear basis for follow-up and improvement.
Organizational transformation connects improvement work to leadership, ownership and the broader business direction.
Our way of working
Teaching, coaching and mentoring are built into the work.
The goal is not dependency on consultants. The goal is to help your people understand the work, improve it with discipline and continue after external support decreases.
Teaching
Teams learn the tools and analysis methods needed to understand and improve their own work.
Coaching
People are coached toward improvements with stronger acceptance and better implementation quality.
Mentoring
As maturity grows, support can shift toward mentoring and wider deployment across the organization.
Participation & Knowledge Transfer
Improvement works best when people on the floor are part of it.
Participation matters because the people doing the work need to understand the issues, contribute to the analysis and take ownership of the change.
Knowledge transfer matters because continuous improvement cannot depend on outside support forever. The aim is to strengthen internal capability and build a durable improvement culture.
Improvement philosophy
Improvement as a route to stronger competitiveness.
Learning improvement techniques or implementing Lean is not a goal in itself. It is a means to improve competitiveness and connect improvement work to mission, vision and strategy.
Brand architecture
Van Goubergen P&M and Lean Academy have distinct roles.
Implementation belongs here. Training details belong on Lean Academy.
- Van Goubergen P&M focuses on productivity improvement, implementation support and operational performance.
- Lean Academy is the separate platform for Lean/TPS training, certification, course dates and registration.
- When the question is training-first, we route visitors clearly to Lean Academy.
Start a conversation
Need to discuss productivity improvement or implementation support?
Tell us the operational challenge. We can help define the right next step without turning the conversation into generic consultancy language.