Expertise

Expertise for improving productivity, flow and operational performance.

Van Goubergen P&M combines Lean/TPS, Industrial Engineering, work measurement, performance measurement and coaching to help organizations make improvement practical and sustainable.

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Core expertise

Eight practical expertise routes.

The routes below are not isolated services. They are ways to frame the operational question and decide where implementation support should start.

Productivity improvement

Improve output, flow and competitiveness by clarifying work, priorities and performance.

Lean/TPS implementation

Apply Lean/TPS principles in daily operations, leadership routines and team problem solving.

Work measurement

Use work study, time study and standards to make productivity discussions fact-based.

Industrial Engineering

Improve methods, organization, workload and operational structure through IE thinking.

Performance measurement

Make operational performance visible enough for decisions, follow-up and improvement.

Daily management

Build routines that help teams see deviations, solve problems and maintain standards.

Leadership development

Coach leaders to support improvement work without taking ownership away from teams.

Organizational transformation

Connect improvement initiatives to strategy, capability building and maturity growth.

The principle

Tools are useful only when they improve how work runs.

The aim is not to introduce Lean terminology or improvement tools for their own sake. The aim is improved competitiveness, stronger internal capability and sustainable operational performance.

Link to mission, vision and strategy

Improvement priorities should be connected to the organization’s broader direction.

Work with operational people

People close to the work participate in analysis, design and implementation.

Transfer knowledge

Coaching and mentoring reduce dependency on external support over time.

Training intent

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Detailed Lean/TPS training and certification information belongs on Lean Academy. Van Goubergen P&M focuses here on implementation, productivity improvement and operational performance.

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Next step

Which operational question should we start with?

Start with the issue: productivity, flow, work measurement, daily management, leadership or broader transformation.