To define a detailed blueprint for your lean transformation, ILS will map and analyze your organization’s critical value streams. We will design a future state using methods that go beyond typical approaches like those in well-known references such as Learning to See. We take a systematic and comprehensive approach to restructuring your operations with the goals of on:

Enhancing value delivery
Eliminating waste
Designing cells and lines
Establishing effective work and information flows
Designing innovative production control and visual scheduling procedures
Defining implementation plans
Establishing new facility layouts, and
Installing appropriate operational support systems

ILS brings years of experience in value stream design for any Industry. Our successful approach has been applied in a variety of cases; from conventional discrete manufacturing to high-mix low-volume job shops; from transactional and service processes in offices to comprehensive enterprise-level value streams.

When necessary, we employ special tools to define product families and partition value streams for complex operations with shared resources. We also help organizations define their customer-focused value proposition to create a sustainable competitive advantage beyond conventional operational excellence approaches.