Anyone who has worked in the Food & Beverage industry is familiar with the complexity of the process and specialized knowledge its workers bring to the work everyday. We often see Lean Manufacturing methods applied on the production floor, but seldom see the effective application of Lean in the supporting functions including purchasing, supply chain, accounting, HR, facilities, and IT. The production people are often hindered by a lack of timely and cooperative support from these functions.
Your customers only feel improvement to the extent that it flows through the value stream from order to delivery. The systems thinking and alignment required to create impactful, quality driven value streams is something we know how to do. We demonstrate what this looks like to your people to efficiently transfer the knowledge to internal resources.