The V-Engine manufacturing division of a German luxury car producer had, for several years, been attempting to implement a system for continually eliminating non value-added activities.
The Expert training program within the client was established in 2001 in collaboration with Gert Haar-Jorgensen (GHJ), then at McKinsey‘s Manufacturing Practice (MMP), based on their internal training academy (PSDC).
Grundfos, one of the world’s largest pump manufacturers were facing many challenges, most notably the economic down turn, high labour costs in Denmark and production moving east.
A leading international dental implant manufacturing company started their Lean journey by experimenting by implementing VSM, 5s through the workshop approach.