Lean, SME, Change Management, 5S Ja Germany Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Transportation Equipment <(Approx.)yearlyturnover>5.000.000€ - 25.000.000€ 50 - 100 0% - 5% Product types plus customer-specific variants Small batch production Group manufacture Managing Director Introduction of lean production and especially workplace organization Not true at all Reduction in lead time

Inventory Motion Waiting

Traditional structures
Very disorganized workspace
Too big material buffer stocks
No experience with Lean Management
High motivation (at all levels) to change something

Very long transition periods between the planning phase and the implementation phase because of orders / delivery times. The total duration of the project was 4 instead of the planned 3 months.
A Result after a six month long roll out was a 43% reduction in lead time in the modernised department
The investment were amortised within six months
After the lighthouse, the company was able to modernise additional departments on its own. In total, the lead time decreased by approx. 40%. With the roll-out to additional departments, the company’s financial profits were improved by about 20%.