factory Welcome to Sempai Lean Consultancy

Our business is helping you to improve your business by using lean techniques and principles. This could be a complete lean transformation or one off project to deal with problems or training needs. Typical examples include:

data analysis
standardised work
5s
seven wastes
visual control
practical problem solving
value stream mapping
TPM
SMED
line balance
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kanba

 

One day we can be dirtying our hands working alongside your people the next we can advise and assess strategic options with you to develop your business.

We have a minimum of ten years hands on lean experience across diverse industries gained after initial training from master engineers of Toyota Japan.  Businesses in the UK, Europe, US, Mexico, India, China, Japan and South America have all benefitted from our expertise

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We deliver typical workshop benefits of

  • 50% reduction in changeover time,
  • 40% reduction in cycle time, elimination of defects,
  • 70% reduction in inventory,
  • dock-to-dock value stream mapping improvements of 60%,
  • OEE improvements from 35% up to 80%

If you choose to we can work on one-off projects  - for example factory moves, factory re-layouts, new product introduction etc

We can work with you in factories, offices (admin and support value streams), hospitals or financial services