Business Excellence Consortium

Lean Transformation as a Business Growth Strategy

Effective Business Strategy development and deployment using Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment)

With discussions on leveraging Lean for sustained business growth and deploying Lean enterprise-wide through to the customer as a key growth strategy

Adopting Lean business practices is very transforming and will drive leading performance across any industry, both manufacturing and serivce companies alike. The key to a successful Lean transformation is a high performing leadership team that needs to be aligned and focused on the critical strategic priorites of the company. 

This half-day workshop is for all senior company leaders and managers (all functions, including CEOs, CFOs, VP Operations, Engineering, Marketing and Sales, and Value Stream leaders) and will offer an approach to achieve strong alignment and will focus on the company strategy driving timely and effective execution. Specifically, the workshop will cover how to effectively develop and execute critical “Must-Do, Can’t-Fail” initiatives that drive a company's key metrics, implementing its strategy and aligning all leaders and departments. We will also cover considerations on achieveing sustained growth and competivie advantages through Lean transformation executed enterprise-wide to the customer.  

At the conclusion of this workshop, you will have gained a strategic overview of basic considerations, behaviors, and tools in executing a Lean transformation to grow the top and bottom lines. Using The Wiremold Company as as example; the discussion will cover the strategic direction and impact of a Lean Business System. The workshop will cover:

• Key tools and management processes to deploy the strategy through all functions using Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment)
  - driving strong cross-functional teaming in execution
• Corporate and Go-to-Market Lean strategies
• Considerations in long-range and operations planning
• Differentiating aspects in the eye of the customer
• Considerations in marketing, sales, and engineering
• Overview of leadership behaviors and policies

Who should attend?

The Lean Transformation Workshop is targeted towards a company or business unit senior management team, CEO and all functional leaders, especially marketing, sales, engineering, operations, and finance. It’s ideal for organizations who have already started their Lean transformation or who are considering embarking on a Lean Journey.

About the Workshop Facilitator

Edward Miller is the President of Strategy Development Services, LLC, a consulting company he founded to help companies along their Lean Business Transformation by developing corporate and go-to-market strategies based on Lean Business Principles as well as deploying them through the entire enterprise using Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment). 

He is a senior-level executive who is experienced with developing, leading, and executing successful business strategies including enterprise-wide Lean transformations. Ed has more than 30 years of industry experience as an executive in marketing, sales, and engineering with the practical know-how of applying Lean principles to win in the marketplace.He has co-authored several articles and case studies on Lean strategies in marketing and sales and is a member of Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Business School advisory board. He has "lived" Lean and knows firsthand how Lean business practices and thinking can drive sustained long-term growth through developing high-preformance leadership and teams.