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What Are Lean Manufacturing Services?

Lean manufacturing is about optimizing processes to ensure every step adds value from the customer’s perspective while eliminating anything that doesn’t. By continuously improving workflows and reducing inefficiencies, businesses can enhance product quality, speed up production and lower costs.

The core idea is to focus on delivering what customers value most, whether it’s improved functionality, faster delivery or flawless execution, while cutting out wasteful activities that add little to no value. The result is a streamlined operation that benefits both the customer and the bottom line.

Professionals might consider a Lean manufacturing service strategy to reduce the amount of waste in a facility, fine-tune the customer experience and streamline production. A major component of a Lean program is balancing what your clients want from your company without jeopardizing efficiency or quality.

With WM Synergy, you’ll work with a Lean manufacturing consultant who gets to know your company inside and out. A professional from our Lean manufacturing consulting team will go above and beyond to deliver value. Our services aim to effectively unite team members as your manufacturing company establishes new standards for completing growth-related tasks.

Create a culture of positive change.

The purpose of a Lean program is to eliminate waste along the entire value stream. When properly executed, a Lean program will effectively transform your business, increase profitability and promote customer satisfaction. More importantly, your Lean program will have a major impact on employee behaviors and your company culture.

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Increase Productivity up to 60%

The constant elimination of waste and streamlining processes allow companies to produce more in the same time and space with the same number of resources.

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Inventory & WIP Reductions up to 50%

When implemented correctly, inventory and WIP reductions lead to increased cash flow and free up funds to reinvest in improvement activities and innovation.

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Lead Time Reductions & On-Time Delivery Gains

Lead time reductions and on-time delivery reduce the order-to-cash duration and carrying costs. If quality is maintained, they can also positively impact customer satisfaction.

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Cost of Quality

Cost of Quality reductions go directly to the bottom line and increase profitability, reliability and customer satisfaction.

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Improved Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is the extent to which employees feel valued and involved in their work. Lean transformation increases dramatically when you engage every employee at his or her workplace, building a sense of teamwork.

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Agile/Scalable

Adaptability and quick responsiveness to market demands, feedback and pressure make a business scalable and better equipped to thrive in the future.

Why Trust Us for Lean Manufacturing Consulting Services?

At WM Synergy, we deliver on our promises. Our team has a history of assisting hundreds of manufacturing businesses like yours. Tell us what you’re struggling with, and we’ll get to work on a custom strategy to mitigate challenges. Our experts will perform a Lean manufacturing assessment to see where opportunities lie for scaling back waste, encouraging employees to perform jobs safely, and growing your bottom line.

We know that your manufacturing business is different from the next. Our award-winning team will help you make informed decisions based on your needs and our experience of what has worked in the past. We’ve been recognized by Bob Scott’s VAR Stars List and are proud to be the Infor Partner of the Year for the last 14 years.

Our hard work is also acknowledged by authorities in the field — we have been named an Acumatica Growth and Manufacturing Partner for two consecutive years.

Contact Us for Details About Lean Consulting Services

Ready to change your operations for maximum productivity and cost savings? Contact WM Synergy for additional details.

Customer Stories
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In less than one quarter, the WM Synergy team has brought immediate, noticeable improvement to our culture and we are seeing improvements in all areas. They are a very focused, active, and hands-on team. They roll up their sleeves and work with all levels of the organization with an obvious emphasis on teaching, not telling, our team about best practices, Lean methodologies, and how best to optimize our ERP system. The WM Synergy team has been flexible when needed which is extremely important in our business. And they have proven to be sensitive, yet solid when it comes to change and change management.

Linwood Parker, Founder
Parker Boats
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WM Synergy educated our company on the value of Lean and the proper execution of Kaizen and ERP optimization. As they facilitated each event, they were teaching our team how to sustain improvements and how to continue the program for years to come. WM Synergy made it clear, they were here to educate, not to direct and that if we were to be successful going forward, we would need to become the experts and take full ownership of the program.

Richard Meisenheimer, President & Second Generation Owner
Spectrum Associates
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Achieving the ability to grow within the same space and reduce both cycle times and delivery lead times were some of Hamilton Associates strategic objectives. With the guidance of the WM Synergy’s Lean team, we accomplished the following through Kaizen:

- Freed up 45% of our occupied space from 1724 sq ft being utilized to 942 sq. ft.
- Quoted Service Lead-Time reduced from 10 days to 2 days (or less)!
- Cycle Time reduction from 143.5 minutes to 78 minutes a 45% reduction.

Douglas Hamilton, III, CEO
Hamilton Associates, Inc.