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The WM Synergy team worked with Innovant employees to improve our business processes and make visible the critical information needed to support data-driven decisions. They also helped us to redeploy and integrate our ERP, Design/Rendering, CRM, and CAD systems in a more effective manner. And today, for the first time ever, we can leverage these systems to monitor key performance indicators, measure progress, report financials, and accurately see detailed costs, which will help Innovant drive more improvement activities well into the future.

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.

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.

3form chose Synergy and ERP because it not only met all lean manufacturing requirements, but would grow and evolve with us. One of our own customers already used the product and gave it a ringing endorsement.

It was incredible to think that we were booked solid for 16 weeks and we couldn’t expand without adding people and machinery. A month after installation, we were running a four week lead time, capacity doubled, and WIP was cut in half. It also is saving us $100K/year in overtime.

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.