Accelerating change in the business landscape demands ongoing innovation, adaptation and improvements of processes, products and services. Increasingly, companies are turning to Continuous Improvement (CI) as a means and approach to pivot product offerings, increase efficiency, increase quality, increase revenue and reduce costs. CI can be defined in broad terms as encapsulating and integrating a number of different improvement techniques such as Lean, Agile and Six Sigma, while at the same time describing a journey of transformation in the performance, capability and culture of organisations.

LES provides CI services ranging from specific project delivery to business performance transformation. We also offer comprehensive CI training and coaching programmes for long term internal capability development. Furthermore, and as required, LES performs in depth operational analysis to generate practical insight for process improvement. Our advanced analytics are supported by technology driven solutions where a clear business case exists for the integration of production processes with smart digital technology; so-called Industry 4.0.

Specifically, Lean concerns the optimisation of the flow of materials and information in a manner that minimises the consumption of resources while producing high quality products and services in the right quantity, at the right time from the customer’s perspective. LES utilises the principles and practices of Lean for low cost, high impact improvements in manufacturing processes and factory layout optimisation. Our approach adopts creativity before capital’ in removing waste and designing in sustainable efficiency and quality gains. We work with your people to understand the current state, then utilise their process expertise to generate effective, practical solutions.