Lean is still the defacto framework for continuous improvement and business transformation. So how can you make the business case for implementing a Lean programme to your company leadership?

2. Lean is...
Eliminating waste
A strategic approach
to business growth
Productivity
gains
Continuous
improvement

3. A strategic approach
to business growth
s
nt

4. Continuous
improvement

5. Productivity
gains

6. Eliminating waste

7. Why Lean?

8. “Being Lean is
still in vogue.”
EEF Productivity Report 2016

9. Lean increases efficiency
in processes and
infrastructure

10. Lean reduces defects
and improves quality

11. Why Lean?
Lean minimises
changeover time
Lean prevents
inventory issues
Lean decreases
lead time
Why Lean?

12. Lean minimises
changeover time

13. Lean decreases
lead time

14. Lean prevents
inventory issues

15. How to sell
Lean to your
executives
£
£
£
£
£

16. Speak their
language by...

17. addressing their
business priorities...

18. using industry
case studies...

19. citing statistics of success...

20. ...anticipating their
objections before
they ask them.

21. £
£
£
£
£
Make tangible, measurable
business goals with
payback periods identified.

22. Identify exactly how
Lean will integrate
with specific business
processes.

23. The case for Lean

24. “The main benefit of the
higher productivity from
Lean has been maintaining
sales in a difficult market.”
SPP Pumps (EEF
Productivity Report 2016)
Productivity

25. “There are a number of benefits
for the business to Lean training,
but the key and immediate result
is cost competitive, high quality
production of once offshore
imports back into the UK.”
Manfrotto UK Ltd, photography
equipment manufacturer
Growth

26. Be sure to answer how
the Lean projects will be
implemented.
Process

27. Project
management
Implementation
Staff
suggestions
Maintain
momentum
Ongoing
performance
review
Track & report
on success

28. JJ Churchill precision engineering
uses Lean to measure productivity
of machines, processes, and
workers to identify opportunities
for intervention.
Measurement

29. Top Excuses
Top Excuses

30. We’re too small

31. Lean is
scalable.

32. We don’t have
qualified staff

33. Choose
champions
to take
Lean training.

34. We don’t have
the time

35. Make time forstrategic growthinitiatives.

36. Middle management
feel threatened by
transformation

37. Everyone should
understand their
role in success.

38. It’s not suitable
for our industry

39. All types of businesseshave benefitedfrom Lean.

40. We have tried it before
and improvements
didn’t stick

41. A consultant can help
keep your long-term
Lean programme on track
A consultant can help
keep your long-term
Lean programme on track

42. Payback
£
££

43. Reduces excess
inventory by 75%

44. Creates quality
improvements
of around 40%
Creates quality
improvements
of around 40%

45. Boosts
efficiency
by 50%

46. Lean reduces
lead time by
50%
Lean reduces
lead time by
50%

47. Improves overall
equipment effectiveness
by 25%
25%
Improves overall
equipment effectiveness
by 25%
25%

48. Improves
customer
satisfaction
by 75%

49. How to
embed Lean

50. Training

51. Regular
meetings

52. Identify
champions

53. Practice
Go-Look-See by
continuing to
check assumptions
and progress
in person

54. Tie to
management
performance
reviews

55. Celebrate
successes with
management
and employees

56. How to
get started
Lean
Six Sigma
Kaizen
5s

57. Arrange for a
diagnostic visit from
Lean experts to
identify next steps
Step 1
Step 2
LEAN
VISITOR
VISITOR

58. EEF provides productivity
improvement support to
businesses of all types
and sizes across the UK
www.eef.org.uk/
productivity-improvement

59. Find out where you stand
compared with others in
the industry by taking
LeanBenchmark at
www.eef.org.uk/
lean-benchmark

60. Email us at enquiries@eef.org.uk to
get a copy of these slides.

61. EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, provides
productivity support to businesses of all types
and sizes.
Visit www.eef.org.uk to find out more about our
approach to business transformation.
Our experts across the UK also conduct
complementary on-site diagnostic visits to
determine if and how Lean could fit with your
continuous improvement efforts.