Lean Manufacturing Processes

 

 

WCM Associates LLC is dedicated to helping organizations become globally competitive through the implementation of Lean as a business system. WCM Associates’ publishing arm supports this activity by publishing leading-edge books in the development of Lean.

The principals of WCM Associates having been doing Lean since before it was called “Lean.” Back in the late ‘80s, it was called “World Class Manufacturing”, and it was entirely based on the Toyota Production System (TPS).

WCM Associates offers training not only in Manufacturing, but in diverse industries such as:

  •   Healthcare
  •   Education
  •   Construction
  •   Other Service Industries

WCM Associates is an approved Lean Trainer for the Maryland World Class Manufacturing Consortium (www.mwcmc.org).

Our strategy is to “teach you how to fish,” rather than to just “give you a fish.” Early on in our relationship with clients, we develop a WCM Associates exit strategy. Our clients do not become dependent on WCM Associates for their Lean activities. As part of this strategy, we make all of the WCM Associates’ training material available to our clients.

WCM Associates has created a Certified Lean Facilitator program so that our clients can develop their own Lean in-house experts.

Unlike many of WCM Associates’ competitors, we will not tell you that implementing Lean and becoming a World Class Enterprise is solely about our consultants helping you do kaizen events—it is about deploying lean as part of how you run your business.

Our work is guaranteed. If a client is unhappy with any activity that is performed, the client does not have to pay.

Our Approach

Management Training Sessions and Seminars

Facilitator Biographies

Some of Our Clients

Certified Lean Facilitator Program