Leanovations provides the training, coaching and mentoring to an organization’s Supply Chain, to leverage their own Lean journey more easily; which delivers better customer value, business needs and translates to superior financial performance for all organizations linked in the Total Value Stream.

To develop a Lean Supply Chain, organizations need a good approach iin deciding which suppliers to focus on. Using the knowledge of basic supplier information, we work with organizations to develop a value stream process to decide which suppliers to implement a Lean Supply Chain Partnership with. These are the suppliers who have the most potential for the organization, and are managed and coached with extra Lean resources from Leanovations.  Organizations include these suppliers in their business rules, processes, systems, and measurements and Leanovations utilizes a Lean Supply Chain Partnership Value Stream Map which is developed jointly between the customer and supplier. 

Leanovations’ 8 Steps for developing Lean Thinking Supply Chain Partnership:

1) Utilize Value Stream Mapping and eVSM to Link Lean Actions with the Total Supply Chain

2) Understand Customer and Supplier Value in a Lean Partnership

3) Manage Demand Volatility and Inventory Risks

4) Create Flow of Information and a Pull of Products

5) Implement Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Process

6) Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPI Metrics)

7) Benchmark Best Practices (know the competition)

8) Make a Lean Supply Chain Partnership a Strategic Goal with Break Though Objectives