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Recent developments - Richard Burbidge and Botany Bay Leisure Complex
Team Leader and Management development workshops are currently underway at Richard Burbidge in Oswestry as part of the continued support from the Lean Academy to help develop and up skill their current workforce. The workshops are designed and delivered on site ensuring that all involved are able to maximise ,apply and reflect on their own development within their roles and review with their Senior Managers and how they can further develop and improve themselves and the Company.
Botany Bay Leisure Complex in Lancashire have recently been in partnership with the Lean Academy on a series of workplace continuous improvement initiatives which has helped the company improve customer satisfaction and focus on improving their Quality, Cost and Delivery by empower-in the employees , regardless of responsibilities, to forward and focus on initiatives to embrace the concept of Continuous Improvements within the retail sector.
"The Business impact was immediate as the teams gelled and they began to focus and prioritise the key issues for the benefit of the Business."
Transforming Business Improvement through Knowledge Transfer
Since opening its doors in 2005 the Lean Academy's approach to business improvement has been based on the development of long term partnerships. Working with companies to develop the knowledge base required to ensure that the Continuous Improvement initiatives that are undertaken are built on solid ground are success to date is based not on what "we do to you" but on what "we do with you". This simple but critical difference is the reason we are so successful in our field.
The Lean Academy's approach is to join with the business, work together to establish the actual issues and not the perceived that are affecting the company, then work together as a team to solve these problems ensure that there is a robust transfer of knowledge thereby producing sustainable results.
This approach has been shown to work across all sectors of business from Manufacturing to Construction the Health Service and now into Retail, HR and Sales.
What our clients say:
"... the improvement activity was initially greeted with a fair amount of skepticism within the target area ... but now the team feel confident to lead their own improvement projects, and a platform to develop ideas for improvement has been established within the company ..."
"We wanted to involve employees who manage business processes on a daily basis in this change. We've had some excellent feedback from people who feel more involved and that they have a better working environment as a result of this training and development."
Recent success stories - Richard Burbidge
Company overview:
Decorative wood & mouldings manufacturer on the Welsh borders employing in excess of 200 people.
The Lean Academy has been working with Richard Burbidge's of Oswestry for approximately 2 years. In this time they have introduced a Continuous Improvement programme that has been fully endorsed by Senior Management. This has underpinned the development of the production teams and helped to keep Burbidge's at the forefront of the decorative timber industry.
The company is now on phase 9 of the intensive 12 week workshops. The workshops are structured to introduce the team a variety of Lean tools and techniques and then physically applied within specific areas of the Manufacturing Departments.
"We are really happy with the service that the Lean Academy has given us, they under-stand our requirements and they have formatted their training around our processes and people, in fact we are so pleased we are expanding our links to include Team Leader training and some Health and Safety training with the Lean Academy."
Recent success stories - Wolverhampton Homes
Company overview:
Wolverhampton Homes is an Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) which manages 23,210 properties, including 1,932 leaseholds, on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council.
The Lean Academy has been working with the organisation over the last 2 years to help the team develop and apply cost effective improvement activities without compromising the quality of client service which is at the forefront of their business.
"The Lean Academy was extremely helpful and certainly made the whole experience easier for all of us from W-ton Homes. By using the Lean Academy to deliver on site training and practical support our staff have gained both knowledge and practical experience that has allowed us to make considerable improvements in the efficiency, value for money and the quality of service we deliver to all our customers in the Wolverhampton area."
Delivering Sustainable Improvements
The Lean Academy opened its doors for training and consultancy in March 2006 and since that time we have been helping our clients across Shropshire and the Midlands to achieve measurable, sustainable improvement throughout their business processes - translating those improvements into financial savings and developing capacity for growth
The Lean Academy has played a major role in supporting businesses in the Midlands helping them to add value to their business by undertaking sustainable change initiatives by focusing on three factors critical to success:
Recent developments - Richard Burbidge and Botany Bay Leisure Complex
Team Leader and Management development workshops are currently underway at Richard Burbidge in Oswestry as part of the continued support from the Lean Academy to help develop and up skill their current workforce. The workshops are designed and delivered on site ensuring that all involved are able to maximise ,apply and reflect on their own development within their roles and review with their Senior Managers and how they can further develop and improve themselves and the Company.
Botany Bay Leisure Complex in Lancashire have recently been in partnership with the Lean Academy on a series of workplace continuous improvement initiatives which has helped the company improve customer satisfaction and focus on improving their Quality, Cost and Delivery by empower-in the employees , regardless of responsibilities, to forward and focus on initiatives to embrace the concept of Continuous Improvements within the retail sector."The Business impact was immediate as the teams gelled and they began to focus and prioritise the key issues for the benefit of the Business."
Transforming Business Improvement through Knowledge Transfer
Since opening its doors in 2005 the Lean Academy's approach to business improvement has been based on the development of long term partnerships. Working with companies to develop the knowledge base required to ensure that the Continuous Improvement initiatives that are undertaken are built on solid ground are success to date is based not on what "we do to you" but on what "we do with you". This simple but critical difference is the reason we are so successful in our field.
"... now the team feel confident to lead their own improvement projects, and a platform to develop ideas for improvement has been established within the company ..."
The simplest approach to Continuous Improvement from the perspective of the outside body is to come into the business, be told where the perceived short comings are take the required remedial actions and go. This approach is short sighted and unsustainable.The Lean Academy's approach is to join with the business, work together to establish the actual issues and not the perceived that are affecting the company, then work together as a team to solve these problems ensure that there is a robust transfer of knowledge thereby producing sustainable results.
This approach has been shown to work across all sectors of business from Manufacturing to Construction the Health Service and now into Retail, HR and Sales.
What our clients say:
"... the improvement activity was initially greeted with a fair amount of skepticism within the target area ... but now the team feel confident to lead their own improvement projects, and a platform to develop ideas for improvement has been established within the company ..."
"We wanted to involve employees who manage business processes on a daily basis in this change. We've had some excellent feedback from people who feel more involved and that they have a better working environment as a result of this training and development."
Recent success stories - Richard Burbidge
Company overview:
Decorative wood & mouldings manufacturer on the Welsh borders employing in excess of 200 people.
The Lean Academy has been working with Richard Burbidge's of Oswestry for approximately 2 years. In this time they have introduced a Continuous Improvement programme that has been fully endorsed by Senior Management. This has underpinned the development of the production teams and helped to keep Burbidge's at the forefront of the decorative timber industry.
The company is now on phase 9 of the intensive 12 week workshops. The workshops are structured to introduce the team a variety of Lean tools and techniques and then physically applied within specific areas of the Manufacturing Departments."We are really happy with the service that the Lean Academy has given us, they under-stand our requirements and they have formatted their training around our processes and people, in fact we are so pleased we are expanding our links to include Team Leader training and some Health and Safety training with the Lean Academy."
Recent success stories - Wolverhampton Homes
Company overview:
Wolverhampton Homes is an Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) which manages 23,210 properties, including 1,932 leaseholds, on behalf of Wolverhampton City Council.
The Lean Academy has been working with the organisation over the last 2 years to help the team develop and apply cost effective improvement activities without compromising the quality of client service which is at the forefront of their business."The Lean Academy was extremely helpful and certainly made the whole experience easier for all of us from W-ton Homes. By using the Lean Academy to deliver on site training and practical support our staff have gained both knowledge and practical experience that has allowed us to make considerable improvements in the efficiency, value for money and the quality of service we deliver to all our customers in the Wolverhampton area."
Delivering Sustainable Improvements
The Lean Academy opened its doors for training and consultancy in March 2006 and since that time we have been helping our clients across Shropshire and the Midlands to achieve measurable, sustainable improvement throughout their business processes - translating those improvements into financial savings and developing capacity for growth
The Lean Academy has played a major role in supporting businesses in the Midlands helping them to add value to their business by undertaking sustainable change initiatives by focusing on three factors critical to success:
- Quality - Right first time every time
- Cost - Reducing costs through the elimination of waste
- Delivery - On time every time
