Value Stream Focus LLC
Helping Companies Grow People, Processes, and Value

Value Stream Focus Lean Six Sigma and Management Consulting


Reduce costs and improve operations with little or no investment. We use business analysis and Lean Six Sigma tools to identify cost and quality drivers and leverage efforts to reduce costs and improve operations dramatically. 

Everybody has a problem or an opportunity to cut costs - we just want to know what it is and how we can help!
 

The Benefit: 
Organizations using Lean Six Sigma tools reap gains ranging from 40-90% for key performance measures: 
  • Cost Reduction 
  • Improved Quality, Productivity, Cash Flow, and Safety
  • Reduce Inventory, Lead Times, Scrap, and Time to Market
  • Improved Product Development

Why Value Stream Focus:


Our president and founder, Paul Yandell, led the Lean Transformation that won the 2007 Pacific Northwest Silver Medallion Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing.  Business Week called the Shi
ngo Prize the "Nobel Prize for Manufacturing".  He is both a student and a teacher of Lean Six Sigma methods. 

Recent projects include over $1MM in annualized cost reductions identified and implemented, a Lean Supply Chain conversion, including kanban and centralized stores and delivery, process improvements that enabled the client to enter new markets successfully, and Enterprise Lean Training.

If you want eye-popping improvements and significant cost reductions in your operations, call us.  We can help.

See Value Stream Focus Blog for more in-depth coverage of subject matter

Value Stream Focus recently introduced their new Blog.  Find articles on the Lean Enterprise and Process Improvement at blog.valuestreamfocus.com.  Recent posts include Improving Workforce Skills, Building Lean Momentum with Workplace Organization, and Kaizen Progression and Continuous Improvement.

Value Stream Focus in the News!

Check out this Interview with Paul Yandell "Transforming Lean Thru Middle Managers".  It takes you through the Lean Journey and shows how Top Management Support - not Leadership - is the crucial ingredient.  The podcast can be found on Business901 or listen to it here:



Watch the video to see Paul Yandell on Lean Supply Chains and the Value of Lean Six Sigma!



Also check out Guerrilla Lean:  Leading Lean Initiative from Below  by Paul Yandell (from Supply Chain Quarterly Magazine). 

Call us today 760-500-6006 or email pryandell@valuestreamfocus.com to learn how easy it is to reduce costs and improve processes in your organization using Lean Six Sigma tools!