I can’t possibly run single parts in my plant - it’s nuts!  What about economies of scale?  What will I do for in-process storage?

How do you “lean up” a warehouse?  What’s a kanban system?  How can I maintain my fill rate with less inventory in Finished Goods?

Distribution Systems

We just spent $1MM+ upgrading our software - we’re state-of-the-art!  We’re in sound financial shape - why make more changes?

Lean Operations Management

ISO / QS9000

Let us help you through the alphabet soup.  We have experienced people on our staff to help with your ISO, QS, TS efforts.

Fixing, maintaining and replacing our customers returned products poses some unique challenges.  Do lean still apply here?

Service Centers

Have you ever been part of a kanban system?  Most of us do quite often without even realizing it.

Replenishment Systems

Equipment Utilization

Is your equipment availability 90%+?     Are your processes stable and reliable?  Do you rely on a really good breakdown maintenance group?

You can’t do it alone!  Get your suppliers on-board?  Do they  deliver what you need, where and when you need it? Are you buried in PO’s?

Supplier Development

Know what a real lean cell is and how it works?  Have you moved everything together, but  haven’t seen any real benefits?

Cellular Manufacturing

Colby Associates has worked with companies of all sizes who provide

their customers with a wide variety of products to help them implement:

Kaizen means having a mindset of change - RAPID change. Give us  a few people for a week … we’ll amaze you with the results!

Kaizen Events

Does everyone on your team share the same vision of where you want to be next year, in two years, five years …??

Operations Visioning

Colby Associates has formed an organization to create deep lean capabilities and sustainable implementation skills.

The Colby Institute
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Lean Transformation Specialists                                                  Phone: 800 - 631- 5214

What We Do ...

Find out how well you’re doing compared to those who have become lean. Links to a self-assessment you can do on your plant.

Lean Assessments

What changes do I have to go through?  What does a lean organization look like? What are the benefits to me?  

           Find Out!

Lean Transformations

Single Piece Pull