- Consulting and coaching services - A broad range of sector experience - Proven track record over 20+ years in business - References
Lean Ireland consultants specialise in Lean Six Sigma and Supply Chain consulting, helping organisations to streamline processes, improve quality, and increase customer satisfaction in a sustainable way. Our clients are delighted with the sustained reulsts they have experienced since engaging with us.
Results our customers have experienced
Increased customer satisfaction
Streamlined processes
More capable & motivated employees
Increased revenue & a decrease in costs
“Based on Lean principles, our operational methodology and focus have changed completely. Lean Ireland have enabled our transformation, resulting in lots of sweet numbers and great business success to date.”
Our Approach
We follow a structured approach to deliver measurable results and support your long-term success. Our approach includes a combination of the following, depending on your need.
Strategic Planning: We start by understanding your organization’s goals and objectives. Our consultants then work with you to design a tailored strategy. The aim is to use Lean Six Sigma principles to address your challenges and drive process improvements across departments.
Comprehensive Assessment: We conduct a thorough assessment of your current operations, identifying areas of waste, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies. Through data analysis, we provide insights into potential opportunities for improvement.
Engaging Communication: Effective communication is essential for change. Our consultants work with stakeholders at all levels, from executive leaders to frontline staff, ensuring clear understanding and buy-in throughout the process. Transparent and timely communication is embedded in every stage of our plan.
Training and Skill Development: We provide Lean and Six Sigma training tailored to your team’s needs, empowering them with the tools to maintain improvements. Our certified trainers offer a range of courses from Yellow Belt to Black Belt, along with hands-on coaching to ensure skills are effectively applied.
Focused Implementation and Delivery: Our team takes a hands-on approach in implementing Lean and Six Sigma improvements. By engaging employees and applying change management strategies, we achieve sustainable improvements in productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Measuring Results and Continuous Improvement: Success is defined by measurable outcomes. We implement KPIs to track performance and deliver detailed reports on progress. With regular evaluations and feedback, we help you stay agile and continuously improve.
Funding
Depending on your sector and organisation size, you organisation may be eligible for funding for one of the following: Enterprise Ireland, the IDA, Skillnets Ireland or Invest NI.
Talk to us about your potential funding options.
Outcomes You Can Expect
Our Lean and Six Sigma consulting services deliver impactful results across multiple areas:
Increased customer satisfaction:
Improved Efficiency and Reduced Costs: Our solutions streamline processes, cut down cycle times, and reduce operational costs, resulting in more efficient workflows and greater profitability.
Enhanced Quality and Consistency: By focusing on reducing variation and waste, we help you enhance the quality and consistency of your products or services, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Empowered Employees: With targeted training and coaching, your employees gain valuable Lean and Six Sigma skills, boosting morale and enabling them to contribute to ongoing improvements.
Data-Driven Decisions: We equip your organization with tools to make data-driven decisions, aligning your operations with business goals and ensuring measurable outcomes for long-term success.
Sustainable Growth: Our approach not only addresses immediate issues but also positions your organization for future growth through continuous improvement and innovation.
Start Your Transformation Today
Unlock the full potential of Lean and Six Sigma with Lean ireland. Whether you are looking to launch a new process improvement initiative or optimize existing processes, our experts are here to help. Contact us today to discuss your goals and learn how we can help you achieve measurable, sustainable results.
Executive coaching – designed to meet your learning needs
Need some assistance with a specific lean six sigma or supply chain topic? Lean Ireland offers a bespoke service for those who prefer individual coaching. Our coaches share knowledge on a wide range of topics, enabling you to apply key principles in your organisation. Content is customised, with case studies, data sets and assignments, to suit your needs.
Times are arranged at our mutual convenience. Tutorials are interactive, use practical case studies and we actively encourage Q&A during the tutorial.
All client data is held in the strictest confidence, and we sign confidentiality agreements with all clients in advance of receiving any data files for analysis. Our data analysis service is available online.
“Bernie worked closely with the global continuous improvement group in Bausch health throughout 2018. We worked on ambitious programmes such as global obsolescence reduction and global risk assessment to protect key revenue products. Also Bernie delivered six sigma refresher training and helped build green belt modules. I find Bernie’s attention to detail and level of professionalism absolutely reliable. I trust her to deliver at the highest level, to work or research on her own initiative and to travel and host workshops representing me within the corporation. I look forward to working again soon with Bernie and her colleagues and am always reassured by the level of aspiration that she brings to our projects.”
Barry Murphy, Global Senior Director, Continuous Improvement Program Office, Bausch Health
“Merit Medical chose Bernie (Lean Ireland) to guide our Business Excellence (BE) programme to success. Based on Lean principles, our operational methodology and focus have changed completely. Lean Ireland have enabled our transformation, resulting in lots of sweet numbers and great business success to date. Lean Ireland’got it right’ for Merit by tailoring a targeted, challenging and realistic road map which encompassed: Programme planning, Structure, Key people and Training to a high standard, enabling Merit personnel to deliver targeted transformation projects (early successes were key to build confidence and take on the next level projects). Bernie and Lean Ireland delivered ‘what they said on the label’ … and more, for Merit. We continue to work together and have extended our Business Excellence R-map to inc. Supplier Dev. and collaborative product re-design. The learning and drive to improve never ends. We made the right choice with Bernie and her company, Lean Ireland.”
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value
Mark Butler, VP of European Operations, Merit Medical
“Working with Pat Cullinane was absolutely fantastic. Pat not only brings a wealth of expertise and experience in Lean but also a wonderful understanding of people. In any Lean journey people are key, and engagement is the most important part of the project; Pat’s insights, advice and recommendations in achieving that were invaluable. The energy Pat brought to every visit was genuinely inspiring – his passion and enthusiasm gave our team the regular boosts that were needed. Combined with his energy was the feeling that Pat does what he does because he loves it, and cares. He shared our vision, goals and hopes for APL’s future and helped us achieve them.”
Andrea Cawley, Director of Sales and Marketing, APL Plastics
“Great course that gave me an overview of Lean and its origins, we focused the tutorials on the Toyota 8 Step problem solving model and worked through live examples for each step. Over the course of the tutorials we covered areas like 5s, 7 wastes, Gemba visits, spaghetti mapping, 5 Whys & fishbone, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), SMED and OEE.
Course delivery was via a weekly 90 min Google hangouts session, we had plenty of time for discussion and I got a weekly assignment to complete for the following week’s tutorial. All assignments were linked to the 8 step problem solving model we were studying and I was able to build and develop my own A3 document over the course of the sessions, just like real life in the factory!
As someone who came from a commercial background into manufacturing, I have found this learning invaluable. It has provided a solid knowledge base about Lean in a short space of time and also given me more confidence to challenge ways of doing things in our factories as we strive for customer delight and continuous improvement.”
Neil Finlayson, Business Transformation Director, Kerry Group
My company Doyle Shipping Group have used Bernie’s company Lean Ireland 5 times in the last year. The main items we looked at were :-
Data Modelling and Visualization.
Capacity and Vessel planning.
Staff rostering and planning.
Lean Ireland using visuals were able to take our clients through the full project process. These clients were based in Ireland, France and Holland and found it so easy to have teams calls with the visuals being shared for all to go through the finer details.
We also used Lean Ireland to help us plan and Roster staff for a Government contract and this engagement with Bernie and the team proved very worthwhile.
The things I personally like about Lean Ireland are :-
Their availability at short notice to convene teams calls pertaining to the projects.
Their ease of which they interpreted DSG’s plans.
The clear way they explained the rationale behind their excel files and visuals.
Their reliability which made our foreign clients at ease very quickly.
Their enthusiasm for new projects.
I would highly recommend using Bernie and the team to any like minded companies out there.
