CI40

Safer, Easier, Better, Faster, Cheaper

Client Testimonials

"This is an impressive engagement of employees in Lean events to improve outage performance and industry strength, something the rest of nuclear industry needs to look into."

Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant

World Association of Nuclear Operators, Audit Team Report

"The initial results of our Lean experiment in the Power Operations Group have convinced us to deploy this methodology across the corporation as rapidly as possible. It’s now one of our top two strategic initiatives."

Bill Johnson

President and CEO, Progress Energy

"We’re putting a number of our plants through efficiency improvement processes based on Lean Thinking which has resulted in hard savings between five-million and ten-million per plant."

Nick Akins

CEO, American Electric Power

NAVSEA has introduced Lean Six Sigma in over thirty facilities. In the first year we’re seeing tangible results of over $200 million on more than 500 projects.

James Brice

Director – Task Force Lean, US Naval, Sea Systems Command

“I have known and worked with Mike for over a decade. He is both innovative and solutions oriented, focusing on understanding his clients’ needs and impacting business level performance. Working domestically and internationally, Mike and his team have applied Lean Thinking principles in the public sector, manufacturing, defense, energy, oil and gas, and rail industries.”

John Kim

Vice President Global Lean / Operational Excellence, Bio Rad Laboratories

I had the privilege of working with Mike and his team while leading Operational Excellence at Americold Industries. He fielded a competent team that came quickly up to speed on our industry and significantly accelerated operational and financial results. Mike himself is a hands on leader that can go from shop floor to C-suite and deliver the desired impact. I would not hesitate to call upon Mike for assistance.”

George Patterson

Global Customer Services, Siemens

“The master has failed more times than the novice has even tried.”

I began my Lean journey over 40 years ago at The Boeing Company – Wichita division under the guidance of Shingijutsu Consultants from Toyota’s Operations Management Consulting Division.

Since that time, I’ve worked with well over 300 organizations in manufacturing, oil and gas, electric utilities, rail, steel, US Department of Defense, and UK Ministry of Defense around the world. Dozens of those organizations would have perished had they not started their own Lean journey. To my knowledge, all but a handful are still on the path today.

My folio of work represents almost $8 billion in cost savings or productivity growth, many thousands of work-lives improved, hundreds of jobs saved, and the DoD work saved lives. Over seventy of these transformations have been recognized by The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. This is what fuels my passion and keeps me going. As long as I’m having fun, I’ll keep at it. Maybe your organization is next.

Why Work With CI40

I’ve coached Command and Executive Leadership through organizational and value stream transformations ranging in complexity from simple manufacturing to nuclear carrier overhauls.

I can help you quickly assess your business, set priorities, lay the groundwork for and begin a successful, productive, profitable transformation of the workplace, processes, and culture.

I bring forty-plus years of practical experience to the table, I know what you need to do when, what to steer you away from, how to keep you honest, and how to coach you and your people at every level through all phases of a successful transformation.

I’m comfortable and effective from the back room to the boardroom and will connect with your people at every level in a way that enables them to quickly grasp and apply concepts themselves. More importantly, during the process they’ll become as passionate as I am about chasing perfection and the Lean journey you’re on together.

If cost-cutting is all you’re after please don’t bother calling. Those efforts are not renewable or sustainable over the long term. They’re a waste of my time and your money.

However, if evolving a culture relentlessly focused on the elimination of waste, every person, every level, every process, every day is what you’re after I want to help you get there.

The objectives of a CI40 Lean Transformation are:

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Elevate total workforce engagement

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Improving operating and financial performance

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Enabling growth

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Evolving a Lean Thinking culture

My Mantra is “Safer, Easier, Better, Faster, Cheaper”.

The objectives of every improvement activity is to make the process “safer” and “easier” for people to perform, with “better” quality, “faster” service or response time, at lower cost (“cheaper”).

Whether you are just beginning your Lean journey, or plateaued somewhere in the middle I can help. If you would like to start a conversation, click here. I’m looking forward to your call.

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