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Lean Groups

Lean Groups & Professional Associations - Plug Into Lean Culture - Whether your business or organization is at the beginning of its Lean journey, mid-Transformation or in continuous improvement mode, the Lean community offers support, discussion and resources to help you achieve your Lean goals. H4M recommends the following professional groups & associations: Association for...

Lean Literature

Update: “I’ve been called the world’s most fuel-efficient chief executive,” Mr. Toyoda said. The article below is published on November 2013 by Hiroko Tabuchi in "The New York Times". It is clearly shows how Lean transformation or Lean philosophy will make an organization in a place to recover the growth path fast an efficient. This will be a good lesson for all government, local...

About H4M Lean

H4M Lean Consulting Group Inc. is a training and consulting firm specializing in leading-edge Lean strategies to improve productivity, performance and ROI of small and mid-sized businesses.

Lean Workshops

H4M Lean Workshops - Development Programs For Any Sector - H4M Lean offers practitioner and manager development training programs for a broad array of manufacturing and service sectors, including industrial components and assembly; automotive; aerospace; heavy equipment; food and beverage; medical supplies; pharmaceuticals; consumer products; durable goods; retail distribution; wood...

Value Stream Mapping

H4M Lean Value Stream Mapping - Increase Efficiency on Factory Floors and in Front Offices - This hands-on workshop is designed to develop the basic skills of Value Stream Mapping that can be applied in both plant and administrative/front office settings. Learn to Identify Waste & Improve Service Participants develop and utilize value stream maps as a method to identify waste and plan for...

Our Mission

Learning, Achieving and Contributing to Lean Culture. At H4M Lean Consulting Group, our mission is to help businesses and organizations deploy Lean thinking and methodology effectively, and become powerful performers both individually and as a team. Our primary focus is the client: Client satisfaction; client profitability, client acquisition and client retention. H4M Lean specializes in company-...

Meet the Team

The H4M Lean Consulting Group Associates The H4M associates are a unique group of professionals with a wide range of collective experience in a variety of industries and sectors in Canada, the US and abroad. Our consultants' expertise in Lean tools, systems and methodologies and dedication to Lean principles make H4M Lean Consulting Group a front-runner in the field of Lean Transformation and...

Environmental Policy

Reduce Your Footprint with H4M Introducing the H4M Lean Environmental Package H4M Lean's Environmental Package is a comprehensive approach to your business or organization, providing your team with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively develop, implement, and maintain a Lean and advanced EMS (Environmental Management System). On This Page:A Toolkit for Practical...

Lean Product Development

H4M Lean Product Development - See Increased Speed & Efficiency - Despite the increasing need for speed and efficiency, often much of the effort expended by product development teams is unnecessary and potentially wasteful. In many cases, only one or two hours of a team member's work day are spent directly creating value for their customers. Slash Waste & Free Resources This...

Pull / Kanban

Kanban: Inventory & Demand Management - Learning to Pull: A Course in Pull/Kanban Techniques - This H4M Lean workshop takes participants beyond the value stream to an understanding of the strategic nature of Pull/Kanban. Using case studies designed to focus on the value of Pull/Kanban, the workshop answers technical questions such as how to manage bulky customer demand, and delves...