Lean helps organisations to focus on customer value and to eliminate waste in the process.
Symbol supports organisations with everything from process optimisations to a full Lean transformation.
Lean helps organisations to create more value for the customer while simultaneously eliminating waste from processes. A successful implementation therefore begins with determining customer value and mapping the value stream.
Subsequently, the eight forms of waste, also known as Waste of Muda, are made visible and addressed in a targeted manner. By actively involving employees, making performance visual, and improving processes daily, waiting times, errors, stocks, and unnecessary actions decrease.
Clear standards secure the improvements achieved. This creates a customer-oriented process in which work flows smoothly and continuous improvement becomes part of daily work.
The five Lean principles form the basis for customer-oriented and efficient working. They help organisations increase value, reduce waste, and continuously improve and renew processes step by step.
Determine from the customer’s perspective what they are actually willing to pay for.
Map all process steps and remove activities that do not add customer value.
Eliminate waste so that products and services flow through the process without interruptions.
Start work based on actual customer demand and prevent overproduction.
Constantly improve processes by recognising and eliminating waste, and solving problems.
Symbol guides organisations through a Lean transformation that aligns with their strategy, customer needs, and daily practice. Together with management and employees, we map customer value, value streams, and the most significant wastes.
We then determine priorities and start improvement initiatives that yield visible results quickly. Symbol combines training, coaching, and practical guidance on the shop floor. Teams learn to improve processes, manage performance visually, and solve problems structurally. Managers develop the behaviour that supports continuous improvement.
By standardising new working methods and regularly evaluating results, Lean is sustainably secured and an organisation is created that delivers more customer value every day with less waste and better collaboration.
Symbol coaches Green and Black Belts in the execution of their improvement projects. Symbol also has extensive experience in setting up and rolling out Lean transformations across multiple departments and locations.