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Business Transformation Consulting leveraging “Lean method”

“Lean” has a root in “Toyota Production System” and evolved to expand the applicable target in US/Europe business. Leveraging this “Lean method”, eliminate Muda (waste) in the process flow to make it “Clear stream” so that it enables us to implement drastic “Business transformation” like Dx and increase our performance extremely.

Don’t you have any following issues?

  • We are always very busy and exhausted due to less manpower.
  • Many problems come up and treat them like whack-a-mole game.
  • Yet performance improvement is necessary, the method is unclear.
  • Business process is so old and gets rigid long time.
  • Dx is required but the target process and procedure are unrealized.
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Please leave those issues to i.Lean

POINT1 Considerable experience (Profile)

tarting from Industrial Engineer to apply “Toyota Production System” into manufacturing process of precision equipment, I took several roles like Business Development in Europe and Project Management for ERP deployment based on the knowledge/skill getting at Business Planning.  

20 years later, I got the “Lean expert” license working in foreign medical equipment firm and apply “Lean” for Business Transformation into wider End-to-End process such as R&D, SCM and Commercial function like Sales/Marketing for 15 years.

 In addition to those our company processes, I executed the “Lean consultation” to our customer’s business process of medical institution and succeeded in building the new business model so called “Solution Business" to improve their work performance drastically.

POINT2 Process analysis based on thorough Customer-focused

Left figure shows “5 Steps of Lean Thinking” that is Lean basic concept and its origin is “Through Customer-focused”. This may seem to be naturally, however, it tends to be difficult to think over what is the value to provide to customer eventually and how to maximize it. Because most of people are absorbed in taking care of their daily work and carrying out their tasks like a cog in a machine.

Through “Lean thinking”, we would strive to widely overlook the target process to transform and “eliminate Muda and maximize customer’s value” seeing from customer point of view. Based on this, we can break the wall between each process and work on the true Kaizen for the customer rather than being introverted.

POINT3 Systematized “Lean Tools”

Right picture is the symbol of eight “Lean tools”. The core part of seven mosaics in a ball is “Voice of Customer” tool which is backbone of other six tools. And, “6S” has a different character that is to prop up a ball like a pedestal.

Like this, eight tools should work in relation to each other. Furthermore, individual tool is logical/functionable and can be well applied to business transformation practically due to historical background that they were evolved in US/Europe business environment.

POINT4 Accompany you on two aspects

Left picture is the structure of “Daily Management (DM)” that is one sample of Lean activity and expresses the difference from Kaizen that some companies have good experience. At DM, it is the same with general Kaizen that KPIs (Key Performance Indicator) are visualized and PDCA procedure is implemented as a team to achieve those targets. The big difference is that upper management should join DM and make the decision there (yet, it is the general situation in Japan that they tend to give orders only, not work together with staff). Hence, both Top-down and Bottom-up approaches are integrated and people in two positions are accompanied.

In addition, it takes long time that people can develop the high Skill/Know-How required, in order to fulfill their role properly leveraging Lean tool. Therefore, iLean will join/work  DM together and continue to accompany those people until they are well developed so that the target achievement is guaranteed.

What is i.Lean [ai líːn]

Masaaki Hirose who has “Lean Master” qualification
initiated the consultation in June 2022 as private business owner.
In 2023, leveraging a set of Lean training material that was original developed,
“Lean essential training” (one day group-based) attended by approx. 2,000 middle/senior managers
and “eLeaning" (1 hour video) targeting to approx. 13,000 staffs were executed
for a domestic major IT company.

Currently, any new target companies have been explored for
performance improvement and Leadership development
by applying Lean methods to business operation.

Consultation activities

 1. Lean basic training

(One day group-base lecture
with Lean adaption game)


2. Core tool practical application

(Individual Lecture and Preparation for 3 core tools to practically apply to real business)

3. Work process Kaizen

(Small scope Lean Kaizen
– few weeks)


4.Business Process Transformation

(Drastic Kaizen for wider scope
with multiple functions
– several months)


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Support process
Sample-1: Work process Kaizen 
(Lean basic training & Implementation support)

Step.1
Inquiry
Establishment of mutual relationship

Please press “CONTACT” bottom to communicate, if you would like to learn more about Lean and/or apply it to your business improvement.

Step.2
Pre-analysis & Training for Lean tool
Kaizen preparation
Firstly, i.Lean will clarify your actual problem and scope of your improvement target, then identify the applicable Lean tool and make the Action plan. Prior to the next step, we will implement the appropriate “Lean training” for the people relative to target process.
Step.3
Lean adaption support for target process
Kaizen execution
i.Lean will organize the project team for Problem solving and participate at “Action plan status review” & “KPI performance review” periodically to ensure that the planned target is achieved by fulfilling the necessary action appropriately.
Step.1
見出し
小見出し
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Support process
Sample-2: Business Process Transformation 
(Full support for drastic business transformation)

Step.1
Inquiry
Establishment of mutual relationship

Please press “CONTACT” bottom to communicate, if you would like to learn more about Lean and/or apply it to your business improvement.

Step.2
Pre-survey and Training for applicable Lean tool
Kaizen preparation
Firstly, i.Lean will organize the project team consist from multiple functions and collect the necessary information/data to design entire process seeing from bird view, then select the appropriate “Lean tool” and train them to all project team members.
Step.3
Process mapping and Problem visualization
Kaizen target clarification
Taking the information/data collected, we will hold “Workshop-1” to draw “Current process map”, then identify the target problem according to the management/strategy perspectives and assemble/structure them to prioritize.
Step.4
Design future statement and Plan for Kaizen action
Definition of Kaizen direction/action
Considering to the problem identified, we will hold “Workchop-2” to design “Future statement” that is ideal situation to fulfill and assemble “Action plan” setting tasks/schedule to proceed.
Step.5
Execution
Kaizen implementation
i.Lean will participate at periodical project event like “Action plan status review” & “KPI performance review” and provide appropriate support to ensure that the planned target is achieved by fulfilling the necessary action properly.
Step.1
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