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Business System™

Your Key to Organizational Transformation


Lean Focus Business System™ (LBS™) is among the most respected business systems in the world, providing a repeatable and holistic solution that addresses every aspect of your business—regardless of the industry or the country it operates in. Simply put, when a comprehensive set of tools from this business system is applied, real-and-lasting organizational transformation is possible.


Staying true to the spirit of Lean, the tools you’ll discover below are continuously improved, ensuring they remain relevant and effective in today’s ever-changing business environments.

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PRACTICE TOOLS:

Foundational | Innovation | Growth | Supply Chain | Operations | Leadership

FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS

Establishing the principles and systems that make Lean transformation possible. The Foundational Toolbox establishes the core Lean principles, problem-solving methods, and management systems that underpin the Lean Focus Business System™. By creating a shared language and disciplined way of working across the enterprise, it enables every function to align around value creation, problem solving, and continuous improvement. Click each tool below to learn more.

  • Voice of Customer

    Learn Voice of the Customer techniques to gather direct customer insights. Solve misalignment between customer needs and business decisions by focusing on value from the source.
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  • 8 Wastes & 3Ms

    Be introduced to Lean’s 8 Wastes and 3Ms through hands-on learning. Tackle inefficiency and hidden losses by teaching teams how to spot and eliminate waste.
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  • Value Stream Mapping

    Map material and information flow across E2E value streams. Reduce fragmented workflows and long lead times by identifying and prioritizing improvement opportunities.
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  • Problem-Solving System

    Learn root cause analysis and countermeasure implementation. Reduce recurring issues and vague problem definitions by building structured problem-solving skills.
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  • Daily Management

    Embed visual metrics and daily problem-solving into team routines. Reduce reactive firefighting and lack of ownership by building structured, team-driven accountability.
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  • Standard Work / Leader Standard Work

    Standardize and improve work methods. Reduce variation and waste by creating consistent task and leadership routines.
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  • Transactional Process Improvement (TPI)

    Apply Lean to non-manufacturing processes. Solve inefficiency in admin workflows by mapping, analyzing, and improving transactional steps.
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  • 6S & Visual Management

    Apply 6S and visual tools to organize workspaces. Eliminate clutter, confusion, and inefficiency by creating clean, intuitive environments.
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  • Visual Project Management

    Use visual tools to manage projects with clarity and speed. Prevent missed deadlines and confusion by giving teams clear visibility into progress and risks.

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  • Kaizen Event Process

    Plan and execute Kaizen events with strong team dynamics. Strengthen improvement outcomes by aligning teams around a consistent, structured problem‑solving process.
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INNOVATION PRACTICE TOOLS

Turning innovation into a disciplined engine of profitable growth. The Innovation Toolbox applies Lean principles to the innovation process—aligning development work to real customer value while accelerating the flow of ideas from concept to market. By emphasizing Customer Value, Pull, and Waste Elimination, organizations reduce late launches, unclog overloaded pipelines, and consistently convert innovation investment into profitable growth. Click each tool below to learn more.

  • Strategy Deployment

    Translate strategic goals into measurable actions and review systems. Close execution gaps by aligning teams around shared priorities and consistent follow‑through.
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  • Product Roadmap

    Build strategic product plans aligned with business goals. Resolve fragmented development efforts by establishing a clear, prioritized roadmap for product success.
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  • Intellectual Property Standard Work

    Build IP strategy, from patent search to portfolio alignment. Solve weak IP protection and missed innovation by standardizing IP processes, linking them to business goals.
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  • Innovation Assessment

    Evaluate innovation capabilities and identify improvement opportunities. Eliminate innovation blind spots by providing a clear assessment and roadmap for growth.
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  • User Workflow Discovery

    Uncover user needs through observation and analysis. Address misaligned product features by uncovering the critical workflows and pain points that should guide design.
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  • Design Thinking

    Use empathy, ideation, and prototyping to solve user problems. Correct disconnected product concepts by grounding innovation in real user feedback and iterative design.
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  • Project Requirements

    Build shared understanding of project scope, customer needs, and resource expectations. Clarify direction and prevent scope drift by aligning teams on a unified, actionable project definition.
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  • Product Portfolio Management

    Evaluate and optimize product investments across the portfolio. Resolve misaligned investments by guiding product decisions toward the organization’s strategic direction.
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  • Lean Phase-Gate System

    Use a structured approach to design and manage development phases with cross-functional input. Streamline decision-making and eliminate confusion by creating a single, transparent process framework.
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  • Continuous User Feedback

    Build systems for capturing and acting on user input. Improve product-market fit by integrating customer feedback into development before launch.
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  • FMEA

    Identify failure risks and prioritize design improvements. Enhance reliability and customer trust by proactively evaluating potential breakdowns and mitigation strategies.
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  • VAVE

    Focus on reducing cost while preserving essential product functions. Improve ROI and design efficiency by challenging assumptions and balancing performance with value.
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  • 3P-Production, Preparation, Process

    Integrate Lean principles into product and process design. Accelerate time-to-market and reduce waste by embedding manufacturability early in development.
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  • Launch Readiness

    Prepare teams for successful product introduction. Reduce launch risks and ensures customer satisfaction by aligning readiness activities across functions.
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  • Launch Control Room

    Establish a dedicated space for managing new‑product launches. Reduce launch chaos by creating real‑time visibility, faster issue escalation, and coordinated cross‑functional action.
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GROWTH PRACTICE TOOLS

Building a repeatable commercial engine that makes growth predictable. The Growth Toolbox applies Lean thinking to commercial execution—redesigning how demand is generated, qualified, and converted to make growth predictable rather than episodic. By aligning go-to-market strategy, pricing, demand generation, and funnel management around Customer Value, Standard Work, and Flow, organizations build repeatable revenue engines that scale. Click each tool below to learn more.

  • Customer Segmentation

    Define, prioritize, and validate market segments. Strengthen targeting by directing teams toward the customer groups that drive the greatest strategic impact.
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  • Strategic Planning

    Guide teams through market analysis, gap identification, and strategic prioritization. Resolve confusion and misallocated resources by guiding teams to build clear, data‑backed plans.
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  • Strategy Deployment

    Translate strategic goals into measurable actions and review systems. Close execution gaps by aligning teams around shared priorities and consistent follow‑through.
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  • Growth Assessment

    Evaluate growth drivers, barriers, and opportunities across the business. Counter stalled performance by clarifying priorities and producing a focused Growth Transformation Plan.
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  • Risk & Opportunity Assessment

    Investor‑grade review of the full demand‑to‑close engine to pinpoint structural barriers, revenue at risk, and untapped growth potential. Evaluates positioning, demand generation, sales capacity, pricing discipline, and performance governance to reveal where execution is breaking down. Output is a constraint‑ranked view of lost growth and the highest‑impact actions that accelerate value creation.
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  • Strategic Pricing

    Build pricing strategies across industry, market, and transactional levels. Combat margin erosion by guiding teams toward disciplined, data‑driven pricing decisions.
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  • Value Catalyst

    Strengthen how teams communicate differentiated benefits for value-selling. Address weak customer engagement by sharpening messaging, discovery skills, and value articulation.
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  • Target Selling

    Focus sales effort on the highest‑value markets by segmenting accounts and aligning Sales and Marketing to maximize revenue impact.
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  • Sales Funnel Management

    Map the sales process and define key funnel metrics. Reduce pipeline uncertainty by creating clear visibility, consistent qualification, and data‑based forecasting.
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FEATURED PROGRAM 
Commercial Excellence Jumpstart

This program has three components: diagnosis, planning and implementation. It includes the application of multiple Growth Practice tools to solve comprehensive commercial issues.

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SUPPLY CHAIN PRACTICE TOOLS

Designing resilient supply networks that deliver reliability and cost advantage. The Supply Chain Toolbox applies Lean principles to redesign how materials and information flow across the enterprise, replacing reactive management with disciplined execution. Built on Value Stream Thinking, Pull Systems, and Customer Value, it enables organizations to reduce inventory, improve service levels, and create resilient, end-to-end supply networks. Click each tool below to learn more.

  • Procurement Assessment

    Evaluate procurement performance, identify key gaps, and benchmark against industry standards to guide cost and supplier improvements.
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  • Procurement Funnel

    Strengthen sourcing strategies and supplier collaboration. Unlock cost savings and reduce risk by analyzing spend patterns, refining negotiation tactics, and optimizing total cost of ownership.
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  • Supplier Risk Mitigation

    Evaluate the stability and reliability of an organization’s most critical suppliers through a recurring, cross‑functional process. Equip teams with a structured, repeatable approach that reduces operational disruption and improves long‑term supplier performance.
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OPERATIONS PRACTICE TOOLS

Creating world-class operations through flow, stability, and disciplined execution. The Operations Toolbox equips organizations with the Lean systems and daily management disciplines required to achieve world-class operational performance. By applying Flow, Pull Systems, and Standardization, operations eliminate firefighting, stabilize processes, and consistently deliver superior safety, quality, delivery, inventory performance, and productivity. Click each tool below to learn more.

  • Safe Workplace Kaizen

    Engage frontline teams in identifying and eliminating safety and ergonomic hazards. Improve daily operations by embedding safety into standard work, visual controls, and team routines.

  • Quality & Regulatory Assessment

    Review how effectilvely Quality and Regulatory support performance, compliance, and efficiency. Pinpoint risks and improvement opportunities to deliver roadmap to streamline work, reduce burden, and elevate QR.
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  • Quality Process Essentials

    Create built‑in quality by stabilizing processes, reducing variation, and preventing defects at the source. Provide a focused roadmap to sustain gains and reinforce a quality‑first culture tailored to the business.
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  • Variation Reduction Kaizen (VRK)

    Identify and eliminate sources of process variation. Improve reliability and throughput by standardizing work and attacking root causes of inconsistency.
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  • Lean Transformation Boot Camp

    Apply Lean principles directly to a targeted area. Drive operational change by mapping value streams, testing cellular designs and embedding standard work and pull systems. 
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  • Creating Continuous Flow

    Build Lean flow across manufacturing operations using layout design, setup reduction, and Heijunka principles. Improve lead times and flexibility by eliminating interruptions, balancing workloads, and aligning processes with customer demand.
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  • Dynamic Kanban & PFEP

    Integrate dynamic Kanban methods with PFEP to optimize replenishment. Improve delivery performance and cost efficiency by refining inventory strategies and tightening operational control.
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  • Inventory Daily Management System

    Use a visual process to help teams maintain planned inventory levels and quickly spot items trending toward shortage. Enable production to meet demand in real time while keeping inventory lean and maximizing working‑capital efficiency.
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  • Heijunka (Level Loading)

    Teach teams to implement level-loaded production using Heijunka principles. Reduce volatility and strain by balancing demand, standardizing flow, and improving asset utilization.
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  • SIOP

    Integrate Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning across functions. Improve forecast accuracy and cross-functional alignment by refining planning structures and decision routines.
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  • Setup Reduction

    Streamline changeover processes to boost agility and throughput. Shorten lead times and improve flow by eliminating setup waste and standardizing work.
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  • Total Productive Maintenance

    Build a proactive maintenance culture to maximize equipment effectiveness. Reduce downtime and quality losses by engaging all levels in care routines and OEE tracking.
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FEATURED PROGRAM 
Operational Excellence Jumpstart

This program has three components: diagnosis, planning and implementation. It includes the application of multiple Operations Practice tools to solve comprehensive operational issues.

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LEADERSHIP PRACTICE TOOLS

Building leaders who create the conditions for sustained performance. The Leadership Toolbox develops the leadership behaviors required to sustain a true Lean Business System™. Grounded in the principles of Leaders Teach, Go See For Yourself, and Respect for People, it equips leaders to create the conditions where accountability, continuous
improvement, and performance excellence become part of daily work. Click each tool below to learn more.

  • Objectives and Measurable Outcomes

    Build a unified priority system to align everyone on what matters most, remove low‑value work through clear focus, and strengthen accountability with transparent expectations. Develop ownership by giving teams measurable signals that show their impact and guide decisions.

  • Due Diligence & Acquisition Integration

    Guide clients through acquisition assessment and integration using Lean principles. Reduce risk and accelerate value by harmonizing systems, processes, and cultures.

  • Lean Business System & Site Assessment

    Evaluate Lean maturity across sites using Gemba walks, interviews, and toolbox reviews. Highlight strengths and gaps, delivering a roadmap for improved execution and alignment.
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  • Introduction to a Lean Culture

    Introduce Lean principles, tools, and cultural foundations. Build awareness of waste, Kaizen, and leadership systems to kickstart continuous improvement.

  • Leading the Lean Transformation

    Build Lean leadership and cultural change capability with executives. Shift focus from firefighting to problem-solving and align leaders on sustaining high-performance behaviors.
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  • Lean Foundation Bootcamp

    Cover Lean principles, strategy deployment, and daily management. Strengthen process flow and problem-solving by embedding foundational Lean practices.
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  • Breakthrough Kaizen Week

    Cross-functional teams tackle strategic challenges through intensive kaizen, led by CEO’s. Drive breakthrough results by aligning top priorities with hands-on problem solving.
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  • LBS Train-the-Trainer Process

    Prepare CI leaders to teach and coach Kaizen events. Improve training consistency and build internal capability for sustained Lean transformation.
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  • CI Leader Boot Camp

    Train leaders to plan, run, and sustain Kaizen events. Build facilitation skills and confidence to lead targeted improvements across quality, cost, and delivery.
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  • Effective Engagement & Facilitation Training

    Build the capability to plan, lead, and deliver high‑impact Kaizen events with confidence. Address weak team dynamics and inconsistent event execution by teaching best practices for logistics, engagement, and structured collaboration. Reinforce skills through live teach‑backs and guided feedback that strengthen facilitation readiness.
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  • How to Lead a VSM & TPI Kaizen Workshop

    Train facilitators to lead VSM and TPI events. Strengthen facilitation and reduce unclear improvement paths by building leadership capability in Lean events.
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