From Continuous Improvement to Continuous Innovation.
For nearly 40 years, we have been providing consulting and training services to worldwide Manufacturing and Service Organizations, to build their capabilities and keep them in motion.
Moving Forward to Grow
“If we want everything to stay the same, we have to change everything!”
In this new environment, we must think about the way to operate effectively, for customers and for employees. We cannot imagine doing things as before. We cannot afford to continue with processes containing the same time losses, the inefficiencies and the waste that have delayed and frustrated us before Covid-19…
Talks of motion
Far from Tools, becoming a Lean company is a new mindset
Feedback on our 2021 "Leading Lean" Event
The participants all agreed that “Leading Lean” today is fundamentally about building new ways of working in organizations. People, managers […]
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Leaders, Managers, your people need to see you!
Leaders, your people need to see you! People watch leaders. From leaders’ behaviors and questions, your employees understand what is […]
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Leaning the Quality Control Laboratory
Pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to operate in an increasingly competitive environment, contending with issues that run the gamut from lost revenue from expired, patents, ballooning costs for new drug research and development, changes required by new regulations and other compliance mandates and...
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motion™ – The Management System by Productivity
Imagine…
Your customers are your best supporters. Employees at all levels know their customers and actively solve problems to better serve them. Leaders team-up to prepare their long-term plans and translate them into annual objectives and work place initiatives. Leaders and managers work closely together to set direction and provide sense of purpose…
What you are imagining is an organization in motion™ and, we can help you get there!

Accelerate innovation : Innovation by Productivity™
It’s time to expand your thinking on innovation.
In a rapidly changing environment, current value propositions are not enough to ensure your organization’s long-term survival. You’ll need reliable pathways for creating new value to keep your organization in motion™…
Guiding Transformation
Transform your business, stay ahead of the competition, keep your enterprise in motion. Create long term capabilities, keep your enterprise in motion to grow and improve bottom-line results.
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Leadership Development
Your people make the difference. Build leaders at every level. Becoming the master and sculpture of your own journey. Making it all work!
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Highlights
#1 White Paper
Lean Leadership
Les étapes pragmatiques de la mise en oeuvre du Lean. La plupart des problèmes rencontrés correspondent aux difficultés que la plupart d’entre nous connaissons déjà et auxquelles nous faisons face depuis plusieurs années…
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If History Can Teach Us Anything... It's How to Lead
By Eric Whitley Productivity, Inc.
Q. What key activity continues to be undervalued when implementing improvement efforts?
A. Leadership.
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Process Innovation in Action
How R.H. Sheppard used 3P to discover a new way to manufacture. In 2012, R.H. Sheppard, a manufacturer of power steering systems and related engineered products, faced a key business decision on capital investment for one of its parts manufacturing lines that needed updating…
Read moreEditorial March 28, 2022
Leaders, Managers, your people need to see you!
Leaders, your people need to see you! People watch leaders. From leaders’ behaviors and questions, your employees understand what is […]
Read moreFar from Tools, becoming a Lean company is a new mindset
Feedback on our 2021 "Leading Lean" Event
The participants all agreed that “Leading Lean” today is fundamentally about building new ways of working in organizations. People, managers […]
Read moreThe Need for a Comprehensive Operational Excellence System in Quality Control Labs
Commentary on a research article from the Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation published in February 2019 focused on the relation between Operational Excellence (OPEX) and Quality Control (QC) Labs.
Read moreLearning by Doing – Service
On-Site Training for Service Industries and Public Administration.
Lean Banking, Lean IT, Lean Lab, Lean Office, Support Services...
Actionable, Proven, Results-Oriented…
Leader Standard Work
These practices are often known as standard work for leaders, and include: Gemba walks Developing and using checklists Daily management […]
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