Productivity Inc. introduced the Toyota Production System principles to the West.
2021 – Lean in Laboratories and R&D
2018 – motion™ The Management System by Productivity
2016 – First release Cost Reduction Model
2014 – Launch Innovation platform (Innovation by Productivity™)
2013 – Develop first Maintenance Improvement Certificate Program in conjunction with The Ohio State University
2010 – Develop and offer the first Lean Manager Certification Program for Service Industry, in conjunction with The Ohio State University (OSU)
2010 – Develop and offer the only TPM Manager Certification Program in conjunction with The Ohio State University
2001 – Develop and offer the first Lean Manager Certification Program, in conjunction with The Ohio State University (OSU)
1999 – Develop first Lean Certificate Program (later offered in conjunction with The Ohio State University)
1995 – Offer public training & in-house use of JIT tools on the European Continent
1991 – Offer public training & in-house use of JIT tools in Mexico
1990 – Offer in-house SMED and Problem-solving training workshops
1990 – Produce TPM, Lean and Employee Involvement conferences in the U.S.
1989 – Pioneer public training & in-house use of JIT tools in the UK
1988 – Use the Kaizen training format in the U.S.
1988 – Translate and publish books on TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) by “the father of TPM” Seiichi Nakajima
1986 – Deliver public training in the U.S. on the JIT (Just-In-Time manufacturing) toolkit
1985 – Translate and publish books on SMED (single minute exchange of die) by Shigeo Shingo
1983 – Translate and publish books on Japanese management practices by Shigeo Shingo and Ryuji Fukuda
1981 – Deliver Productivity and Quality Conferences
1981 – Conduct public industrial study missions from the U.S. to Japan
1980 – Publish first “Productivity” Newsletter
All Business Sectors:
Discrete manufacturing and process industries
Including electronics, automotive, aerospace, footwear & apparel, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, metals & mining, and building products, where we’ve assisted with projects in production, customer service, procurement, scheduling, R&D, human resources, laboratories…
Service industries
Including insurance, banking, laboratories, healthcare, retail, and government, where we’ve assisted with projects in customer service, human resources, sales & marketing, R&D, finance & accounting…
Productivity Innovation
We serve clients in support of their business process improvement efforts by providing them a customized transformation roadmap that includes:
- Partnering with the senior leadership team in defining and deploying their operational excellence strategy and implementing a sustainable customer-centric organization supported by lean processes.
- Training and coaching leaders at all levels in operational excellence methodologies and the leadership routines necessary to support a continuous improvement culture.
- Mentoring and Coaching project teams and natural work teams.
- On-going project management to ensure all initiatives remain on track and tied to organizational goals.
These efforts encompass all company departments in the transformation journey thus ensuring development of empowered employees and customer-oriented process improvement.
