For Manufacturing Leaders
Solve Your Toughest Manufacturing Problems in One Week or Less
Whether you’re battling downtime, safety issues, quality problems, long changeovers, or missed production targets, we help your team identify the root cause, implement solutions fast, and sustain the results long after the project ends.
Your Team is Working Hard. The Problems Keep Coming Back.
Equipment failures.
Recurring safety concerns.
Scrap eating into margins.
Long changeovers.
Missed production goals.
Improvement initiatives that start strong and slowly fade away.
You know there is more performance hidden inside your operation.
The challenge is figuring out where to focus first and how to make improvements stick.
That’s where we help.
100% Team Engagement and Improvements that Stuck
"We now have a new normal. The team was 100% engaged, and the improvements we made are impossible to go back from."
-Scott DiCola, Lean Manager, GE Vernova
Choose Your Best Path Forward
Whether you need immediate operational improvements, stronger internal facilitators, more effective leadership, or a system for scaling results, there's a path designed to help you achieve your goals.
Kaizen Ninja Institute
For organizations building internal facilitators.
Develop employees who can lead successful improvement events independently.
Sustainable Leadership
For leadership teams committed to lasting change.
Build accountability, engagement, and habits that sustain results.
Kaizen Facilitation
For manufacturers that need measurable improvement fast.
Reduce downtime, improve safety, and increase throughput in one week or less.
Results Accelerator
For multi-site organizations scaling improvement.
Create repeatable systems that deliver results across teams and facilities.
A New Level of Financial Performance
“Our plant has stepped to another level of financial performance after implementing the improvements.”
-Kevin Brumbaugh, Plant Manager, Armstrong Flooring
Many Improvement Projects End with Recommendations
Ours focuses on implementation.
Your team helps identify opportunities.
Solutions are tested in real time
Ownership is built during the event.
Systems are established so improvements continue long after the project ends.
Results Achieved in One Week or Less
Delivery time reduced from 8 days to 3.5 days
A Pennsylvania consumer goods manufacturer eliminated all late fines from Amazon, resulting in a $1.2 million annual savings.
Yield increased from 88% to 95%
A Mississippi vinyl siding manufacturer reduced jams and scrap through line reliability improvements, saving $1.3 million annually.
Bottle changeovers reduced from 7 hours to 2 hours.
An Indiana whisky distiller saved more than $1.9 million in line time and capacity growth.
Travel reduced from 175 feet to 4 feet
A New Jersey turbine manufacturer converted batch processing to single piece flow, doubling capacity and increasing revenue opportunity by $10+ million.
How We Help You Improve Performance
Sustainable improvement doesn't happen by accident. Here's the process we use to help organizations achieve and sustain measurable results.
Step 2
Align leadership and engage the team.
Everyone understands the goal and commits to the outcome.
Step 3
Implement improvements.
We work alongside your team to solve the problem and create measurable results.
Step 1
Identify the biggest opportunity.
We assess your operation and identify the improvements that will create the biggest impact.
Step 4
Build Sustainability Systems.
Processes, accountability, and leadership practices are established.
Step 5
Measure Results And Sustain Gains.
Results are measured, reinforced, and sustained long after the event is complete.
Results that Last
“The improvements didn’t disappear after the event. The systems put in place helped us sustain the gains.”
-Andrew Koenig, CEO of CITY Furniture
No Generic Recommendations. No Binder Left on a Shelf.
Every engagement is focused on measurable business impact.
If we don’t identify significant improvement opportunities during your site assessment, we’ll credit the full assessment investment toward future facilitation or training services.
Our goal is simple:
Create measurable value that far exceeds your investment.
What Problem Would You Solve If You Had The Right Team and Support?
Whether you’re fighting downtime, quality issues, safety concerns, long changeovers, or operational bottlenecks, we’ll help you identify the highest-impact opportunity and create a plan to solve it.
About Adam Lawrence
400+ Global Kaizen Events Facilitated
$500M+ Business Impact Delivered
Creator of The Wheel of Sustainability
Author • Speaker • Facilitator
Global Manufacturing Experience
Featured in
Industry Week
Aerospace America
Artisan Spirit
Gemba Academy podcasts
Lean Solutions podcasts
For decades, Adam has partnered with manufacturing leaders around the world to solve critical business problems in safety, productivity, quality, reliability, changeover reduction, and lead time. His unique approach aligns leadership, engages teams, and ensures improvements become part of the way the organization operates.
If you're looking for an experienced partner who literally wrote the book on sustainability, you found the right guide.
Want to learn more about sustaining your improvements? Read my book.
We solve problems every day.
We want our solutions to stick, so the problems don’t come back. Sometimes, even with the best efforts and intentions, the same problems resurface. There must be a better way to sustain the results you work so hard to achieve.
The Wheel of Sustainability is the better way.
This book will help you strengthen your leadership commitment to engage and empower your teams with the Wheel and sustain their solutions. With case studies and step by step explanations, you will have the tools to help your organization win.
What You Can Expect
A focused process.
Clear priorities.
Fast implementation.
Measurable operational improvements.
Leadership alignment.
Systems that help improvements stick long after the event ends.
Every engagement is tailored to your goals, your team, and your operational challenges.
A Trusted Partner for Long-term Success
“Our company has used Adam for years to facilitate many of our Lean activities. He’s a great resource and a very positive and motivational facilitator. I would highly recommend Adam.”
-Mark Farina, Operations Manager, Church and Dwight
What’s the One Operational Problem You Need to Solve Next?
Whether you’re fighting downtime, quality issues, safety concerns, missed production targets, or long changeovers, we’ll help you identify the highest-impact opportunity and create a practical plan to solve it.
