TXM Lean Minute – Why Choose TXM?
Senior Lean Consulant Lee Candy explains why you should choose TXM & employ an experienced Lean Consultant to achieve your vision. Watch it now!
Lean Practitioner Assessment Resources
Tracerco ISO18404 Lean Practitioner Assesment Resources This page provides all the required downloads to complete the ISO18404 worksheets and assessments. You can also upload your completed assessments for review and accreditation at the bottom of this page. If you have any questions about the ISO18404 course please contact your appropriate Lean Expert. Lean Facilitator Contact …
Olam Edible Nuts – Total Productive Maintenance in Agriculture
Total Productive Maintenance was introduced at Olam Orchards across its Almond producing facilities along the Murray River in Australia. Learn how TXM transformed their maintenance procedures leading to positive cultural change across 12 farms.
The Top 6 Ways to Build Supply Chain Resilience
It is more important than ever to make sure you build supply chain resilience focusing on building systems and processes to mitigate and supply chain risks. Read our top 6!
The Advantages and Challenges of Implementing a Lean Supply Chain
A Lean Supply Chain can uncover hidden value for your customers. There are some advantages and challenges you should consider before starting. Raed Now!
The Top 5 Benefits of Lean Supply Chain Management
The benefits of Lean Supply Chain Management are massive with supply chain complexity increasing in recent years it is more important than ever to have a concrete supply chain strategy.
TXM Lean Case Study – CIVIQ Triples Output With Same Facility
CIVIQ produce high quality public use products for parks, sporting venues and all types of urban public use sapces. Employing TXM saw a tripling of their output. Read how we did it.
Is 5S Really Just a Waste of Time?
5S is one of the foundations of a successful Lean Manufacturing system but many businesses we have seen place too much emphasis on the 5S portion of their Lean Management System.
Larnec Doors: Lean Processes Deliver 80% Reduction in Order Lead Time
Despite its rural location, Larnec Doors has undergone healthy growth since its inception but recently has come under pressure from low cost Chinese imports. Read how TXM helped them achieve an 80% reduction in lead time.
Lean Farming: Five Ways You Can Improve Productivity
Lean Farming can be achieved by applying Lean manufacturing methodologies on the farm. Tim McLean explains 5 ways you can improve your farm.
TXM Lean Case Study – Specialist Door Solutions
Specialist Door Solutions required help condensing two sites into one and reowrking their production flow. Learn how TXM delivered a sizable boost to sales.
Why the Majority of Lean Implementations Fail – Or Do They?
Why the Majority of Lean Implementations Fail? There are mixed messages about Lean Management Systems. Read the truth about Lean Management Systems!
The Six Steps to Bring Your Production Back Home
How to Bring Your Production Back Home I recently made the business case for re-shoring production. However, once you have made the decision to bring production back home, how do you go about carrying it out? Step 1 – Start with Your Customers The design of your supply chain needs to align …
TXM Accredited to Deliver Internationally Recognised Lean Courses to the ISO18404 Standard
TXM Accredited to Deliver Internationally Recognised Lean Courses to the ISO18404 Standard. Become a Lean Practitioner or Expert with our Internationally accredited course.
What is Australian Manufacturing?
The past three months have provided a welcome focus on Australian manufacturing. However, it seems that there is a lack of understanding about what constitutes the Australian manufacturing industry.
TXM Lean Case Study – Houston’s Farms the Lean Agribusiness
TXM pioneered the application of Lean manufacturing concepts to the end-to-end process of fresh vegetable production from sowing to shipping. Read how we did it!
Creating BCP could mean the difference between your business surviving or not surviving. Learn how!
When Panic Buying Sets in Normal Supply Chain Rules Don’t Apply
COVID-19 has created an unusual situation, panic buying has caused supply chain breakdown. How do you fix it?
Operational Excellence Program Deployment for a Low Volume, Highly Customised Manufacturer
TXM deployed an operational excellence program to increase productivity and lead times for a multinational company specialising façade maintenance.
TXM Lean Case Study – Metal Fabrication Facility Development
TXM Excellence Opérationelle recently helped our client a Metal Fabrication business develop a new facility layout to help increase sales and productivity.
Established in 1976 Ivyline have become the trusted partner for retailers. Ivyline are based in Coventry, UK and import and supply a wide range of retailers across the country.
What White Cars in Istanbul Have to Tell Us About Creating a Lean Culture
Managing Director Tim McLean writes about culture and how it has a huge impact on how your business will perform.
The Top Six Ways to Start Your Lean Industry 4.0 Implementation
Industry 4.0 is the latest and greatest and a daunting undertaking. Read our Top 6 ways to get started.
Understanding How Industry 4.0 Will Transform Your Business
Industry 4.0 will transform your business in ways you might not yet understand. Learn how your business might be transformed by these new technologies.
The Advantages & Challenges: Implementing Industry 4.0 Technologies
The 4th Industrial Revolution will bring about untold change to manufacturing. It will also bring advantages but with these changes comes some big challenges to overcome.
What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Industry 4.0?
Get an overview of what Industry 4.0 is, how it fits into lean, how it’s changing manufacturing.
TXM Lean Case Study – Earlee Products
Learning the Recipe for Streamlining Food Processing Earlee Products has been creating ingredients and processing food products for around 30 years. The company has partnered with leading food and beverage manufacturers across Australia, and the world, using technical expertise to solve challenges and identify new opportunities in the food innovation space. With the ability to …
Is It Time to Get Out of China?
Manufacturing in China has been turned upside down and its probably a good time to think about relocating your operations back home.
Host a TXM Training Workshop and Get Complimentary Places!
Countdown Project Management Game in full swing at Lactalis (formerly Parmalat). The 2019 Leadership for Operational Excellence has been a great success with the majority of classes being sold out! In 2020 TXM & Best Practice Network will be running the workshops across the eastern coast of Australia in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. …
Lean Factory Design: Lessons for Plant & Operations Managers
In this article Tim McLean explains lessons he has learned from his time creating a Lean Factory. All Stakeholders must be engaged through the process.
How to Use Lean for Factory Layout Design
How to use Lean when designing a new Factory Layout Design. There a variety of things that you need to understand before pulling the trigger.
The Secrets of Food Factory Layout Design
Food Factory Layout Design needs special considerations before committing to your layout. Read our secrets to the perfect food factory layout design.
Thank you for pre-registering to receive a Free Book when you Attend PPMA 2019 Register your attendance for PPMA 2019 You can claim your copy by visiting us at Stand J132 and choose either ‘Grow Your Factory, Grow Your Profits’ or ‘On Time and In Full’. PPMA Total Show 2019 is the UK’s largest-ever …
Thank you for pre-registering to receive a Free Book when you Attend IMHX 2019 Register your attendance for IMHX 2019 by clicking here on this link. You can claim your copy by visiting us at Stand 6C269 and choose either ‘Grow Your Factory, Grow Your Profits’ or ‘On Time and In Full’. IMHX is the …
Our Top 10 Lean Layout Principles for assessing the setup of your factory, warehouse or workshop. Read our proven Lean Layout Principles.
TXM Lean Case Study – Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses
The Challenge Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses is a family owned and operated bakery business based in Melbourne, Australia. The business began as two separate entities with the families coming together to form Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses in 1980. Ferguson Plarre now has 76 stores across Victoria. They are a leading industrial bakery, servicing a chain of over …
TXM Lean Case Study – EGR North America
EGR Group called upon TXM’s services to help drive revenue growth by reducing work in progress and driving lead time from 21 days to a consistent 4 days.
Free Lean Workshop at Pilkington Glass UK
Free Lean Workshop at Pilkington Glass UK Join us for a free Lean workshop at Pilkington Glass. Lean concepts are powerful tools for increasing productivity and enabling your business to reach its growth and profit potential. However, the challenge is to adapt these powerful techniques so they are relevant to the challenges of a small …
TXM Lean Minute – Consider the True Cost of that Special Bulk Deal
TXM Lean Minute – Consider the True Cost of that Special Bulk Deal What is the true cost of your purchasing decisions? Hi I’m Tim Scurlock and welcome to this TXM Lean Minute. When your buying stock and think you have a good deal consider first the consequences in terms not just of the purchase …
TXM Lean Minute – Using Kanban to Connect Processes
One of the requirements of Lean is to connect processes together, by doing this you avoid the waste of over production as well as reducing the need to spend excessive amounts of time planning production and figuring out what’s next.