Lean Consultants in Canada

TXM helps growing Canadian manufacturing and distribution businesses achieve their goals through operational excellence. Our skilled local team are focused on delivering sustainable change to your business. We combine deep understanding of Lean thinking with practical industry knowledge and our unique and globally proven delivery approach to deliver outstanding returns on your investment.

What our clients say

‘From where I sit there is no way we could have achieved where we are today and where we will go in the coming months/years without the guidance of TXM. I really can’t thank you enough. My days are filled with purpose and are so much more enjoyable. When problems arise, I get excited to go an attack them with the team. The problems are not always fun, but the challenge and bringing a group together to attack it certainly is.

Nick Adams – EGR NA – North America Consulting

Lean Consulting Solutions for Growing Manufacturing and Distribution Businesses

Growing businesses face unique challenges. However too often the support they are offered has been designed for big corporations and delivered by people who only understand big corporations. Working with over 500 small and medium sized manufacturers and distributors in over 20 countries over 17 years TXM has developed a world leading approach. In Canada, we work in all the major cities, including – but not limited to – Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax, Toronto, Quebec City and Montreal. We deliver the results that growing businesses need in a way that reflects the day to day challenges of working in and leading a growing business.

We work to accomplish the results you require in a sustainable manner and making the best use of your time. Our guarantee of results mean that we are as committed to delivering change as you are. And our fixed price contracts mean that you know up front what you have to invest. We will then work with you for as long as it takes to effect change and ensure a return on your investment.

Case Studies of Our Work Across Canada

At TXM we understand that Canadian manufacturing is not just about making cars and aeroplanes. We bring a huge industry knowledge base of over 500 companies from large scale agribusinesses to fresh daily bakeries, from family-owned machining shops to advanced medical device manufacturers and from custom joinery makers to large scale construction material manufacturers. With lean consulting operations in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, we understand how to develop and apply solutions that fit your business and have the case studies to prove it.

Lean Consulting Services in Canada

We have worked in Canada for over five years delivering sustainable results in businesses as diverse as barley malting and modular building construction. Our approach is to start with an initial free of charge visit to your site to understand your business and the challenges you are facing. Our services typically include:

  • Designing Lean factory and warehouse layouts
  • Streamlining your office and engineering workflows
  • Creating an organized, safe and efficient manufacturing operation
  • Optimizing warehouse processes and productivity
  • Reducing inventory and fine tuning your supply chain
  • Developing the leaders at every level of your business
  • Helping you get the most out of the technology in your business

We will customize a fixed price proposal to meet your specific needs and solve the challenges that your business is facing today.

What is a Lean Consulting Firm?

A lean consulting firm helps a client to reduce waste while improving efficiency. They operate with various industries to determine clients’ current conditions, observe the daily activities and management’s styles, assess companies’ financial records, and work with the company’s administrators to identify crucial objectives.

After forming a clear picture of how the business will run and the long-term goals to be fulfilled, the firm makes recommendations and develops appropriate programs that help to improve the overall processes to cut costs.

For example, at TXM Lean Solutions, we work with businesses of various kinds to create a culture of improvement throughout the company. We want everyone to work in harmony to drive operations performance and solve daily problems. Our work follows a stepwise approach where we start by understanding a company’s objectives. Then we develop a tailored program and action plan that takes your business where it needs to go.

Qualified Canadian Lean Consultants

Our Canadian consulting team are experienced manufacturing professionals who have had to learn Lean the hard way – by delivering practical results on the factory and warehouse floor.

We don’t hire trainers, but instead look for manufacturing leaders with a practical understanding of what happens in a manufacturing operation and a proven track record of delivering change.

After joining our team, they are trained by our global consulting operations team in TXM’s unique approach. They then benefit from our global knowledge base and ongoing consultant professional development. Therefore, you can be confident that your Canadian business is receiving the world best standard of support when you hire TXM.

However, beyond the individual that appears on site, you can have confidence that you are supported by a global organization that will back you all the way to deliver the results you need.

What Is Lean Management Consulting in Canada?

Organisations opt for Lean Management as a way to improve their operational efficiency. It is a philosophy designed to enable a business to focus on customer value and help managers eliminate unnecessary waste. There is a continuous process of improvement that would rather be difficult to implement without proper management.

Eliminating waste is arguably the goal for following this principle, yet it also helps sort out complexities that an organisation may find when improving its operations. Therefore, it enables them to build appropriate infrastructure and toolkit that they can use to drive growth effectively and to improve continuously.

TXM is a globally-renowned consulting firm that works with organisations to implement such transformative lean methodologies. The highly skilled team of practitioners and consultants offers deep insights and a solution-based philosophy of lean thinking for a company.

Our top lean consulting experts focus on creating strong client relationships that help business owners to achieve their long-term objectives without hassle. Such a people-centric approach is required when you want to foster unity between you and your clients. Talk to us to learn more about our services.