What does it mean to be a World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Company? There are many differing definitions of this phrase but typically it is associated with implementing the many LEAN principles that have been coming out of the Japanese world of manufacturing. Kings Cross Consulting have the tools and expertise to help you identify, plan and execute the most appropriate lean tools that will get you started on your Lean Journey. If you have already started your Lean Journey we have tools and techniques that will help you sustain your continuous improvement efforts as you seek to Increase Value and Eliminate Waste. Here are just some of the many Lean tools and techniques we use: • The Voice of the Customer • Value Stream Mapping • 7 Wastes (Inventory, Scrape, Over Production, Over Processing, Waiting, Transportation, Motion) • Group Technology • Single Minute Exchange of Die for Setup Reduction (SMED) • KAIZEN event management • 5S (Sorting, Straightening, Sweeping, Standardizing, Sustaining) • GEMBA walks • Theory of Constraints • Drum - Buffer - Rope • Buffer Management • The Visual Factory • The value of ERP systems in supporting Lean Initiative