About Us

DRIVING EFFICIENCY IN BUSINESS

ABOUT APPLIED LEAN CONSULTING

applied lean consulting have been helping businesses, both large and small since 2011.

Drawing on its roots in the automotive industry, ALC TAKE PROVEN LEAN PRINCIPLES AND RIGOROUSLY APPLY THEM TO ALL INDUSTRY SECTORS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE WASTE.

OUR TEAM

Meet The ALC Team

The ALC Team have worked with CEO levels helping to make strategic investment decisions, with shop floor teams to increase throughput and with teams from finance, HR, logistics, purchasing, systems and support teams applying Lean tools and principles universally.

ALC has worked with manufacturing and service businesses to successfully reduce waste, standardise process and increase quality and responsiveness.

Tim Scurlock

Lead Consultant

TIM SCURLOCK - LEAD CONSULTANT

Graduate of Cranfield Business School.

Ten years implementing Lean across General Motors’ European Operations: Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Engineering as well as Manufacturing plants.

Focuses on Lean at the SME level – helping small, dynamic businesses to accelerate their growth in Manufacturing, Warehousing, Supply Chain and Office Lean.

Specialises in:

Lean Audits
Transactional lean
Lean layout
Warehousing
Supply Chain optimisation

ANNE HARRIS - ASSOCIATE

Electronic engineering graduate from Warwick University.

Production Engineering Manager for Marconi Instruments.

Manufacturing Operations Director for a Halma Group Company.

Division Lean Manager for Division of Parker Hannifin where she managed

71% reduction in quality defects
42% reduction in late lines
39% reduction in Inventory
44% increase in productivity

Specialises in:

Lean Audits
Manufacturing
SMED
5S
Lean deployment

Joined ALC as an Associate in 2015.

Anne Harris

Associate

OUR APPROACH

We believe in a ‘learning by doing’ approach.

This means that our on-site sessions will typically involve 4 steps

1. Intensive, on-site learning sessions
2. Coaching of your team to implement the techniques for real
3. Reflecting on the results you achieve
4. Fine tuning or adjusting the approach to achieve the desired result

This no-nonsense, practical, PDCA approach engages and motivates your team, helping them to build confidence in their ability to deliver the changes required. This means rapid change, managed by your team but with our support and guidance.

TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS

Listen to the Talking Heads podcast

Dive into the transformative power of Lean Principles and explore how Lean methodologies can revolutionise your business operations, boost efficiency, and drive sustainable growth. This episode is packed with valuable insights and practical tips as Tim shares his wealth of experience and insights, tracing the origins of Lean philosophy back to Toyota's innovative approach and its evolution into a universal framework for efficiency.

He explores how Lean principles, originally developed for manufacturing, streamline operations, reduce waste, and drive growth across various industries.

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE!

Client confidentiality prevents us from revealing the specifics of the results our customers have experienced, but…

…these are real numbers that have been reported back to us by previous customers after they have successfully implemented a Lean policy and process improvements.

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ALC's FIVE STEPS TO LEAN...

1. Identify Value

Define what your customer is willing to pay for when they engage your services.

2. Map the Value Stream

Map all the steps, both Value Added and Non-value Added, that bring your product or service to the customer in order to identify waste.

3. Establish Flow

Look for ways to remove the “rocks” in your process, to allow quicker flow of your goods or services to the customer, with fewer divisions.

4. Create Pull

Control WIP by creating pull from the customer through your value stream.

5. Perfect the Process

Practice ongoing continuous improvement and create a culture of change.

Martin Haswell

MD - Furniture by Martin

Working with Tim from ALC, we realised that Lean applied not just to production, but to our order receipt and design processes too. 18 months after Tim started with us our ‘On Time Delivery’ is almost at 100%, our quality rate is the highest ever, we’ve changed our layout so goods flow better through the factory and our production team are motivated and performing well. We’ve built a good relationship with ALC and look forward to their help and advice as the business grows.

Jon Mitchell

Managing Director - Marlow Ropes

I can’t stress enough the positive effect working with ALC has had on the business …from a number of angles and I feel sure there will be further work that we will want to engage them with.

Vicki Ward

Head of Global Shared Services - Experian plc

ALC helped us embed a continuous improvement culture… training the team in Lean methodology, and helping us embed a continuous improvement culture that will continue long after Tim’s contract ends. Tim has helped us lead the changes by understanding our requirements, developing a unique branding for the program and adapting the methodology to our finance processes.

Paul W. Rodwell

Group Finance SS Director – Experian plc

Tim’s knowledge, expertise and professional approach engaged management and staff at all levels to ensure the success of the EmPower programme for Experian’s Global Finance Shared Service Centres. ALC’s EmPower programme successfully established Lean awareness and understanding with all SSC team members globally. The programme successfully realised financial savings and significant efficiency benefits through process improvements and the elimination of low-value activities.

Teresa Stroud

Director - 3Ways Displays

Tim and the ALC team have helped us enormously over the past 6 months by: Mapping how we work and helping us identify where problems occur. Putting in place standard practices to reduce duplication of effort and waste. Organising our production to flow through the factory better. Holding our teams accountable to one another. We’ve benefitted from ALC’s experience in bringing structure and reporting disciplines into our business and we’re looking forward to working with them to implement a new MRP system and introduce metrics and performance management processes through the business over the coming 12 months.