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Your Lean Consulting Options

Lean consultants—the good ones—are worth every penny. The gains they help you make and the skills they teach can mean thousands and even millions of dollars of extra profit over time.

But not every project needs a consultant for an extended period, and bringing a consultant on site for a short time is often impractical.

Plus, as good as the ROI can be, not every budget can handle the price of flying a consultant in for a large chunk of time.

And of course, the big question:

How do you find one of “the good ones”?

Even with a strong recommendation, you still run the risk of a bad fit.

The Benefits of Remote Consulting

You have another option. In this digital age, remote consulting is a viable, high-value option in situations where you might have otherwise gone it alone.

Remote consulting lets you:

Ø Get help whenever you need it.

Our remote consulting follows the Just-in-Time principle. No more wasting time trying to figure something out that we can show you—or do for you—in a hurry.

Ø Schedule projects more easily.

Matching up a consultant’s time with your company’s schedule can take some effort. But getting just a few hours for a key project at a critical time can be a piece of cake.

Ø Manage your budget.

You may not need a full week of assistance. Instead, just buy the hours you do need and right-size your consulting help. For about the price of bringing a consultant in for a 5-day kaizen, you can get an hour of help a week for an entire year.

Ø Learn about your consultant.

It is a big commitment to bring someone in for a large project. Remote consulting lets you get to know him first. Don’t find out about a bad fit after it’s too late.

Ø Broaden the range of things you can get help with.

When you get flexibility in how you get help, you can also change what you get help with. Want to bounce an idea off an expert? Give us a call. We’ve probably seen your problem before. Need someone to look over your kaizen charter? We may be able to warn you about some pitfalls. The more tools in your Lean toolbox, the faster you will be able to improve.

Some of Our Remote Consulting Services Include the Following:

Video assessments of your processes
Reviewing process documentation
Helping to establish and improve Lean systems (andon process, kanban process, etc.)
Kaizen planning support
Lean strategy support
On call support for answers during your kaizen blitzes or other scheduled events (premium service)
Reviewing continuous improvement surveys
Supporting your hiring process
Helping you develop data collection plans
Reviewing your Value Stream Map for opportunities
And much, much more

How Does Remote Consulting Work?

It’s easy.

Start out by contacting us via email at Info@Velaction.com to let us know what you need and to see if we can help.

If we can—and we probably can—we’d start out by signing a service agreement. This lets you know what to expect from us and lays out the terms and conditions. This is a one-time event at the start of our working relationship, and can be cancelled at any time by either of us.

Then the fun begins with our simple 3 step process.

1. Scope out a project.

2. Purchase remote consulting hours.

3. Get results.

We Take the Risk Out of Our Relationship.

Ø Our agreement protects your company’s privacy.

Ø You tell us how much time to spend on a project, so you control your costs.

Ø You approve you project at milestones along the way. If you don’t like what we’ve done since your last approval, you don’t pay for that time.

Premium Services

Priority Support:

Sometimes you just can’t wait to get your work done. We often hold a few priority support hours in reserve that you can buy when those emergencies come up. There is a fee for this, but having access to immediate answers can mean the difference between success and failure on a project.

On-Call Expert:

Sometimes you don’t know for sure if you will need help, but it would be nice to have an expert just a phone call away. If you suspect in advance that you might need help, you can retain me ‘on-call’. I’d be available to you immediately, but you wouldn’t have to use up any consulting time unless you actually call me. Think of it as a Lean insurance policy.

Why Velaction?

Don’t take our word for it.

Confirm for yourself how our expertise can fill your remote consulting needs. Look around our site. Read Jeff Hajek’s book, Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean? and check out its great reviews. Or watch some of our free Lean videos.