Building a Competitive Business (Increased Productivity – Reduced Waste): 5 New Italian Success Stories
The first edition of the volume “Pensare Snello Lean-thinking alla maniera italiana” has sold out.
The three success stories told by Romano Bonfiglioli were the result of practical applications in Italian companies of the waste-reduction criteria of lean thinking, and page after page it was easy to understand that it was not “just another theory” but a concrete path to achieve: "within defined times and with verifiable results," explains Romano Bonfiglioli, founder of the consulting firm Bonfiglioli Consulting of Bologna, "both in terms of cost reduction and improvement in terms of efficiency.".
Company by company, case by case, application by application, Romano Bonfiglioli's staff has built a database and with 5 new cases of “successful lean thinking” there was material for a new book... but there was also a need to fulfill the outstanding request for the first edition of the volume.
This is how the updated and expanded edition of ’Thinking Lean: Lean Thinking the Italian Way“ was born.
In terms of concrete applications of Lean Thinking in companies, Bonfiglioli Consulting's experience is unique and holds a leading position in Italy: "which is now being requested and exported to France, Germany, and England as well," explains Romano Bonfiglioli.
The recipe is simple: “Lean thinking,” Bonfiglioli concludes, "is a true cultural revolution that produces astonishing results if done rigorously, that is, by applying the principles 'to the letter.' You don't get results if you compromise, if you tolerate halfway projects to avoid facing difficult situations, to not displease this person or that.".
This is the only way to reduce delivery times for the 70% and more, the same applies to inventory and scrap for the 60%, as well as the space used for warehousing, and so on—all the way to the results achieved by companies that have tested Lean Thinking in the Italian style of Romano Bonfiglioli.
The new volume guides managers and entrepreneurs in the pursuit of managerial efficiency, becoming a true operational “manual” to be read and reread. It allows for comparison of achieved results and offers correct analytical approaches when facing the inevitable difficulties that accompany any genuine change in Italian companies.
