The
Lean Manufacturing Consortium was founded by Daniel J. Stoelb
in 1994 and is located in Jasper, IN.
The Lean Manufacturing Consortium
provides top-notch training and support for companies to achieve
World-Class performance through effective integration of
systems, technology and people, along with great customer
support - a combination that can't be beat!
Through our commitment, experience, and
expertise the Lean Manufacturing Consortium has established a
business relationship with our customers that will last a
lifetime!
The Lean Manufacturing Consortium (LMC)
grew out of an idea that individuals and organizations were
looking for a way to distinguish those who are part of the “5%
that can actually make it happen” from the “95% who know what to
do, but can’t make it happen”.
The Lean Manufacturing Consortium started
in 1994 as the Wood Quality Network (WQN) by Dan. It was
comprised of over 45 Companies in the wood and furniture
manufacturing industry who were looking for a “best practices”
source in how to effectively implement team-building;
world-class quality systems; and highly flexible manufacturing
systems. For Dan’s
work in this area, he was recognized by the State of
Wisconsin in 1995
for this work and he acted as a consultant helping other
companies continue to learn how to become
world-class.
Over the next 6 years, Dan recognized the
need for expanding the tools, concepts, training, and
implementation approach that he had learned and were tested by
in the “fires of the real world” to other industries. Thus the
WQN became the Lean Manufacturing Consortium.
With the inception of the LMC, Dan began
to offer a unique and leading-edge certification program for
Lean Manufacturing.
This program combines academic training in Lean and
Leadership, but also requires certified, real-world project
applications with each module, to reinforce the training that
reaps immediate understanding and payback.
A proctored, certification examination is
required after the completion of the training and project
work. Over 450
individuals across the country have been certified by the
LMC.
