Bianca Spanjaard
Process engineer · Black Belt
Worked in the food industry for ten years, most recently as head of production. Can stop a line without anyone getting angry.
Spots firstPiles nobody sees any more
About us
Two engineers
on the shop floor
Lean Lab was founded by two process engineers who would rather stand by the machine than sit in the meeting room. We do it together with your team, not for your team.
C3Bauke Hazeleger
Process engineer · Black Belt
Started as a work planner in metalworking and later set up warehouses. Checks the numbers on everything, including his own ideas.
Spots firstWalking. He counts the metres.
From dairy plant to sixty projects
Bianca and Bauke meet on an improvement project at a dairy plant.
Lean Lab starts, with a van, a stopwatch and two clients in metalworking.
First projects in offices: invoices, quotes and a customer service team.
The yellow belt training runs at fifteen companies. Teams keep improving on their own.
More than sixty projects. Still just the two of us, still on the floor.
How we work
Three steps. You can stop after each one. You always keep what we have made.
- A1Look
One day of shadowing and measuring, free of charge.
- A2Improve
Six weeks with your own team.
- B2Sustain
Daily start and board, until it runs without us.
Five fixed habits
- Go and see
We decide nothing from behind a desk. Onto the floor first.
- Ask why five times
The first answer is rarely the real cause.
- Start small
One process, one team. Show that it works.
- The team does it
We guide. Your people come up with it and carry it out.
- Measure before and after
No gut feeling, but figures. Same measurement in week 1 and week 6.
60+projects since 2016
2×Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
−50%average lead time after six weeks
1 working dayuntil we call you back
Shall we come and take a look?
A day on your floor costs you nothing. Just some patience with our questions, and a mug of coffee.
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