BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION, LLC

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Reduce Costs & Improve Efficiency
with Proven Lean Strategies

Trusted by 45,000+ companies across manufacturing, healthcare & logistics. Average 40% waste reduction in 90 days — we stay until the results show up.

Herb Thompson
🎓 Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt  ·  Founder & Lead Consultant
25+ Years Experience Former Agilent Technologies Lean · Six Sigma · TQM · TPS Guest Speaker & Industry Expert 7 Facilities Nationwide
Herb Thompson
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
45K+
Companies Served
25+
Years Experience
40%
Avg. Waste Reduction
100+
Projects Completed
⚠️ Sound Familiar?

Is Your Business Losing Money to These Hidden Problems?

Most operations bleed revenue through waste, inefficiency, and misalignment they can't see. These are the six most common challenges we solve — with measurable results.

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Lead Times Are Too Long
Industry avg: 14+ day lead times

Orders take too long from start to delivery. Customers are frustrated, you're losing contracts to faster competitors, and your team is constantly firefighting instead of flowing.

✓ We cut average lead times by 57% using Value Stream Mapping and flow redesign.
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High Defect & Rework Rates
Avg rework: 15–22% of production

Products coming back. Rework eating labor hours. Warranty claims piling up. Every defect is a cost you've already paid twice — and it's destroying your margins silently.

✓ We reduce defect rates by 80%+ using Six Sigma DMAIC and root-cause elimination.
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Waste Hidden in Every Process
Avg: 30–40% of cost is pure waste

Overproduction, waiting, unnecessary motion, excess inventory — waste hides in plain sight. Most managers can't see it because they've worked around it for years.

✓ Our Lean Assessment exposes every source of waste and builds an elimination roadmap.
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Leadership & Team Misalignment
70% of change initiatives fail from this

Different departments pulling in different directions. No shared KPIs. Managers who can't translate strategy into floor-level execution. Improvement efforts stall before they start.

✓ We align leadership teams around shared KPIs and install the systems to keep them aligned.
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No Standardized Processes
Result: inconsistent quality every shift

Every shift does it differently. New employees have no reliable playbook. Quality varies day to day, making it impossible to improve what you can't consistently repeat or measure.

✓ We install standardized work documentation across all critical processes — shift-proof and scalable.
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Improvements That Don't Last
80% of gains fade within 12 months

You've tried workshops, consultants, and training events before. Things improve for 3 months, then slide back. Without a true culture of continuous improvement, gains never stick.

✓ We build self-sustaining Lean cultures — not just events. Results keep growing after we leave.
🔧 Core Services

Six Ways We Transform Your Operations

Practical, proven solutions built around your real operational challenges and measurable ROI goals — not classroom theory.

01
Lean Assessment
Full objective review identifying every source of waste, delay, and lost revenue hiding in your processes. We see what your team has normalized.
Value Stream Mapping
02
Process Improvement
Redesign workflows using Lean, Six Sigma DMAIC, and Toyota Production System to cut errors, reduce lead times, and lower costs measurably.
Kaizen · DMAIC
03
Leadership Training
Turn managers into Lean leaders with the tools and mindset to drive lasting improvement from the top down — and keep it moving after we leave.
Executive Coaching
04
Six Sigma Certification
Practical Yellow, Green, and Black Belt training built around your real operational challenges — not generic curricula. Every belt earns real ROI.
Yellow · Green · Black Belt
05
Strategic Planning
Align mission, KPIs, and execution into a clear roadmap so every level of your organization pulls in the same direction — and stays there.
Business Alignment
06
Culture Transformation
Build the habits, systems, and buy-in that make Lean improvement permanent, self-sustaining, and embedded at every level of the organization.
TQM · Change Management
📊 Proven Results

Real Client Case Study

National Manufacturing Facility · Multi-site Operations · 500+ Employees · 10-Month Engagement

2→8
Lean Score (out of 10)
−57%
Lead Time Reduction
$400K
Annual Savings
−82%
Defect Rate Drop
National Manufacturing Facility — 10-Month Transformation Breakdown
✗ Before Engagement
✗ Lean score: 3 out of 10
✗ 22% defect & rework rate
✗ 14-day average lead time
✗ No standardized processes in place
✗ Leadership team misaligned on KPIs
✗ No culture of continuous improvement
✓ After Engagement
✓ Lean score climbed to 8 out of 10
✓ Defect rate cut from 22% down to 4%
✓ Lead time reduced from 14 to 6 days
✓ 12 standardized processes established
✓ Full leadership team aligned on KPIs
✓ Self-sustaining Lean culture installed
“Within 10 months, the system reduced lead time by 57% and saved over $400,000 annually — with a Lean culture that continues improving on its own long after the engagement ended.”
🏢 About the Company

Lean Business Transformation LLC

A results-driven consulting firm built on 25+ years of proven operational excellence — not theory, not classrooms. We stay until results show up.

★★★★★   5-Star Rated Consulting  ·  Est. 2018
Lean Business Transformation LLC
Lean Business Transformation LLC
Founded by Herb Thompson  ·  Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
LLC  ·  Established 2018
45K+
Companies Served
25+
Years Active
100+
Projects Done

This Isn't Theory — It's 25 Years of Doing.

Lean Business Transformation LLC delivers real, measurable results across manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Our system has been proven at 7 facilities nationwide. We don't leave when the training ends — we stay until the numbers change.

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Former Agilent Technologies
Senior-level consulting at a Fortune 500 technology company — enterprise-scale transformation experience applied to clients of every size.
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Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
The highest certification in Lean — fewer than 1% of practitioners reach this level. Applied across manufacturing, healthcare & logistics for 25+ years.
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Guest Speaker & Industry Expert
Recognized voice in Lean and Process Excellence across multiple industries and professional forums nationwide.
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25+ Years of Real-World Results
7 facilities transformed nationwide — not a classroom trainer. Average 40% waste reduction delivered within 90 days of engagement start.
“What makes Lean Business Transformation LLC different: we stay until the results show up — not just until the training is done.”
⭐ Client Testimonials

What Clients Say About the Results

Real outcomes from real engagements — with specific numbers, not vague praise.

★★★★★
📊 Lead Time −57%  ·  $400K Saved Annually

“We brought Herb in skeptically — we'd tried consultants before. Within 10 months, our lead time dropped from 14 to 6 days and we saved $400,000 annually. The Lean culture he built is still running itself two years later.”

JM
James M.
VP of Operations · National Manufacturing Facility
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📊 40% Waste Reduction · 90 Days

“Herb doesn't train and leave. He embedded himself in our operations, identified waste we'd been blind to for years, and delivered a 40% reduction in 3 months. Our team still uses the systems he built every single day.”

SR
Sandra R.
Director of Operations · Healthcare Logistics Group
★★★★★
📊 Lean Score 3→8 · 12 Processes Standardized

“Our Lean score went from 3 to 8 out of 10 in under a year. Our leadership team is finally aligned and we have 12 standardized processes that eliminated the rework destroying our margins. Outstanding ROI on every dollar spent.”

DK
David K.
CEO · Multi-Site Operations Group

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