Build Your Lean Organization and Bring the Benefits To Your Bottom Line Fast!   In recent years stunning advances in productivity have been made on several pioneering construction projects.  Massive cost savings, reductions in material lead times, and dramatic increases in production reliability and output are now proven, obtainable outcomes.  However, the majority of lean construction efforts fail to achieve the expected results.  Two major differences between more and less successful efforts have emerged: The degree to which leadership comprehends, embraces and champions the richness and scope of the lean transformation The adequacy of both internal and external resources devoted to the change, over time. There are tremendous opportunities for those who rise to the occasion, but the challenges of change can be daunting.  Sustainable results require resources and know-how.   Customers are increasingly tired of waste, adversarial relationships and unreliable production.  They want providers they can trust to get the job done right.  Providers are tired of slim margins, constant risk and uncertainty, and the threat of possible litigation - conditions that draw resources away from doing work and making money.  The answer is to rethink construction and transform your organization now. Since the early days of the movement to re-invent construction, Ortiz Consulting Services (OCS) has been engaged with two of the leading organizations:  the Lean Construction Institute and Strategic Project Solutions.  OCS provides expertise in organization transformation to help these organizations and their clients meet the challenges of significant change.  Now you can benefit from this experience. Lean Construction implementation requires management of change within and across organizations.  Simultaneous changes on several fronts are needed.  OCS has what you need to develop a lean transformation strategy, improve leadership capability, and implement mananagement, business process, and technical innovations to get rapid results.   Transformation Strategy Every organization has unique stengths, opportunities and challenges.  Emerging innovations in technology, management behavior and business processes create opportunities that can profoundly affect your business strategy, market focus, organization structure, skills requirements and business alliances. OCS will help you: Understand and evaluate current innovation to select the technical, managerial and procedural innovations that offer the greatest benefit to your business Develop a strategic vision of success: a vivid description of the results and capabilities envisioned, and outcomes with measures of success Assess the implications and requirements for success Develop an aligned leadership team, committed to your strategic plan and targeted results   Change Leadership Capability The pace of change and innovation is accelerating.  The ability to manage change and implement innovative practices is a key to success.  The most common failure among enterprises attempting a lean transformation is underestimation of the effort and resources required.  Most leadership teams are composed of those who have proved themselves through success in traditional methods.  While this provides a solid foundation of experience, it can also create inertia.  Innovation and change require additional skills and tools. OCS will help you Train project and organizational leadership teams in the tools and practices of Collaborative Leadership Strengthen change leadership skills to implement targeted innovations Develop the organizational learning systems to transform innovation into standard operating procedures with competitive advantage Assess the capabilities of your project and organizational leadership, and implement plans to strengthen their capability Identify and productively engage the best rewources available to drive your targeted innnovations and transfer skills throughout your organization   Results-Oriented Implementation The goal of any implementation is sutainable results.  In any process, the quality of the result is a function of the quality of the inputs and the processes applied.   Taking the time to do the job right the first time will actually get better results quicker, eliminate false starts or rework, and generate a better ROI on your effort. OCS will help you Create a sustainable change leadership organization and process Develop and manage implementation initiatives using SPS Production Manager solutions Provide hands-on support to project teams and implementation champions Create systems to measure and improve implementation of technology, managment and business process innovation You wouldn't start a new piece of machinery without an expert operator.  You would not commit yourself to a trek in unfamiliar territory without a guide and adequate supplies.  You wouldn't sit down at the poker table without knowing the game.  If you want to win, get the right resources on your team.  Contact OCS to set the wheels in motion!