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An Organizational Transformation is a large scale program implemented across all aspects of your business. It will revolutionize how you operate from the inside out. You will benefit financially thanks to additional capacity delivering higher revenues. Improvements in how you operate will bring higher productivity, eliminate waste and result in reduced overall costs.

(Some client engagements reflect work completed prior to the reorganization of Leading Edge Associates’ global operations.)

AI-Powered Virtual Financial Consultant

An engagement led by our consulting expert As financial data platforms grow more complex, clients…

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Maintenance Prediction for an Aerospace Software Company

An engagement led by our consulting expert Aircraft maintenance delays can cost millions, and traditional…

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Maximizing Field Engineers Revenue Generation Time

An engagement led by our consulting expert In service-based industries, time is revenue—especially when success…

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AI-Powered Financial Data Research: How One Firm Transformed Investment Workflows

An engagement led by our consulting expert For financial analysts, time is everything. Fast, accurate…

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Strategic AI Roadmap for an Accounting Services Co.

An engagement led by our consulting expert AI is rapidly changing the world of accounting,…

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How to Get the Most from Your Digital Transformation

There is wide acknowledgement that we need to look at digitalizing the way we work…

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Town of Paradise

The Paradise Way: Continuing to Improve in the Face of Adversity

In 2019, Town of Paradise engaged Leading Edge Associates to provide Lean training and support…

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The Town of Gravenhurst: A Continuous Improvement Journey

By embracing Lean principles, the Town of Gravenhurst has established a systematic approach that fosters…

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Lean Transformation in the Pulp and Paper Industry

The Challenge Leading Edge Group was engaged by the client to implement a Lean Transformation…

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Improved Food and Nutrition Services

The Challenge This company is the governing commercial body of a number of Ontario-based hospitals.…

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Marketing Office

Lean Marketing to Grow Sales

The organization required a significant growth.

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Improved Competitiveness in Utilities

We used Lean to meet the client’s strategic and operational objectives

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Lean at a Quick Service Restaurant Chain

We worked on a Continuous Improvement (CI) project through the provision of management consulting, training and certification support.

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Lean Pilot in a Contact Centre

Lean awareness and application within Contact Centre environment was achieved.

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Lean Transformation at a Dairy Processing Organization

The Challenge Our client is a large farmer-owned dairy businesses and one of Ireland’s largest…

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Replacing “Push” with a “Pull” System

The Challenge The main objectives of the program were to reduce lead time, eliminate waste,…

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Pharma Lab Design

Designing a concept Pharmaceutical Lab Design from a green field site

Challenges and Objectives Our client, a global pharmaceutical corporation, is overseeing the build of a…

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4 People in Covid Meeting

Official Planning and Zoning Bylaw Amendments Application Process Review

The Challenge Leading Edge Associates (LEG) was engaged to work with a regional municipality and…

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Hospital Pharmacy Redevelopment

Lean review of the pharmacy to deliver a process redesign recommendation based on leveraging the…

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Health & Safety Consulting Services: Lean in Office / Support Functions (HR, Finance)

The client needed to streamline their consulting process from enquiry through to billing to enable…

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Global Supplier of Diary Foods: Implementation of a Lean management system to support sustainable growth

An operational excellence programme supported by simple governance and a clear vision was established and…

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Food Authority: Research and evaluation engagement for feasibility study

Research and development of a study to explore the feasibility of a new spin-out company…

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Farm: Introducing Lean to Farm Management

A benchmark report and an on-farm review were performed and the implementation of a tiered…

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Environmental Consultancy Services: Lean Digital Assessment

The client needed advice on a replacement for their existing CRM solution, with particular focus…

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Emergency Department (ED) Process Improvement

Lean analysis and review of patient and inventory flows. Over 83 process improvement initiatives identified…

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Dairy Food Processor: Lean Transform with a focus on creating and sustaining Lean culture & behaviours

Significant growth was projected in the milk pool by 2020 with a circa 60% increase…

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Dairy Farm: Development of a labour demand/capacity plan

The busy nature of dairy farming and the desire to get the job done means…

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Construction Services Company: Lean Plus engagement with a focus on Lean in office support functions

Provided training, coaching and facilitation support on a number of key projects including streamlining specification…

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Confidential Information Service: Research and Evaluation Project including Lean Digital Audit

Leading Edge Associates was engaged to conduct a Lean digital audit of the client’s current…

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City: Improving the Capital Budget Preparation Process

Led a cross-functional municipal team of stakeholders across multiple divisions including Design and Construction; Transportation;…

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City: Developing a Framework for Lean Continuous Improvement

The development of a suitable framework for Lean deployment. The framework incorporated a vision and…

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Call Centre: Creating and Sustaining Lean Culture and Behaviours

This customer contact centre operator wanted to apply Lean within their work environment, identify a…

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Town: Accommodation Tax Retrieval

Developed new standards of accuracy in revenue collection; reduced the defect rate from 11 defects,…

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State Agency for Agriculture: Research and evaluation engagement for feasibility study

Research and development of a study to explore the feasibility of a new spin-out company…

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Restaurant Chain: Development of an organization framework

A casual restaurant chain known for its coffee and doughnuts with 3,000 stores in Canada…

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Research and Evaluation

University Teaching Hospital: A cost minimization analysis of intravenous or subcutaneous trastuzumab treatment in patients…

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Renewable energy service provider: Delivery of Introduction to Lean Program

The objective was to improve the Wind Farm management process by introducing Lean to the…

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Region: Continuous improvement maturity assessment

Deployed our continuous improvement maturity model (CIMM) across the organization to establish a current state…

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Project Engineering Company: Creating and sustaining Lean culture and behaviours

There was requirement to build capability across the business to streamline business processes. Significant savings…

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Port Authority: Lean Digital Strategy

The business had very ambitious plans for the future including a number of major capital…

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Pfizer: Design and Implementation of Lean Operations Management

Pfizer is in the process of overseeing the build of a multiproduct API facility in…

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Personalised Gilts Online Provider: Lean for Micro Program

Workplace organization was a priority for this company. A new business management structure needed to…

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Manufacturer of Tail Lifts for Vehicles: Lean Operations Management (Supply Chain, Logistics, Capacity & Production planning)

Materials management was not fully in control which was leading to delays in shipping, inventory…

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Manufacturer of High Quality Diodes: Digital Maturity Assessment

Organizations are re-evaluating their business models and efficiencies to meet the changes and challenges resulting…

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Machine Visioning and Serialisation Solutions: Lean Transform

Leading Edge Associates carried out a full Lean Transformation and culture change which was required…

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Life Sciences: Lean Operations Management (Supply Chain, Logistics, Capacity & Production planning)

The company was experiencing issues with Quality Control (QC) Laboratory Materials Management, QC Column Controls…

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