In this 80 minute audio CD, two lean experts from Leonardo Group Americas share their thoughts and insights on the areas of lean opportunity available to any company, to cut costs, invigorate the workforce and increase sales and market share. A business downturn should be seen not as a negative, but instead as a powerful call to action. Changes that may have been difficult to accomplish in the past, for various reasons, now become an absolute necessity for survival. Companies that have been thinking about lean manufacturing must now get serious, or redouble their current pace of change. In this 80 minute audio CD, two lean experts from Leonardo Group Americas share their thoughts and insights on the areas of lean opportunity available to any company, to cut costs, invigorate the workforce and increase sales and market share, even in a down market. Learn About:

* Strategies to liberate working capital, cash you have already invested in your business that is not working for you
* The one biggest opportunity to make a leap upward in operational excellence and customer response
* How to reduce your greatest waste: a failure to take full advantage of the creativity and knowledge of your workforce
* What any customer wants, and how lean methods and thinking can help you increase sales
* The important warnings about what not to do while pursuing a lean business strategy

Leonardo Group Americas LLC (LGA) is a lean consultancy group with offices in the United States and Europe. As one of the most experienced lean consulting teams in the world they have trained thousands of lean professionals since 1994, and have completed successful lean projects in virtually all industries, including heathcare, automotive, aerospace, medical products and electronics. The principals of LGA, Gerard Leone and Richard Rahn, are also the co-authors of Fundamentals of Flow Manufacturing and Aerospace Flow. You can find out more about LGA by going to www.leonardogroupamericas.com.