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Our Lean Journey

Our Lean Journey. Charles Cohen Benco Dental Company January 2008. Founded 1930, 3G Owner/Operators Customers: Dentists & Dental Labs 3 rd Largest in US 2007 Sales: $400M (+13%) Associates: ~1100 4 DC’s, 48 Locations. Our Mission: We deliver success, smile after smile.

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Our Lean Journey

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  1. Our Lean Journey Charles Cohen Benco Dental Company January 2008

  2. Founded 1930, 3G Owner/Operators • Customers: Dentists & Dental Labs • 3rd Largest in US • 2007 Sales: $400M (+13%) • Associates: ~1100 • 4 DC’s, 48 Locations Our Mission: We deliver success, smile after smile.

  3. Focus on Efficiency, not Profit Reading on Toyota Input from Key Manufacturer Partners ‘Brilliant process management is our strategy. We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes. We observe that our competitors often get average (or worse) results from brilliant people managing broken processes.’ Fujio Cho, Toyota Chairman Our Journey Begins…

  4. The Challenges • Making a Choice: Lean? Six Sigma? Lean Six Sigma? ISO? • No Literature on ‘Lean for Distribution’ • No ‘Engineering Mindset’

  5. Our Lean Journey • Chose Classic Lean/TPS • Leader from Accounting (Now 4 FT) • State Funds for Training • Internal Marketing • Developed Own Brand: BCI • Added ‘Continuous Improvement’ to Values • Joined/Attended AME (www.ame.org)

  6. Our Learning • It’s a Journey, Not a Destination • Leadership from the Top • Don’t be Distracted by Tracking $ Impact • Lean Is a Mindset

  7. Where to Start • Start with Leadership: CEO & Internal Lean Champion • Read: HBR, Wommack: ‘Lean Thinking’ • Attend AME Meeting (www.ame.org) • ID Allies: Vendors, Government Funds, Other Companies

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