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Welcome to the inaugural TBM’s OpEx Tour de Europe! This is a showcase of some of our consulting work and team members throughout Europe.

At TBM, speed is in our DNA. We believe that speed wins every time, and we help clients accelerate productivity, improve profitability quickly, and grow enterprise value fast.

Every week, we will showcase some of our consulting work throughout Europe that will provide you with best practices and insights to drive rapid performance gains.

In sports and manufacturing, speed wins every time!

TBM's OpEx Tour de Europe Official Route

 

Stage 1: Denmark 

A growing Danish manufacturer adopts lean product development and creates a new product development process that hits milestones with 30-40% faster lead times. Click here to read the full case study.

 

 

Stage 2: Germany 

German electronics manufacturer establishes aggressive breakthrough goals, achieving double-digit improvements in 8 months in productivity, gross profit, and absenteeism. Click here to read the full case study.

 

 

Stage 3: Poland  

Polish window manufacturer establishes rapid plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycles, accelerating lean adoption and improving productivity by more than 30% in just 3 months. Click here to read the full case study.

Watch a video about this company’s lean transformation here.

Meet two of our Polish teammates:
- Jakub Konopczak (Director of Consulting, Eastern Europe)
- Alicia Domachowska (Senior Management Consultant)

Visit our Poland page: www.tbmcg.pl

 

 

Stage 4: Germany 

OpEx and lean practices enabled German measurement instruments manufacturer to respond quickly to market declines and maintain profitability during the global market downturn. Click here to read the full case study.

 

 

Stage 5: Bulgaria 

Bulgarian logistics and transportation company increases EBITDA by 20% (surpassing the industry standard of 12-15%), achieves record efficiency levels in their industry, and lays the groundwork for European expansion. Click here to read the full case study.

 

 

Stage 6: United Kingdom 

Train manufacturer in the United Kingdom implements a fast, pit stop-like maintenance approach to accelerate train repair times, increases train availability from 71% to 90%, reaches its five-year growth goal ahead of schedule, and doubles productivity. Click here to read the full case study.

 

 

Stage 7: United Kingdom   and Italy 

A British catalogue retailer embraces enterprise-wide Operational Excellence to meet customer demand and high growth while reducing costs, improving customer experience, ensuring pick accuracy, reducing inventory, and avoiding unnecessary capital expansion. Click here to read the full case study.

Meet one of our teammates in Italy:
- Augusto Chiericati (Senior Management Consultant)

 

 

Stage 8: Germany   and Portugal

A German Tier 1 automotive transmission manufacturer maximizes future profitability by streamlining back office administrative processes. Pilot projects improved the month-end financial close, the monthly forecast process, and increased response time for customer RFQs. Click here to read the full case study.

Meet one of our teammates in Portugal:
- André Sousa Cruz (Business Development Director)


 

Stage 10: Netherlands

This is the final stage for TBM’s Operational Excellence Tour de Europe and we have exciting news: We are pleased to announce André Smaal as TBM Europe’s new Vice President. The Netherlands is home to André. 

André will oversee TBM’s consulting business in Europe, including business development, client management, and operations. He has over 20 years of experience as an international consultant, operations excellence strategist, and business transformation expert. 

Click here to read André’s full bio.

 

 



Ready to accelerate productivity, improve profitability quickly, and grow enterprise value fast? Click here to start a conversation on operational speed with our team in Europe.