Shot Darts

We at Puma Darts started our Lean journey almost 4 years ago, and at the time engaged Peter Maunder at Improvement Direct as our consultant to get us on the way... Whilst Peter was hands-on in getting things done, he was also hands-off enough to steer us and guide us in the right direction and let us find our own path as well.  I believe that is one of the key things with Lean with Improvement Direct.  It is very much 'your' project, they are just there to train and guide and assist on the journey.

The results we have had through Lean cannot be understated.  A huge improvement in not only the factory tidiness, organisation, layout and the practicalities of the Lean journey. Team morale, and company culture have made huge improvements and really brought us all together as a team.  For me, I think a big part of Lean journey is getting the involvement and commitment from staff buy-in from the start and get everybody working together.

As a result of that, and from the improvement ideas, set-ups, and training, we have substantially reduced cost across all departments (in some cases labour per unit has halved); done almost a complete re-layout of the dart area; moved machines, people; changed processes, production lines.   We have added not only to the efficiency of the operation, but also made things easier and more practical for our staff and also produced a better quality product.