From: Fujifilm Electronic Imaging

"Our company was in a highly competitive global market and we were in need of improvement-not only in the factory, but in all our critical business processes including; product development and service.

Jerry Feingold brought us a common sense, rapid method of improving these processes by working in teams to eliminating waste and work smarter. His methods allowed us to work together to set and achieve higher service standards, higher efficiencies, lower inventories and a very dramatic reduction in floor space.

We improved manufacturing productivity by over 200% (really) through a series of Kaizen sessions over a year or so. We also improved the spares delivery system from 30% on time to 96% on time over 6 months. We increased manufacturing output by 50% but reduced the factory by 30%. (these are just a few good examples).

Mike Bartlett
Managing Director-Fujifilm Electronic Imaging

From: TA Manufacturing

"We needed to change the mind set of our supervisors and mangers on the benefits of one-piece-flow. There was a core belief that one-piece-flow methods and pull systems would not work.

Then in (Jerry Feingold's) weeklong Kaizen Blitz our motivated employees were able to implement one-piece flow that doubled the daily output and reduced lead times by 26 percent. We accomplished a culture change that charged us all to re-look at how we do business. Now everyone gets involved and feels part of the change."

Fred Gardner
General Manager
TA Manufacturing (industry leader in the production of clamps and elastomers for the aerospace industry. Division of Esterline Corporation)

From: Answer Products Inc

"Being in a highly competitive global market, we found ourselves competing against low cost Asian manufacturers to stay in business. We knew we needed to keep our competitive edge by becoming a more efficient company.

Our concern was to make sure this wasn't another one of those "Management is at it again" projects, but something that would change our corporate culture from the top down, and sustain it!  That's where Jerry Feingold came in.  Jerry was successful at breaking down our paradigms and getting us to think the "Lean Way".

Shortly thereafter we were on a company wide Kaizen blitz that resulted in reduced lead time on a core item from 7 days down to 11 minutes!  We reduced our WIP in the same area by 99%, and reduced the floor space required from 5000 sq ft to less than 1600 sq ft.

In our warehouse we revised our operations resulting in an increase in customer service level by 33%, and reduced our risk of employee injury by 50%, all within days of completing the event. JerryFeingold is the master of leading change. He empowered us to develop a no excuse organization. Jerry Feingold is our employee of the Decade!

Paul Johnson
Director of Operations
Answer Products Inc (leading manufacturer of high-end BMX and mountain bike components)

From:ITT Aerospace Controls

"We were a very good company looking for a way to get even better when we found Jerry Feingold.  His practical application of Kaizen as a method of creating the Lean Enterprise has brought us labor productivity, process efficiency, floor space utilization and throughput times that we had never before consistently achieved. 

Guiding our novice combined work teams through Kaizen implementation and helping them succeed at improvement amazed them and confirmed for me that Jerry's technique works."

Alan Butki,
Director of Manufacturing,
ITT Aerospace Controls (manufacturer of valves, switches and fuel delivery systems for aerospace and industry)