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When a company looks to improve its profitability and place in the market, a good place to start is from within by improving efficiency, leadership, and company culture, which is often the difference between advancement and stagnation. Lean Fox Solutions, based in...
Change is exciting…until it isn’t. Every organization has bold plans, new tools, and big visions, but here’s the truth: success doesn’t depend on the strategy alone. It depends on readiness. As one insightful (though anonymous) commentator once observed: “Readiness is...
Many manufacturers struggle with disconnected systems, data silos, and slow decision-making. Structured models like ISA-95 offer a proven way to integrate systems and gain clearer insight into operations. In the last two blogs, we explored the first two parts of a...
Lean Fox Solutions, a Huntington Woods–based firm founded by Todd Sperl, helps companies across industries improve profitability and culture by combining Lean efficiency and Six Sigma quality principles to transform leadership, streamline operations, and foster continuous improvement.
Success in change doesn’t hinge on the plan. It hinges on readiness: when people know, feel, and do what’s needed, transformation takes off.
Discover how using structured models like ISA-95 helps manufacturers break down data silos, speed up decision-making, and build technology adoption into their DNA — not just as tools, but as core strategy.
