Lean Studio by Marco HouillotLean Studio by Marco Houillot

From strategy
to implementation.

Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in industry, I focus on your specific challenges. Together with you, I develop tailored solutions for your particular needs and support implementation with your team.

To do this, I bring together four complementary service areas:

  • Lean and Operational Excellence
  • Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance
  • Performance, KPIs and Digitalisation
  • Transformation, Training and Coaching
Discuss your priorities
Marco Houillot discussing a plan with a team

Marco HouillotA personal perspective

I have learned a great deal in my different roles and leadership positions, and I enjoy sharing that experience today. I am especially motivated when this leads to an improvement, developed together with the team, that makes a tangible difference in day-to-day work.

I have learned a great deal in my different roles and leadership positions, and I enjoy sharing that experience today. I am especially motivated when this leads to an improvement, developed together with the team, that makes a tangible difference in day-to-day work.

Lean and Operational Excellence

I help you build and develop your production system, combining strategic direction with hands-on work at the process.

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  • Assess the current situation and Lean maturity
  • Build and implement a production system or review an existing one
  • Facilitate gemba kaizen workshops and implement improvements
  • Embed standards, shop floor management and improvement routines
  • Develop tailored Lean roadmaps

Strategic direction and hands-on implementation.

Discuss your Lean priorities

Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance

Assess technology, products and processes from a business perspective, with a focus on automation, utilisation and robust standards.

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  • Develop manufacturing engineering and maintenance strategies
  • Develop concepts for flexible, modular multi-product lines
  • Develop and assess assembly and production equipment concepts, including the appropriate level of automation
  • Develop equipment and technology standards based on generic specifications and 2D/3D data
  • Product value engineering: establish product and production standards and reduce variants

Strategic advice and review; no detailed equipment design, layout planning or engineering execution.

Discuss your engineering priorities

Performance, Metrics and Digitalisation

I connect goals, metrics and accountability in a governance framework that supports decisions on the shop floor and at management level.

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  • Develop a consistent KPI hierarchy from management to the shop floor
  • Develop a framework for assessing Lean performance and maturity
  • Define responsibilities, review routines and escalation processes
  • Define requirements for clear dashboards and digitalisation
  • Establish metrics for operational leadership and management reporting
Discuss KPI governance

Transformation, Training and Coaching

Training and coaching at the process, so leaders and teams can take ownership of change and keep improving independently.

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  • Leadership coaching and a sounding board for managers
  • Lean fundamentals and hands-on team workshops
  • Develop leadership routines and a kaizen culture
  • Support transformation and embed lasting change
  • Enable teams to solve shop floor problems independently
Discuss capability building

Interim Management

Leadership for a time.
Impact that lasts.

I take on leadership responsibility and implement change with your team. With clear goals, resilient structures and a structured handover.

I take on leadership responsibility, work with your team and ensure a structured handover.

  • Lean Management
  • Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance
  • Operational Governance and Metrics
  • Operational Excellence
Discuss an interim assignment
Team discussing improvements at a board

How we can work together.

Illustrative formats, tailored to your needs.

Assessment and roadmap

4–5 days on site to assess the starting point and agree next steps.

Ongoing support

For example, two 3-day visits per month to support progress, decisions and implementation.

Intensive implementation

Up to two 5-day visits per month when change calls for more on-site support.

An intensive start

A dedicated initial phase, followed by support at agreed intervals.

Strengthen competitiveness.
Move forward together.

Let’s discuss where the greatest opportunities for improvement lie in your business.

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