Work waits between teams.
Requests sit in inboxes. Information is passed on, chased up and entered again. The customer waits while everyone stays busy.
Lean & Operational Excellence
Make Lean work.With your people.
We help small and large organisations improve productivity, performance and competitiveness. Through practical Lean implementation, coaching and training, we turn a better way of working into everyday practice with your team.
Supporting organisations worldwide since 1993. Based in Belgium.
Experience across industries.
A selection of organisations we have worked with.
Where is flow getting stuck?
Long lead times. Repeated mistakes. Teams working hard without seeing enough progress. Different symptoms, often connected across the same flow of work.
The same problems keep returning.
The urgent fix gets the day moving. A week later, the same delay, error or missing information is back.
Improvement relies on a few people.
When one person is away, progress slows. The team depends on their knowledge and energy to keep changes going.
Our improvement framework
Develop your people. Make improvement last.
Training, coaching and mentoring belong together. We help your people understand their processes, apply what they learn and build the confidence to lead improvements themselves.
Understand
Learn to observe the work, clarify customer value and map the current flow. Build a shared understanding of the problem before choosing a solution.
Improve together
Apply what you have learned to a real process. We coach your team as you test changes, evaluate the effect and develop a better way of working.
Make it everyday practice
Give your people the skills, standards and routines to lead improvement themselves. As they gain experience, our role shifts from hands-on coaching to mentoring when needed.
The right support for your next step.
Training, implementation and supporting tools: three ways to strengthen your organisation. We combine them around your priorities, your people and the work you want to improve.
Implementation & coaching
Implement Lean/TPS as a business strategy. We develop and coach leaders and team members in their own working environment, translating the principles into flow, standard work, problem solving and daily management.
Discuss implementationTraining through Lean Academy
Build knowledge and practical skills through open programmes, in-house training and workshops. Selected programmes include certification. Our trainers connect the theory to real implementation challenges.
Explore Lean AcademySupporting tools & work measurement
Use practical tools to improve productivity and develop your people. Work study and performance measurement help you understand work content, methods and capacity, so decisions are grounded in the process.
Discuss your processRooted in Industrial Engineering. Grounded in practice.
Founded in Belgium in 1993, Van Goubergen P&M combines a practical and academic background in Industrial Engineering, work study, Lean/TPS and Operational Excellence.
From our roots in Belgium and the Netherlands, our work has taken us across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. We support organisations of all sizes, from manufacturing to healthcare and not-for-profit.
Trainers and coaches who know the work.
Our senior team combines teaching skills with hands-on implementation experience. It includes former Toyota master trainers with more than 20 years of experience in operational management roles.
- Manufacturing & supply chain
- Healthcare
- Service & office
- Not-for-profit
Lean Academyby Van Goubergen P&M
Learning that continues on the work floor.
Since 2006, we have offered in-depth Lean/TPS training and certification programmes in Belgium and the Netherlands through Lean Academy. From a first introduction to Green and Black Belt development, the focus is on understanding Lean and applying it in your own organisation.
Find a Lean programmeA few things you may want to know.
How does a collaboration start?
We start by discussing your organisation, the process you want to improve and the problem you are seeing. From there, we agree on an appropriate scope and approach.
Do you only work with large manufacturing companies?
No. We support small and large organisations in manufacturing, supply chain, healthcare, service, office and not-for-profit environments. We adapt the approach to your organisation and the value your work needs to create for the customer.
Can you support organisations outside Belgium?
Yes. Our work began in Belgium and the Netherlands and has extended across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. We discuss the location, scope and practical arrangements at the start of each engagement.
What is the link with Lean Academy?
Lean Academy is the training platform of Van Goubergen P&M. Courses and certification programmes are available through Lean Academy; Van Goubergen P&M also supports implementation, coaching and work measurement within organisations.