About Us

Productivity Inc., established in 1979, is a leading consulting and training firm delivering leading-edge Lean implementation strategies.

Productivity, Inc. was the first U.S. Company to develop products and services based on the key principles of the Toyota Production System, and the first to publish the writings of Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno, the leading manufacturing gurus and the creators of the Toyota Production System.

Our consultants are first generation lean consultants – having worked with and studied under the originators of process improvement strategies including, Shigeo Shingo, Yoshiki Iwata, Ryuji Fukuda and Iwao Kobayashi.

Productivity Healthcare was created to focus on the unique needs of healthcare providers and payers. Our consultants experience in 12 hospitals (3,000 beds) working with 20,000 employees made improvements impacting 450,000 Emergency Room visits, 60,000 outpatient surgeries and 130,000 inpatient discharges last year.

Today, Productivity Inc., maintains relationships with renowned Lean experts, practitioners and one of the top business schools in the country, the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. These relationships allow us to continually bring new methodologies to our clients.

Our team-based approach to implementation ensures a transfer of ownership of the improvement process to our clients enabling them to sustain the improvements gained. Productivity Inc. is the only resource you need to achieve better patient outcomes and increase profits... Get Lean, Stay Lean.

Where We Operate

Productivity Inc. operates in North America, Latin America, Mexico, Asia, Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom, Japan, throughout Europe. We service global organizations across a wide range of industries including, automotive, packaging, mining, chemical processing, printing, food processing, consumer products, newspapers, and many more.

• North America
• Latin America
• Mexico
• Asia
• Southeast Asia
• the United Kingdom
• Japan
• Europe