Lean Business Specialists - Nestadt Consulting

Simulation Testimonials

Gary Kakos, RMIT Centre for Manufacturing said
The Buckingham Game Lean Game is a very valuable interactive teaching tool for improving process flow in any operation.

Richard Lock, Manufacturing Manager of Amcor Cartonboards said
The Buckingham Lean game illustrated the way we should be thinking about customers, the organisation, our objectives, the way forward.

Chris Blair, General Manager of BQ Design said
The benefits gained from the Buckingham Lean Game were:

The Lean Game graphically demonstrates improvements that can be made in the manufacturing process by addressing bottlenecks and stock shortages, improving line balancing and communication and implementing score boarding.

It encourages participants to apply the learnings to their work environment resulting in a greater sense of ownership and improvements in productivity.

It greatly enhances a team environment

It enables an assessment of participants skills and leadership potential

It highlights and prioritises critical areas requiring improvement and thus ensures the most effective allocation of resources.

I would recommend the Buckingham / Lean Game because it allows the participants to put the theory into practice in a simulated environment. The format encourages participation from employees at all levels and provides a positive learning experience with measurable outcomes. It greatly enhances a team environment, improves communication and empowers employees by developing a greater sense of ownership.

Peter Gregory, Monash University said

Many of our students do not appreciate how much performance and output is linked to organisational structure; they learn a great deal about business operations from this simulation; the simplicity of the processes makes it very easy for them to discover how the output can change as a result of changes to the organisation. I suspect that this knowledge stays with them for a long time and that it will be recalled when needed.

Gary Kakos, RMIT Centre for Manufacturing said

Our Striving for Best Practice in Manufacturing program has made very good use of the Buckingham Game facilitated by Kevin Nestadt over the last few years.

Through Kevin's facilitation of the simulated factory exercise and the subsequent brainstorming, the participants in our program gain substantial practical insight into the concepts of 'lean thinking' and its key tools and techniques.