France's capital of microtechnology: watchmaking, precision engineering, medical devices. High-value production, small batches and tight tolerances — a setting where lean manufacturing is played out to the micron and to the minute.
Industry in the Doubs lives on precision: watchmaking, fine bar turning, medical devices, optics. This small-batch, high-mix production poses a specific lean challenge — frequent changeovers eat up capacity, and work in progress builds up between workstations. SMED and pull flows deliver spectacular results here. A typical assignment: a watch component manufacturer in the Haut-Doubs cut its changeover times by 45% (SMED) and sharply reduced its work in progress, gaining valuable lead time on its order book. We operate in Besançon, Morteau, Pontarlier, Dole and across the watchmaking valley.
Lean for microtechnology is not lean for the automotive industry: SMED, fine scheduling and pull flows adapted to multi-reference order books.
Micron tolerances, clean rooms, unit-by-unit inspection: our workshops respect the metrological requirements of your production.
−45% changeover time = machine hours recovered on your existing assets, which are often bottlenecks and expensive.
All our lean manufacturing expertise, deployed across the precision workshops of the Doubs.
Revealing waste right across your value chain.
Tracking and quantifying the 8 Muda in your workshops.
The organisational foundation of any high-performing workshop.
Waste and variability addressed together.
Your teams self-sufficient after the assignment.
From pilot to full roll-out: Kanban, SMED, TPM.
Lean adapted to precision: we know the workshops where the product is measured in microns and counted one by one.
Bar turning, gear cutting, watch assembly, medical: our consultants have worked in precision workshops and know their metrological constraints.
Besançon, the watchmaking valley (Morteau, Villers-le-Lac), Pontarlier: assignments delivered in blocks of days with regular on-site presence.
−45% SMED and significant gains on work in progress and service levels: KPIs defined before we start and measured monthly.
4 simple steps, from first contact to measured results.
30 minutes on the phone to understand your context and your challenges. Free of charge.
2 to 5 days at your site: observation, measurements, team interviews.
Prioritised levers, gains estimated in €, contractually committed KPIs.
Improvement projects with your teams, monthly measurement, transfer of skills.
A first 30-minute call to identify your capacity opportunities — SMED, work in progress, flows.
