IMPAQ and TEAL Combine to Bring Lean Six Sigma Consulting to a Broader UK Audience

- New venture combines Lean Management consulting expertise with Six Sigma and
data driven decisioning skills to develop Lean Six Sigma programmes to help the
growing number of UK service organisations struggling to manage businesses with
significant fixed costs and declining incomes
GUILDFORD, England--(Business Wire)--
Two specialist UK organisations - IMPAQ UK and TEAL Consulting - have combined
to create a new venture focused on delivering Lean Six Sigma-based programmes to
the growing number of UK organisations that are struggling to manage businesses
with significant fixed costs and declining incomes. IMPAQ TEAL Consulting LTD
will integrate TEAL Consulting`s highly regarded Lean Consulting skills with
IMPAQ`s proven Six Sigma expertise and data-driven decisioning technologies and
will focus on working with the service sector where Lean Six Sigma methods can
play a key role in reducing non value added processes, improving quality and
increasing service throughput.

IMPAQ TEAL Consulting will work with both private and public sector
organisations to develop Lean Six Sigma programmes that support more effective
service delivery through more streamlined end-to-end business processes. Lean
Six Sigma brings powerful methods for quickly combating recessionary pressures,
and its application in the service sector and office environment unlocks
significant opportunities to reduce costs, remove waste and improve the overall
customer experience.

"The growing consensus is that Lean Six Sigma is increasingly the approach of
choice for organisations that need to reduce their cost base when they have
declining incomes," commented Matt Studholme, IMPAQ UK Ltd`s Managing Director.
"We`ve formed IMPAQ TEAL Consulting to help address this opportunity.

"Given current economic conditions, it`s clear that there`s a real demand from
organisations that need to protect their bottom line," he continued. "The good
news is that, by using lean consulting and Lean Six Sigma techniques to clearly
identify those processes that actually add business value, we can then work with
customers to eliminate non value-added activity and unlock significant
productivity gains. Where IMPAQ TEAL can make a difference is in the provision
of an end-to-end Value Stream Analysis approach, as we offer both the
consultancy skills as well as the Workflow and Business Intelligence skills
necessary to embed Lean Six Sigma as an ongoing approach for our customers,"
continued Matt Studholme.

"Properly developed and implemented, Lean Six Sigma can radically transform the
economics of service delivery in today`s challenging climate," added Eirian
Lewis, TEAL Consulting`s Managing Director. "By supporting our Lean consultants
with IMPAQ`s data-driven decisioning technology skills, we can deliver a
holistic approach to Lean Six Sigma, addressing both operational constraints and
inefficiencies. This whole systems approach will help organisations to improve
their quality and service responsiveness going forward."

IMPAQ TEAL Consulting offers an approach to Lean Six Sigma implementation,
ranging from initial diagnosis and assessments to more comprehensive programmes
that leverage a distinctive ValueStreamMap methodology. This enables optimised
solutions to minimise waste and reduce non value-added activities. IMPAQ TEAL
Consulting also works with its customers to define measurements for further
optimisation, and then deploys the relevant Workflow and Business Intelligence
applications in order to enable changed processes. Customised dashboards and
regular coaching support are deployed to support projects and embed a culture of
ongoing improvement.

About IMPAQ TEAL Consulting:

IMPAQ TEAL Consulting Limited brings the benefits of Lean Six Sigma programmes
to a broader range of organisations, with a particular focus on helping service
sector organisations to reduce their cost base by removing non-value activities
from their operations. IMPAQ TEAL Consulting combines IMPAQ`s proven Six Sigma
process improvement and data-driven decisioning technology with TEAL
Consulting`s Lean Management expertise, and is committed to helping
organisations apply Lean Six Sigma thinking in an effective and sustainable
manner. Visit www.impaqteal.co.uk for more details.

IMPAQ TEAL Consulting PR
Charles Crabtree
Tel: 07814 027253
charles.crabtree@commacomms.com
or
IMPAQ TEAL Consulting
Matt Studholme
Tel: 01483 511776
matt.studholme@impaqteal.co.uk
or
Eirian Lewis
Tel: 01483 420550
eirian@impaqteal.co.uk

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