May 29th, 2020
2019 a great year for Bourton Group LLP 2019 started with The Financial Times naming us as one of the Leading UK Consultancy Firms for the 2nd year running. Then not long after, Bourton Group had further reason to celebrate having scooped the 2019 MCA Award for Performance Improvement in the Private Sector. Our 2019 […]
February 25th, 2021
Bourton Group LLP reaffirms its commitment to the Management Consultancies Association Consulting Excellence principles. The Consulting Excellence is a groundbreaking scheme for some of the UK’s leading management consulting firms and marks a step-change for the industry. As a founding member of the MCA and an operation management consultancy, we are committed to upholding the highest standards […]
February 24th, 2021
Bourton is listed in the Financial Times league table of the UK’s Leading Management Consultants 2021. For the third consecutive year, Bourton Group received a significant number of recommendations from peers and clients and can be classed as highly “recommended” within the consulting industry, and particularly within the Construction & Infrastructure sector. Read the full report […]
February 2nd, 2021
The reason 5S is different is that, unlike just about every other Lean technique, it is not based on processes, but instead on the work environment. If you’re not careful when training, this can make it seem overly simplistic when in reality a detailed appreciation of each of the 5 S’s is essential if they’re to be […]
November 16th, 2020
The individuals in an empowered team (also known as a ‘self-directed’ or ‘self-managed’) are not too different from that of the average traditional team. With an empowered team knowledge, experience and motivation are fully utilised, as they are given more freedom over the way they work. It is not the team members or team roles […]
July 7th, 2020
How businesses leverage their Networked Organisation to exploit the ‘hidden’ margin benefits in the value-chain and stimulate cashflows For many organisations the pandemic has exposed a lack of resilience in their business. Businesses are seeking ‘Competitive Survival’ in a rapidly changing environment, and the capability to manage disruption and uncertainty to mitigate risks and emerge […]
May 7th, 2020
Being a high-performance leader may come more naturally to some than others. However, the skills required can also be learned, developed, and continuously improved. Here are our observations on the leadership skills that most often crop up in our coaching work with leaders and managers. The three skill areas that leaders can lever to bring […]
April 27th, 2020
Bourton Group LLP is delighted to announce that Sharon Banks has joined its consulting team as an Associate Senior Consultant. Sharon is a Lean expert with extensive experience of working in Government agencies at a senior level for many years. During her career, Sharon has led large
April 15th, 2020
When you’re first introduced to Lean, one of the things that can be slightly confusing is the many ways in which ‘time’ is mentioned. We all understand that time elapses and that any given moment is a specific time, but suddenly in Lean we hear phrases like: Cycle Time Lead Time Work Content Time Elapsed […]
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