Partnership combines Lean supply chain best practices with proven planning and performance management software

May 20, 2008 - Redwood City, CA -- OutPerformance, Inc., a leading provider of profit-driven, collaborative planning and performance management solutions, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Lean Horizons Consulting, a recognized global leader in developing and implementing Lean business transformation and supply chain solutions. Working together, OutPerformance and Lean Horizons will deliver a fully integrated suite of Lean business solutions to the industrial, discreet manufacturing, and high-technology markets.

Lean Horizons will provide process design, change management, and business transformation services that integrate OutPerformance’s manufacturing performance management software. The integrated solution set will enable companies implementing Lean Business System processes to:

• Rapidly perform supply chain value diagnostics to confirm the optimal configuration and delivered cost
• Isolate the most appropriate value streams to launch the enterprise-wide Lean transformation
• Uncover hidden profit maximization opportunities through improved asset management and product mix optimizati
• Create robust sales & operations planning solutions to synchronize global assets

“Lean Horizon’s unique enterprise transformation services translate supply chain, strategy deployment, and human performance development into a highly customized Lean business system solution for their clients,” said Karl Perron, OutPerformance’s Chief Executive Officer. “At OutPerformance, we are fanatical about providing global manufacturers an integrated Lean planning software solution that increases profits by eliminating waste.  OutPerformance is truly excited to become a Lean Horizons partner and jointly assist our clients in achieving the goal of software-enabled Lean.”

Lean Horizons specializes in transforming business processes through the application of Lean Business Systems. LHC’s capabilities are based upon the Danaher Business System, widely recognized as one the most successful Lean manufacturing implementation strategies in the world. Lean Horizon’s unique Lean Business Systems Solutions takes a holistic approach to implementing Lean enterprise-wide to deliver the culture changes required to sustain profitable growth.

"As a larger percentage of our clients adopt Lean supply chain and sales & operations planning solutions, profit maximization via optimal product mix, pricing and asset management strategies becomes a true strategic weapon,” stated Bob Hawkey,LHC’s partner responsible for their Lean Supply Chain practice. “Armed with OutPerformance’s proven manufacturing performance management software solutions, our clients can achieve the tri-level goals of global asset synchronization, cross-organizational alignment, and sustainable profit growth.”

About OutPerformance
Founded in 1996, OutPerformance’s patented profit-driven planning and performance management solutions help leading chemicals, metals, electronics, and other complex manufacturers such as Dow Chemical, Avery-Dennison, and Owens-Illinois increase cash and profit worth 3-5% of revenue. Uncovering profit gain opportunities that are obscured by traditional “margin only” analysis, OutPerformance uses both margin and production velocity information to provide insight into the profit-per-minute of products, customers, and assets, and then optimizes a sales and operations plan for maximum profitability. OutPerformance is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with offices in Europe and Asia. For more information call 1 (866) PER4ORM or visit www.outperformance.com.

About Lean Horizons
With deep Lean content skills originating from the Toyota Production System, Lean Horizons Consulting provides enterprise-wide Lean transformation capabilities designed to eliminated waste, maximize supply chain performance, and enable profitable growth. Utilizing their proprietary suite of Lean transformation tools, LHC’s experienced consulting group offers comprehensive Lean solutions ranging from business strategy deployment, supply chain design and execution, Lean manufacturing & administrative process applications and organization development. LHC markets their service offerings to large and mid-size clients across consumer packaged goods, industrial, pharmaceutical and high-technology industries. For more information, contact (860) 434-0206 or visit www.leanhorizons.com.