About

Established in 2017, Dunlop Consultants delivers customised Lean based consultancy, coaching and training. Paul recognised a gap in the market for a practical and accessible approach to continuous improvement and leadership that works for everyone and delivers sustainable results by building genuine capability in the client business.

The pillars of People, Process, Play and Profit are central to Paul’s values and the effectiveness of his approach with a focus on enriching the quality of people’s working lives through inclusion and engagement and building cultures of problem solvers and learners. With human beings at the centre of the change and improvement process we can mine the wealth of talent and experience we have in our organisations to innovate and provide unique and sometimes simple solutions to the problems that frustrate and inhibit performance.

Focusing on a continuous refinement of internal processes to meet the customer’s requirements using Lean tools and techniques builds a robust, standardised yet agile structure that positions organisations to meet the ever changing demands of our world.

PAUL DUNLOP

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

Paul brings with him over 20 years of management and manufacturing experience across a broad range of industries.

FULL BIO

Sectors

Government

Manufacturing

Human & Community Services

Corporate

WHAT WE DO -

The primary objective of implementing a lean management system in your organisation is to engage people in improving the way they do their job each and every day. It’s about uncovering the problems and frustrations they encounter and to support the process of removing these roadblocks in an inclusive and sustainable way resulting in process flow and waste reduction. This approach and methodology is effective in any process driven environment whether it’s in the delivery of a service or the production of goods.

The importance of any organisational improvement is to base the activity on need. The initial steps involve conducting a diagnostic report to take a snapshot of the business and culture to define the current state. The diagnostic report promotes discussion regarding what your organisation needs to focus on, rather than the things it could do.

From there we can begin to define clarity of purpose, assess needs and priorities and develop an implementation plan utilising good management practice and Lean tools and techniques.This process will further highlight the need for any coaching or training requirements.
This approach delivers sustainable transformational change to your organisation or specific project area.

HOW WE DO IT -

Paul’s approach is defined by exposing the root cause of the issues organisations are facing and implementing strategies and tools to create sustainable solutions. This approach and methodology is effective in any process driven environment whether it’s in the delivery of a service or the production of goods.

DIAGNOSE: Understand the needs of your organisation and your people

EDUCATE: Teach which tools to use and how to use them

ENGAGE: Get the team on board

PRACTICE: Implement the tools and the learning

EXECUTE: Create clarity and take specific action

RESULTS: The results are twofold – the growth in your people and process delivers the growth in your business

WHY WE DO IT -

At the heart of Paul’s approach is the ‘why’ of helping to support people take ownership of and find meaning and joy in their daily work.

Paul’s human centred approach produces process and cultural outcomes that deliver ever increasing value to your customer and financial return on your bottom line.