The Lean Blitz mission:

Lean Blitz provides education, development, and implementation of lean methodologies and other continuous improvement strategies to sports organizations and small businesses through consulting, training, and strategic operations analysis. We show you how to do it better.

The Lean Blitz vision:

Lean Blitz is committed to the long-term viability and sustainability of small businesses and sports organizations despite the unique challenges they face in today’s global economy. Through greater realization of efficiencies and flexibility in meeting their customers’ needs, these organizations will be better-equipped to provide offerings that stand out against direct and indirect competitors.

Created in October 2011, Lean Blitz is the world’s only organization dedicated to showing sports organizations and small businesses how to implement lean methodologies and waste reduction strategies to become more efficient in servicing their markets. Based near Augusta, Georgia, Lean Blitz has over seven years of lean and continuous improvement experience through specialized projects that drive over $7M annually to the bottom line.

Chad Walters has been practicing lean and continuous improvement for over eight years. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt certified by the American Society for Quality and received his MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he was a member of the Kelley MBA Sports & Entertainment Academy. He has been a consultant for the Atlanta Braves, the Salvation Army, and Automatic Data Processing (ADP), and has also worked with Eaton Corporation, The Dannon Company, Thomson Plastics, Elmore Sports Group, and the South Bend Silver Hawks minor league baseball club.

Read here where Chad got his start in Lean and also in sports.