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We'll be on the ground at DealMAX 2026, Booth #225 at the ARIA in Las Vegas, April 27–29. Come meet our senior-level practitioners and talk about what's really standing between your portfolio and its full potential. Lean Focus is the execution power behind your value creation plan. We embed inside portfolio companies to improve operations, supply chain, growth, innovation, and leadership — delivering measurable EBITDA impact that holds through exit. Here's what makes us different: ⚡️We mobilize before momentum is lost: during diligence, Day 1, or the first 100 days 🔗 We integrate cross-functional capability, not siloed consulting projects 📋 We install management systems and operating cadence that scale across add-ons and platforms 🏦 We focus on cash conversion, working capital release, and durable margin expansion With 3,200+ middle-market M&A professionals and 19,000+ one-on-one meetings happening at DealMAX, this is where serious dealmakers come to sharpen their edge. We're one of them. Booth #225. Bring your toughest portfolio challenge. Let's discuss how Lean Focus crafts repeatable value creation engines for Private Equity—built for speed, discipline, and compounding returns. 👉 Learn about our Private Equity Practice: https://lnkd.in/gDE7mR3p #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #ValueCreation #MergersAcquisitions #CommercialGrowth #Innovation #Leadership #BusinessSystems #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

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Lean Focus is proud to sponsor DealMAX 2026 in Las Vegas, April 27–29. We'll be joining 3,200+ middle-market M&A professionals at the ARIA Resort & Casino for three days of high-impact dealmaking and relationship-building. We work with private equity firms to close the gap between underwriting assumptions and realized returns. Value creation plans don't fail because of bad strategy. They fail because portfolio companies lack the execution discipline to deliver results at speed. We embed repeatable operating capability across the full investment lifecycle: 🔍 Pre-acquisition diligence and underwriting pressure-testing 📈 Day 1–100 stabilization and early EBITDA impact 🎯 Hold period value creation and add-on integration ✅ Pre-exit EBITDA durability and cash conversion readiness The result? A systematic approach to unlocking trapped value—one that compounds throughout the hold period instead of resetting each quarter. If you're attending DealMAX, stop by Booth #225. Let's discuss how Lean Focus can build a repeatable value creation engine for your portfolio companies. No generic playbooks. Just execution systems that accelerate returns. 👉 Learn about our Private Equity Practice: https://lnkd.in/gUpip4vU #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #MergersAcquisitions #ValueCreation #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

DAILY FOCUS:   Don’t miss the opportunity to boost your profit potential; read our quick Lean lessons in the Daily Focus. 👉Subscribe: https://t2m.io/LRy13Nya You’ve heard the saying: “red pill, blue pill”. Red pill meaning you could be opening yourself to a world of Lean business knowledge; blue pill meaning you remain unaware of the knowledge that could impact your bottom-line. As a wise Lean leader, you’d likely choose the red pill because opening yourself to actionable Lean lessons is the KEY to boosting your profit potential. Like if you’re excited to read the Daily Focus! 👍   #DailyFocus #LeanFocus #LeanThinking #Lean #LeanManufacturing #ThoughtLeadership #LeanTransformation #LeanTips #TransformingBusinesses

Every business across the globe—regardless of the language spoken or the currency it trades in—embarks on organizational transformation for one reason: to achieve sustained, profitable growth. And the most effective and efficient way to transform a business for good is through the utilization of Lean principles. https://t2m.io/kFo9SGXz Although Lean is most often associated with manufacturing, Lean Focus successfully applies the principles that underpin the Lean philosophy to new business growth, innovation, supply chain, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, and beyond. The fact is, there’s no aspect of a business that cannot be transformed for good using Lean principles—and no limit to the transformation possible, including total organizational transformation. To enact Lean transformations, we use the proven tools of the Lean Focus Business System™ (LBS™). This proprietary system rivals the most respected business systems in the world, providing a repeatable and holistic solution that addresses every aspect of a business—regardless of the industry or the country it operates in. Staying true to the spirit of Lean, the tools that comprise the Lean Focus Business System™ are continuously improved which ensures they remain relevant and effective in ever-changing business environments. When a comprehensive set of tools across all subsystems of the Lean Focus Business System™ are employed, true organizational transformation is possible. You see, when culture is transformed, guiding principles established, proven tools applied, and processes refined…sustained, profitable growth is the result. Lean Focus metrics… Countries Worked In: 50+ Industries Specialized In: 48+ Companies Worked For: 400+ Productivity Gains: 20-40% Average Growth ROI: 12:1 Capex Reduction: 50% If you’re ready to begin the conversation about true-and-total organizational transformation, contact Lean Focus now: https://t2m.io/kFo9SGXz

Lean Focus is a proud sponsor of DealMAX 2026, and two members of our senior staff are presenting a Pavilion Session for PE operators serious about top-line growth: Beyond the Deal: Predictable Growth from Disciplined Commercial Execution ✅ Monday, April 27 | 2:15 PM 📍 ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas Edward Smithwick and David Allen—who have decades of experience driving above-market revenue growth across portfolio companies, within organizations such as Danaher, Fortive, Veralto, GlaxoSmithKline, Waterpik Technologies, and beyond—will break down: 📈 How Lean principles drive revenue outcomes, not just cost savings 🚀 Proven strategies to accelerate and sustain top-line growth 🏆 Why commercial Standard Work outperforms individual sales heroics 🎯 Systems-level approaches to improving forecast accuracy and retention If accelerating value creation is on your 100-day plan, this session is for you. Here's what we see across portfolio companies: bloated pipelines, inconsistent conversion, and commercial teams operating without a shared system. Revenue targets get set. Disciplined execution doesn't follow. Lean changes that. Not Lean for the factory—Lean for growth. Applied to demand generation, funnel management, and go-to-market strategy, it creates the accountability and rigor that turns commercial effort into commercial results. 👉 See you at our Pavilion Session in Vegas: https://lnkd.in/gXQSQV2N #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #ValueCreation #LeanGrowth #DealPipeline #LeanFocus  #MergersAcquisitions #CommercialGrowth #Innovation #Leadership #BusinessSystems #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

If your team is spending its days in chaos and constant firefighting, you know that the time has come to employ the extraordinary power of Lean principles. https://t2m.io/WiL6t7R3 Whether you’re currently using outdated, ineffective, disconnected Lean tools that need to be replaced—or simply know that now’s the time to implement a Lean business system—LBS 4U™ is the solution you’ve been looking for.   Based on the tools of the Lean Focus Business System™, LBS 4U™ is the cost-effective, time-efficient, and proven way to obtain a world-class business system that’s customized and branded specifically for your company’s needs. You already know that to realize sustained, profitable growth, the tools contained within your business system must carefully match the unique circumstances of your organization—including its values, culture, and strategies. And to get the deepest level of buy-in from all stakeholders, the materials that represent a business system should look and feel like your company’s brand.   By choosing LBS 4U™, you’ll be empowered to transform one or many business areas, including: sales, marketing, innovation, supply chain, operations, human resources, leadership, and beyond. LBS 4U™ is for publicly-traded companies, private enterprises, private equity, and everything in-between. And when you deploy a comprehensive set of tools through your Lean business system, total organizational transformation is possible, with an impressive bottom line as the result.   With LBS 4U™, your new system will rival the most respected business systems in the world. The tools will provide your teams with repeatable and holistic solutions—regardless of the industry or the country you operate in. And staying true to the spirit of Lean, the tools available have been continuously improved, meaning that they will be relevant and effective—even in the midst of on-going, ever-changing business environments.   A proven Lean business system is the answer to chaos and constant firefighting, and LBS 4U™ is the solution. So don’t wait a moment longer! Call us now at +1 (630) 800-8519, or click the link below to see why businesses like Stryker, MasterBrand, W.L. Gore & Associates, and JB Poindexter & Co power their businesses with a customized, branded business system with LBS 4U™. https://t2m.io/WiL6t7R3

LEAN FOCUS PODCAST   Most companies think Finance reports performance.   The best companies know Finance should drive it.   In this episode of the Lean Focus Podcast, DAMON BAKER sits down with Mark Dyas, CFO of Lighteum Medical, to discuss what happens when a Lean-thinking CFO stops acting like a scorekeeper and starts operating as the connective tissue of the business.   Mark has led transformation across public companies, privately held organizations, and private equity-backed environments, and he’s seen the same pattern repeat itself: strong historical performance masking operational risk, leadership teams reacting to results instead of managing the drivers, and Finance focused on reporting the news instead of changing the outcome.   In this conversation, Mark shares how he: 📋 Identifies operational problems before they show up in EBITDA or cash flow 📈 Turns Finance from a reporting function into a value-creation engine 📚 Uses data and storytelling to challenge assumptions without creating blame 🖇️ Focuses organizations on the critical few drivers that actually move enterprise value 🗒️ Builds cross-functional alignment through processes like Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning, capital discipline, and performance management 🤝 Balances financial discipline with culture, trust, and long-term organizational health 💼 Navigates the tension between traditional GAAP accounting and the operational behaviors required for Lean performance   This episode is a masterclass for CEOs, CFOs, and private equity leaders who want Finance to do more than measure the business — they want it to help run it. Because the most effective Finance leaders don’t just report the story. They help rewrite it. 🔔 Listen to the Lean Focus Podcast on your favorite platform and if you subscribe, you’ll be automatically notified whenever a new episode drops. Episodes are posted monthly and are published on the first Tuesday of each month. Apple Podcasts – Spotify – Amazon Music – Pandora – iHeart – YouTube Music – Deezer – Castbox 📣 Know someone who would appreciate this episode? Help us spread the word about Lean thinking by sharing this post!   #LeanFocusPodcast #BusinessTransformation #TransformationStory #LeanTransformation #CEOInterview #LeanInterview #LeanFocus #Podcast #NewEpisode

Lean Focus will be at Booth #225 at DealMAX 2026, and it’s an event we’re proud to sponsor. DealMAX is where operating partners, deal teams, and portfolio company leaders come to talk about what happens after the close. The hold period is where value is won or lost. Strategy decks don't move EBITDA. Execution systems do. Lean Focus is the execution power behind your value creation plan, providing hands-on capability to improve operations, supply chain, growth, innovation, and leadership—with measurable P&L impact. Our senior-level practitioners have deployed inside PE-backed companies across every stage of the investment lifecycle: 🔍 Pre-acquisition diligence and underwriting pressure-testing ⚓️ Day 1–100 stabilization and execution cadence 🎯 Hold period value creation and add-on integration 🏁 Pre-exit cash conversion and leadership readiness We don't advise from the sidelines. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with management teams to build systems that make performance predictable and repeatable across the entire portfolio. Join 900+ PE professionals, 800+ investment bankers, and 3,200+ dealmakers at DealMAX. Then stop by Booth #225 to discuss how Lean Focus can build a repeatable value creation engine for Private Equity. 👉 Learn about our Private Equity Practice: https://lnkd.in/gTG7pUR4 #DealMAX2026 #PrivateEquity #MergersAcquisitions #CommercialGrowth #PressureTesting #Leadership #BusinessSystems #ValueCreation #EBITDA #MarginExpansion #CommercialAcceleration Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)

We are proud to announce the addition of William Irwin, Senior Vice President, Executive Advisor, Lean Focus North America. William has used Lean principles for over 20 years to lead transformative innovation, complex product portfolios, and commercial growth initiatives across a wide array of industries and company sizes. William has achieved significant results in strategy creation, new product development roadmaps, manufacturing footprint and portfolio rationalization, sales team transformation, eCommerce capability expansion, and distribution and GTM strategy creation and execution through various Business Unit Leadership, Executive Leadership, and P&L ownership roles at companies such as Danaher, Envista, Honeywell, and PE-backed manufacturing businesses. 👉 Learn more about William: https://lnkd.in/gU6d8vKY 👇 Please congratulate William in the comments! CONTACT US: info@leanfocus.com #leanmanufacturing #leantransformation #leanleadership #leanthinking #lean #consulting #leanmanagement #leanconsulting #leanfocus #businesstransformation #businessconsulting