Our Experience.

Our team has a wealth of experience delivering the results our clients seek – from increasing revenues and reducing costs, to improving business performance and developing robust strategies that work.  Kai-Zen Consulting delivers over 60 years of combined expertise to improve how you do business.
 

Travel & Leisure
Royal Caribbean Int’l
Celebrity Cruises
Pullmantur (Spain)
Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB

Manufacturing
General Electric
Baxter Cardio Vascular
Circo Craft
PepsiCo
Bausch & Lomb

Design & Construction
Meyer Werft (Germany)
Corning Museum of Glass
OASE (Germany)
Wilson Butler Architects
BG Studio International
Tihany Design

Consulting
Porsche Consulting
Bain & Co
Gerson Lerhman Group
Aon plc


Technology
IBM
Nanonation
PeopleSoft ERP
MAPS (UK)

Retail / Financial
American Express
MasterCard
Dollar Financial Group
Axcess Financial
Office Depot

Professional Sports
Chicago Bears
San Diego Padres
New York Giants
Red Bull Arena
U.S. Open
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Oklahoma City Thunder
Phoenix Coyotes

Compliance & Ethics
MDO Partners

Education
U. of Southern California


  • REVENUE DEVELOPMENT: Increased revenue $5M by improving asset utilization, services, internal controls and processes; Developed cash flow strategies that yielded $30M in one-time savings.

  • PROOF-OF-CONCEPT LEADERSHIP: Created multimillion dollar program that increased casino revenues and provided outstanding return on investment.

  • PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: Achieved $3M in program savings through intensive contract renegotiations; Led multinational negotiations of technical specifications for luxury cruise ship; Developed global alliances to innovate and deliver the most unique features of any cruise ship.

  • INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING: Created industry first online check-in process yielding a 46% improvement in guest embarkation time and over $3M in operational savings.

  • LITIGATION SUPPORT: Provided key financial analytics and jury presentation strategies for $1B litigation against a major global propulsion systems manufacturer.

  • PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Improved supply chain logistics of world’s largest cruise ship by 80%; Accelerated speed-to-market of over 900 global itineraries; Eliminated time and attendance fraud and increased accuracy to 100% across global operations.

  • CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: Redesigned 9M+ members loyalty program, developing new tiers, optimizing program costs and improving participation and growth forecasts.

  • PROCESS STANDARDIZATION: Improved construction program effectiveness by streamlining financial reporting, standardizing design review and submittal; Created a cloud-based document management system leveraged across three continents accelerating a historically slow shipbuilding design process.

  • ERP INTEGRATION: Managed $2.5M ERP integration with an industry-leading manpower planning and scheduling system.

  • TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT: Developed and deliver training in Six Sigma (Green Belt and Black Belt), Quality Tools and Data Analytics to functional leaders, managers and front-line staff.

  • CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: Improved cruise line’s engagement with guests and travel partners by creating effective operational and policy touch points, resulting in top 3 preferred cruise lines to do business with.