Vistage International

"There was a book out a few years ago about quality. It was called I Know It When I See It.

When it comes to the work of Toni and her team in Kaizen/Lean in companies, they truly are about Quality, Cost, and Delivery. Toni and her team are an organization that can assist any company in moving to a higher level of performance and competence.

Toni knows what needs to be done in the grand scheme of things. She is about helping organizations understand the system they need to create and assisting them to develop the people to do what needs to be done to accomplish what needs to be accomplished."

-Ozzie Gontang, Ph.D.

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The Toro Company

"Toni approaches kaizen, lean, and continuous improvement from a holistic, systems-oriented perspective. This differs from many consultants out there who are "tools focused" and fail to emphasize the change needed in management systems to support a kaizen culture. Toni's exceptional analytical skills as well as the deep, intuitive grasp she has of her subject matter enable her to customize her approach as needed to meet the unique needs of the organizations she works with.

With Davies Consulting, Inc., organizationally we have learned much more about kaizen and continuous improvement. Trained 25 people who then facilitated improvement teams throughout the corporate office. We moved from a "tools" orientation to a "systems" approach to kaizen. We realized that the tools cannot be sustained without a shift in how we manage our people and processes.

Toni is one of the true experts in her field."

-G.P. Manager Continuous Improvement

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EnerSys™

"With Toni Davies and her staff, we used an integrated LeanKaizen strategy. We improved quality, reduced scrap, improved efficiency, increased throughput and capacity, reduced inventory and cycle time dramatically, improved organization, and plan appearance. This resulted in improved sales as customers were confident in the quality and appearance of our plant, plus we were able to demonstrate improvements that had been made.

I feel that one advantage that Davies Consulting offers is their ability to put together a customized program that fit our needs. I feel a larger Consulting Company would just come in and try to implement a “canned” program that would not offer the same level of personal service. Toni and her Staff really understood our Plant culture and that helped to be more effective in our Kaizen program implementation.

I believe Toni is an expert in the field of Kaizen and she is an extremely talented Trainer. Toni’s ability to communicate effectively with everyone in the organization made her a very effective trainer. Toni’s experience working in many different Companies, in many different Countries, helped her to provide a level of personal service that was much higher than expected."

-Jeffrey Rulis, Managing Director, Asia Operations

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Johnson Diversey Equipment

"With Toni Davies’ assistance and leadership we were able to implement significant and novel processes throughout our business that gave marked improvements in efficiency and quality. Toni initially diagnosed the issues and challenges and laid out a strategic implementation plan that built in Kaizen training and development at all levels in the organization through Policy Deployment and integrating Lean/Kaizen tools to implement process changes. Of particular value was the instruction and facilitation of in-house trainers to bring training throughout the company not only in the development of the various tools but also the alignment of thinking and approach to ensure successful implementation. This diagnosis resulted in annual plans and goals tailored to the organization’s ability to absorb and implement them at a pace that could be managed while dealing with the requirements of the on-going business.

Personally I found the approach, and Toni’s individual coaching, enlightening and valuable in the growth of my leadership skills and enjoyed my involvement throughout the engagement. For someone looking to make positive organizational change that will endure I would strongly recommend Davies Consulting and Toni’s services."

-Dermott Corr, CEO

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Lou English, Ph.D.

"Toni Davies is one of the best strategic thinkers in the lean transformation business today. This is the person senior leadership calls to help them decide how to best achieve a lean culture and resulting world class performance. Toni knows all the pieces of the lean transformation puzzle. She can initiate a diagnosis, train people on the appropriate tools and technologies, coach managers to be change agents and insure business results are achieved. I have worked with Toni both as a colleague and business partner and have found no person better able to give smart, business focused advice on what it takes to become a lean centered organization."

-Lou English, Ph. D., Sr. Consultant and Account Manager

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Alan Robinson, Ph.D.

"I found Toni Davies to be an extremely impressive person. It is clear to me that Toni Davies is very knowledgeable in the broader area of continuous improvement. Without hesitation, I recommend her to any company seeking to install an effective program of continuous improvement. I reel that she has exceptionally strong command of practiceal issues of implementation, that is, she will give good advice on what to do, why it should be done, and how to do it. Such skills are far from commonplace. I recommend Toni Davies highly."

-Alan Robinson Ph.D.,
Author of "Continuous Improvement in
Operations" and "Corporate Creativity"
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Allied-Signal, Inc.

"At Allied-Signal, Inc. (Bendix Automotive Systems) North America, we have had the pleasure of working with Toni Davies on a division-wide launch of CEDAC, which we initiated in the early 1990s. We are extremely pleased with the performance and conscientious support of Toni Davies as both a trainer and a consultant. She has been well received at our manufacturing locations by hourly and salaried employees alike. Already, we are seeing positive results from Employee Involvement teams using CEDAC, results which show that CEDAC is more than a problem-solving tool alone. It is, however, the personal effectiveness of Toni Davies as a trainer and motivator that augments the design and impact of the training and implementation."

-B. Bouldin, Manager Training and Development

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Bell Nordic

"A word of great gratitude for your warm presence, generous advice and exchanges over our favourite: kaizen!

Even with colleagues (not to say competitors) your heart was a big as this world, a world in need of respect, humanity, and efficiencies."

-J.M.L., President, Japan Study Tour 2003