Lean to Win

What Lean to Win does

Lean to Win sp. z o.o. is a privately held Polish consulting firm, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Chorzów (Silesia), that delivers Lean Management and operational-efficiency services to manufacturing firms and family-owned businesses across Poland. Its delivery model combines on-site consulting (≈60% of engagement time), remote advisory (≈30%), and planning sessions (≈10%), with a hybrid billing structure that pairs a consulting day rate (3,600–5,000 PLN) with a success-fee component tied to measurable client KPIs. The proprietary "Program Szybkich Efektów" (Rapid Results Program) is positioned to deliver measurable operational improvements in roughly three months, and is supported by the HEARTLY (heartly.pl) SaaS application that tracks KPIs, benchmarks clients against industry peers, and exposes an AI-based "AskMe" business-advisor feature. The broader offering set includes Lean workshops, the Lean Mastermind cohort of 12 strategic benchmarking visits across Poland, postgraduate studies in partnership with Polish universities, free diagnostic tools (Kompas Efektywnego Zarządzania, Kalkulator Oszczędności), and a content library anchored by a 3,000+-subscriber newsletter and a published bestseller, "Skuteczny Lider Lean."

The customer base is broad: 20+ named reference logos span metalworking (POLTRA), glass processing (Amber Glass), LED lighting (Luxon), packaging (Cartonplast Polska, Ceba Baby), food manufacturing (FIVIO), e-commerce fulfillment (Radial Poland), glass/metal/HVAC (Instal-Projekt), prefab construction (Kunert Mobilehaime, HOCOMO), finance/leasing (Grupa Aureus), financial-legal services (Kancelaria Finansowa LEX), aerosols (Jago-Pro), logistics (Geldbach Polska), healthcare (SP ZOZ "Repty"), automation (APA Group), and senior care (Medira). Documented outcomes include a single-client savings figure of 8,785,000 PLN, on-time-delivery improvements from 60% to 95% (Luxon), 88% report-preparation time reduction (Cartonplast), 32–36% efficiency gains (POLTRA), and 4,200 production hours recovered annually (Amber Glass). The firm is co-owned and led by President/Strategic Consultant Andrzej Krótki and Vice President Kamil Radom, both lecturers at Polish universities; a 2022 funding event with Aligo Venture Capital is recorded but discloses no dollar value. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the firm remains bootstrapped and founder-led, with no institutional dilution beyond that single event.

Name

Lean to Win

Legal name

Lean to Win sp. z o.o.

Website

https://leantowin.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Polish Lean Management consulting firm (founded 2020, Chorzów) serving manufacturing and family-owned businesses across Poland with strategy consulting, the Program Szybkich Efektów methodology, Lean workshops, the HEARTLY KPI/benchmarking SaaS, and the Lean Mastermind benchmarking-visit program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Lean Management & Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) (EDABAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL), Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH), Lean Six Sigma for Services & Transactional Processes (EDABAKAC)

Keywords

• Lean management consulting
• Operational excellence services
• Manufacturing process optimization
• Lean training workshops
• Family business advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Chorzów

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lean Management Consulting & Advisory: Core professional services revenue stream. Consultants work on-site at client facilities (60% of time), remotely (30%), and in planning meetings (10%). Projects span several months, starting with a pilot program of approximately 10–12 consulting days. Hybrid billing model combines lower daily rate with success-fee component tied to measurable outcomes.
2. Lean Workshops and Training: Interactive business workshops and lean management training sessions for employees and managers. Content includes lean manufacturing tools, process improvement techniques, and team engagement. Part of broader service offering bundled with consulting engagements.
3. HEARTLY SaaS Platform: Proprietary KPI measurement and benchmarking application (heartly.pl). Generates recurring digital tool revenue through business metrics tracking, peer benchmarking, and AI-powered business advisory features for client performance management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Lean to Win is a Polish consulting firm that helps manufacturing and family-owned businesses improve operational efficiency and profitability through Lean Management consulting, workshops, and training. The company delivers its proprietary Program Szybkich Efektów (Rapid Results Program) methodology to drive measurable improvements within approximately 3 months, complemented by the HEARTLY SaaS application for KPI tracking, benchmarking, and AI-powered advisory. Strategic benchmarking visits (Lean Mastermind), postgraduate studies partnerships, and lean leadership content extend the service portfolio.

Product overview

Lean to Win operates as a consulting and training firm offering a portfolio of interconnected Lean management services. The core offerings include the proprietary Program Szybkich Efektów (Quick Results Program) methodology, strategic consulting engagements, and Lean workshops. The company has developed its own Aplikacja HEARTLY (Heartly Application) — a KPI measurement and benchmarking platform that includes AskMe, an AI-powered business advisor feature. Supporting resources include free tools such as the Kompas Zarządzania (Management Compass) for organizational self-assessment, the Kalkulator Oszczędności (Savings Calculator) for quantifying waste, and the Biuletyn LeanToWin newsletter. Additional offerings encompass Wizyty Strategiczne Lean Mastermind (benchmarking visits), Warsztaty Lean (training workshops), and educational programs including postgraduate studies and the published book 'Skuteczny Lider Lean.' The services are delivered through hybrid models combining on-site client work, remote consulting, and online components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Program Szybkich Efektów (Rapid Results Program)

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% reduction in report preparation time (Cartonplast)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kaizen Institute: Global kaizen/lean transformation consulting firm founded by Masaaki Imai. Directly comparable in methodology (TPS-derived tools, kaizen, process improvement) and target audience (operations leaders seeking measurable efficiency gains), though it operates at a larger, multinational scale.
• TBM Consulting Group: Lean and operational excellence consultancy founded by former Toyota executives. Closely comparable offering — lean transformation, kaizen, production system deployment — for manufacturing and service clients, with a similar consultant-led delivery model.
• Value Stream Partners: Lean/operations consulting firm focused on value stream mapping and continuous improvement engagements. Comparable in toolset (VSM, kaizen, lean leadership) and in serving mid-market and enterprise manufacturers seeking process transformation.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting incumbent with a dedicated Operations Practice that delivers lean, manufacturing, and supply-chain transformations. Overlaps on enterprise transformation mandates, though McKinsey serves a much broader strategic agenda and far larger client programs.
• Bain & Company: Global management consultancy with a strong operations and performance improvement practice. Overlaps with Lean to Win on enterprise transformation and operational excellence engagements, particularly in manufacturing-heavy European accounts.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global management consulting incumbent with operations and manufacturing transformation practices. Overlaps with Lean to Win on enterprise lean and operational improvement programs, while offering a much broader strategy and digital transformation portfolio.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big Four advisory firm with a large operations transformation and Industry 4.0 practice. Competes for the same enterprise lean/operations transformation mandates and serves many of the same large industrial and consumer clients in Poland and across Europe.

Regional players

• Roland Berger: European-headquartered strategy and operations consultancy with an active lean/operational excellence practice. Regionally comparable given its European footprint and mid-market to enterprise manufacturing client base, though it offers a broader strategic consulting portfolio.
• Implement Consulting Group: Nordic-based management consultancy with a dedicated operations transformation practice serving European clients. Comparable on lean/process improvement engagements and on a consultant-led delivery model, with similar-sized enterprise transformation mandates.

Emerging players

• Gemba Academy: Lean training and consulting firm offering online education and onsite lean/kaizen engagements. Comparable on lean methodology training and continuous improvement content, though more skewed toward training/education than Lean to Win's on-site consulting motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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