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.path{grid-template-columns:1fr}}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<header class=\"sk-hero\">\n  <div class=\"wrap grid\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Subject Matter Expert \u00b7 Operational Excellence<\/div>\n      <h1>Value is created on the shopfloor. <em>That&#8217;s where I train.<\/em><\/h1>\n      <p class=\"sub\">I&#8217;m Stefan Lachmann. For more than 20 years I have helped CI teams, shopfloor leaders and L&amp;D departments turn improvement methods into daily routines: practical, on the job and with results you can measure.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"ctas\">\n        <a class=\"btn btn-red\" href=\"#contact\">Book a call<\/a>\n        <a class=\"btn btn-line\" href=\"#courses\">Explore my courses<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n      <ul class=\"proof\">\n        <li><b>20+<\/b>years in SCM &amp; L&amp;D<\/li>\n        <li><b>480+<\/b>development initiatives<\/li>\n        <li><b>7,000+<\/b>professionals trained &amp; coached<\/li>\n        <li><b>\u20ac9M+<\/b>savings from participants&#8217; projects<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    <figure class=\"portrait\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Portrait-Stefan-Lachmann.jpg\" alt=\"Stefan Lachmann, Subject Matter Expert for Operational Excellence\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" decoding=\"async\">\n      <figcaption><b>Stefan Lachmann<\/b>Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt<br>MBA \u00b7 ICF Certified Coach (PCC)<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\"><style>.sab .sk-logoband .wrap{max-width:none;padding-inline:clamp(18px,3vw,48px)}.sab .sk-logoband .sk-logos{flex-wrap:nowrap;justify-content:space-between;gap:clamp(16px,2.2vw,40px)}.sab .sk-logoband .sk-logos li{flex:0 0 auto}.sab .sk-logoband .sk-logos img{width:auto;max-width:150px;height:clamp(30px,2.8vw,44px)}@media (max-width:1180px){.sab .sk-logoband .sk-logos{flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:center}}<\/style><section class=\"band white sk-logoband\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"eyebrow\">Trusted by<\/div><ul class=\"sk-logos\"><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Airbus.png\" alt=\"Airbus\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/accenture-300x169.png\" alt=\"Accenture\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Telekom.png\" alt=\"Deutsche Telekom\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KN.png\" alt=\"Kuehne+Nagel\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fiege.png\" alt=\"FIEGE\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Havi.png\" alt=\"HAVI\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Stute.png\" alt=\"Stute\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ibb.png\" alt=\"ibb\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aRosa.png\" alt=\"A-ROSA\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><li><img src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HH.png\" alt=\"HH\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<section id=\"challenge\" class=\"band\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Why the shopfloor comes first<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"h2\">The report is green. The machine just stopped for the third time this shift.<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lede\">Most improvement programmes are planned in the meeting room and rolled out onto the floor. I start the other way round: by listening to the people who create the value, then giving them the tools, the training and the recognition they need. That is how strategy finally reaches the place where it has to work.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"sk-cards\">\n      <article class=\"sk-card red\"><div class=\"n\">Risk 01<\/div><h3>Failing to plan<\/h3><p>Churn of high performers, loss of control during transformation, lost market share to more agile competitors, and high costs from mis-hires.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"sk-card red\"><div class=\"n\">Risk 02<\/div><h3>Failing to integrate<\/h3><p>Inefficient meetings, stalled projects, duplicated effort due to a lack of coordination, and a noticeable loss of productivity when new ways of working arrive.<\/p><\/article>\n      <article class=\"sk-card red\"><div class=\"n\">Risk 03<\/div><h3>Failing to empower<\/h3><p>Working to rule, high sick leave from overload and burnout, quiet quitting, and a silo mentality that stifles innovation at every turn.<\/p><\/article>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"sk-pull\">Value is created on the shopfloor. Development should start there, too.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<section id=\"expert\" class=\"band white\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Meet the expert<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"h2\">From the shopfloor to the training room, and back.<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"story\">\n      <div class=\"copy\">\n        <p>My roots are in supply chain management and operations. I spent years where value is created, in logistics and on the shopfloor, before I started training and coaching full time.<\/p>\n        <p>Since then I have trained and coached more than 7,000 professionals, from frontline teams to CI leaders and managers. Their improvement projects have saved more than \u20ac9 million.<\/p>\n        <p>What drives me: methods only matter when they hold up in daily work. That is why I combine Operational Excellence with coaching, so people don&#8217;t just know the tools, but use them with confidence.<\/p>\n        <ul class=\"sk-tags\" style=\"margin-top:22px\"><li>Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt<\/li><li>MBA \u00b7 Diplom-Kaufmann (FH)<\/li><li>ICF PCC &amp; ACTC<\/li><li>Certified Business Trainer (BZTB)<\/li><li>Associate Lecturer, Open University<\/li><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n      <blockquote class=\"pull\">Improvement is not a project. It&#8217;s a habit you build where the work happens.<small>Stefan Lachmann<\/small><\/blockquote>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<section id=\"courses\" class=\"band\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">My courses<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"h2\">My courses on SKILLAGILITY<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lede\">Learn Operational Excellence the way it works best: on the job, with your own project and with me as your coach.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"sk-course-slider\">\n    <div class=\"sk-feature\">\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"sk-badges\"><span class=\"new\">New<\/span><span>Founding cohort<\/span><span>English &amp; German<\/span><\/div>\n        <h2>Lean Six Sigma Green Belt<\/h2>\n        <p class=\"kick\">Build your skills on the job, with your own project.<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Most Green Belt trainings end with an exam. This one ends with a result: a real improvement project from your organization, guided step by step by a Master Black Belt.<\/p>\n        <ul class=\"sk-checks\">\n          <li>80 hours in 27 DMAIC steps<\/li>\n          <li>7 personal 1:1 sessions<\/li>\n          <li>5 live Study Halls<\/li>\n          <li>Green Belt certificate<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <div class=\"sk-ctas\">\n          <a class=\"btn btn-red\" href=\"\/en\/b303-lean-six-sigma\/\">Discover the course<\/a>\n          <a class=\"btn btn-line\" href=\"\/en\/b303-lean-six-sigma\/#contact\">Free Launchpad<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"sk-price\">\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Next cohort starts<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">Monday, 26 October 2026<\/div>\n        <div><span class=\"now\">\u20ac1,250<\/span><s>\u20ac2,490<\/s><\/div>\n        <small>Founding cohort price per participant, plus VAT where applicable. Available for our first cohorts only.<\/small>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<section id=\"help\" class=\"band white\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">How I can help<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"h2\">Operational Excellence for CI teams, the shopfloor and L&amp;D<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"sk-cards\">\n      <article class=\"sk-card\" id=\"ci\"><div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CI-Teams.png\" alt=\"Continuous Improvement team at work\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"n\">01 \u00b7 CI Teams<\/div><h3>Upskilling for value creation<\/h3><p>I help your Continuous Improvement professionals grow from tool experts into strategic leaders, with advanced Lean Six Sigma, robust project management and targeted leadership training, so they drive measurable, bottom-line results.<\/p><ul class=\"sk-tags\"><li>Lean &amp; Six Sigma<\/li><li>Project Management<\/li><li>CI Leadership<\/li><li>1:1 Coaching<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n      <article class=\"sk-card red\" id=\"shopfloor\"><div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Shopfloor-Flow-scaled.png\" alt=\"Smooth flow on the shopfloor\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"n\">02 \u00b7 Operations &amp; Shopfloor<\/div><h3>Empowering frontline execution<\/h3><p>I bring practical, no-nonsense tools to where the value is created. From daily problem solving with A3 to training new team leads in conflict resolution, data analysis and motivation, I help turn daily chaos into smooth, collaborative routines.<\/p><ul class=\"sk-tags\"><li>Facilitative Leadership<\/li><li>Problem Solving<\/li><li>Team Coaching<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n      <article class=\"sk-card blue\" id=\"pc\"><div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skillagility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Workshops-scaled.png\" alt=\"Cross-functional workshop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"n\">03 \u00b7 People &amp; Culture<\/div><h3>Scaling L&amp;D impact<\/h3><p>I partner with HR leaders and in-house academies to co-create development programmes that actually stick, from scaling an existing academy to specialised workshops that turn corporate strategy into human capability.<\/p><ul class=\"sk-tags\"><li>L&amp;D Consulting<\/li><li>Academy Support<\/li><li>Instructional Design<\/li><li>Workshops<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<section id=\"talk\" class=\"band\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"head\">\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Let&#8217;s talk<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"h2\">Three steps to get started<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <ol class=\"path\">\n      <li><span class=\"yr\">Step 01<\/span><h3>Book a call<\/h3><p>30 minutes, online and free. Tell me where you stand and what you want to achieve.<\/p><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"yr\">Step 02<\/span><h3>Get a proposal<\/h3><p>You receive a concrete proposal with scope, timeline, success criteria and price.<\/p><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"yr\">Step 03<\/span><h3>Start improving<\/h3><p>Training, coaching and the SKILLAGILITY platform, so results last beyond the workshop.<\/p><\/li>\n    <\/ol>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sab\">\n<section class=\"band ink final\">\n  <div class=\"wrap grid\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Let&#8217;s connect<\/div>\n      <h2 style=\"margin-top:12px\">An initial 30-minute call is all it takes.<\/h2>\n      <p>Tell me about your operations, your team and your goals. 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