We lead organizations to identify and eliminate obstacles to productivity and profit. The multi-disciplined P² Team uses unique tools like the Lean Compass to prescribe the most effective improvement solutions.

P² provides plant assessment, practical training, implementation of lean strategies and coaching for those who lead the Lean transformation of organizations. Whether your constraints are due to processes, policies, or personalities P² will help you lower your cost of production. The durability of our results is ensured by planning, measurement and accountability systems built to enhance your company culture. With experience in numerous industries our team is best suited to translate the principles of Lean production into custom job shop solutions. Our product is excellence in operations and culture.

Leslie Pickering
Leslie Pickering is an engineer with twenty seven years of international process improvement experience in the packaging industry. With a degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering Les has held responsibility for maintenance, supervision, training, and installation of machines that consistently out perform the competition two to five fold.

Les has gathered best practices from Europe, Asia, Australia, and now America to build Lean solutions for the paper, glass, and plastic industries.

Scott Ellis EdD
Scott Ellis facilitates individual and organizational growth. With advanced degrees and licensure in Counseling and Educational Psychology (MFC19407), and more than 16 years in the packaging industry, Scott is equipped to address the people side of the business. His expertise includes training, development, employee selection, HR, and the constraints caused by policy & personality.

Dr. Ellis provides leaders with Executive Coaching to help them manage change and even develop their skills for an accelerated lean transformation.

Scott Heilmann
Scott's industry experience began in plant operations. He spent three years working as a Project Engineer and later as a Production Supervisor. Mr. Heilmann earned a BS in Industrial Technology from California Polytechnic Institute and has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific.

He has worked with packaging industry clients implementing Lean Manufacturing on the production floor. He is particularly skilled in the areas of training, leading Kaizen teams, standardizing operating procedures, and Value Stream Mapping.

David Levy
Dave Levy has 30 years of experience in the paperboard packaging industry. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. He has served on boards for industry associations as well as privately held companies.

His area of expertise includes all facets of plant operations, customer service, administration, organization development, and sales and marketing. His responsibilities have included leadership of converting facilities, paper mills, and product development.

Victor Pinto
Victor has fourteen years of experience in the packaging industry with expertise in corrugated and folding carton converting facilities. Mr. Pinto is a graduate of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas with both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

He was worked for domestic and European-based equipment manufacturers in field engineering, research and development, design, marketing, and sales. Mr. Pinto has also been involved in private consulting where he trained plant personnel to improve in production and maintenance areas, and analyze existing processes and practices to streamline operations. Victor brings a unique blend of manufacturing experience as well as multi-lingual skills to complement its existing resources.

Our Product is Excellence.