Interview: Patrick Edelmann, president of Edelweis

What benefit would landscape design firms or contactors gain from employing the concept?

Improvement of the bottom line while optimization of quality. The objective of Lean Management is to eliminate waste: Waste of worked hours, waste of material, waste of use of machinery, waste of time redoing a job.

The hardscape aspect of landscaping is even more crucial as it is a major part of the long term investment in landscaping.  Edelweis first orients its efforts in this field when bringing technical expertise as a slight improvement in work methodology can make a big difference to the bottom line and in the reduction of waste of any kind.

Lean Management is a cost effective process as its application leads to a better productivity and profitability without sacrificing final product quality and takes into account the human factor.

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How can the Kaizen method help during a time of economic uncertainty?

In this time of economic uncertainty, we can not afford to let our process of production, of landscaping or others, have sources of waste of time or resources.

These strained economic times require budgetary tightening in all fields, hence the importance of applying cost-effective solutions without sacrificing final product quality.

Lean Management is a solution to this reduction of potential waste of time and resources. Edelweis provides customized services of formation and implementation of Lean Management in landscaping firms.

With close to 20 years of experience, Patrick Edelmann, its president, is well aware of all the challenges that are met in Landscaping businesses and is a valuable resource in Lean Management implementation as his enterprise is itself on a continuous improvement process with Lean Management.

Landscaping is the reflection of its owner.  Despite the economic uncertainty, we have the tools to keep realizing exceptional landscape designs and make landscaping a profitable activity for all the creators and constructors involved, to the benefit of the client.

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