deploy
Specific Strategies
for Business Excellence

Welcome to Thornley Group
Thornley Group is a New Zealand based company providing consultancy and training in the development and deployment of business excellence strategies. We have business consultants in both North and South Islands specialising in Lean and Six-Sigma business process improvement. Services are offered that range from hands-on consultancy to on-site delivery of training programmes.
Using the expertise of our business consultants you will:
- Reduce costs
- Improve profitability
- Improve quality
- Increase customer satistaction
- Compete effectively
Our fees are generally recovered within a few months so if these factors are important to your organisation then you need to be talking to Thornley Group. If you are a member of an ITO you can get financial contribution towards training in Lean and Six Sigma (Competitive Manfucturing Unit Standards). Contact us to discuss opportunities and options.
Our people
Lean
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Becoming a Lean organisation involves many steps. Lean Manufacturing and Lean Services require a commitment to doing business differently. Those organisations that adopt Lean Manufacturing (Competitive Manufacturing) or Lean Services across their activities perform effectively and efficiently with minimal waste of resources, the highest quality and the lowest cost...
Six Sigma
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Six-Sigma, along with Lean Manufacturing and Lean Services is capable of delivering substantial improvements in business performance and profitability. At Thornley Group we can provide you with all the support required for setting a Six-Sigma strategy including training key people as Six Sigma Black Belts and Green Belts to nationally recognised standards...
Services
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Thornley Group business consultants can provide you with the quickest route to becoming a competitive manufacturing organisation or a high performance services provider. Engaging in sustainable business process improvement is the means by which world leading companies ensure that excellence is achieved and success maintained...
Latest News
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Public course 2010 - Apply now!
- Competitive Manufacturing unit standards training and assessment...
- Thornley Group announces partnership with the NZOQ for the delivery of Lean Six Sigma training...


