I — Datum
PARTNERSHIPS — Programs & Services
Three programs for organizations that build capability in others. Training center licensing for Lean Six Sigma programs. Fractional operational excellence consulting. A curated network of practitioners.
II — Training Center Program
For organizations that deliver Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or quality engineering training. One admin account, up to 24 instructor seats, and free student access to the full platform during the program.
- Training center purchases one admin account
- Up to 24 instructor seats included
- Students receive 100% free access to SVEND Professional for the duration of the program
- Students receive 50% off Professional for life if they subscribe within 30 days of program completion
- Full platform access: SPC, DOE, capability analysis, Gage R&R, value stream mapping with discrete-event simulation
- Dedicated onboarding and curriculum integration support
| Eligible Organizations | Training providers, universities, corporate L&D, consulting firms |
| Accreditation | ILSSI (International Lean Six Sigma Institute) |
| Instructor Capacity | Up to 24 seats per center |
| Student Access | Free during program · 50% off post-completion (30-day window) |
| Platform Tier | Professional (full feature set) |
| Contact | [email protected] |
Suitable for: Lean Six Sigma training providers, corporate CI departments, universities with IE/quality programs, consulting firms deploying methodology at client sites.
III — Direct Support & Operational Excellence Services
SVEND was built by the practitioner who led press operations to a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 world record — OEE more than double the industry average — applying Protzman’s integrated framework across four shifts at Fort Dearborn. We offer tailored partnership options to support operational excellence, quality management, and strategic planning missions across geographic and industrial concerns.
SVEND offers partnerships through the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Program (SCMEP) as a Technical Partnership Provider (TPP), and works with manufacturers across the United States through the federation of practices described below.
- Full library of playbooks including Bills of Materials (BoMs)
- Pre-work and follow-up (30-60-90 days) calls included — customers own the plan and charter
- Value Stream Map → Value Stream Analysis → Annual Improvement Budget (GAAP-compliant savings) facilitation & support
- Custom API tools and virtual Hour × Hour plan-to-actual boards (varying sizes available)
- Training and leadership development programs (custom branding, tailored to partner needs)
- Multi-site executive support for OpEx huddles, Friday report-outs, Hoshin consolidation and more — consolidation runs on Hoshined
| Frameworks | TPS · Six Sigma · SPC · Protzman (BASICS) · 2P/3P |
| Infrastructure | Scheduling · Team Support · Hiring Support |
| Rate | $2,000/day plus travel & expenses |
| Reduced Rate | Available — see below |
| Partnership | SCMEP Technical Partnership Provider (TPP) |
| Operating Standard | — |
| Hoshin Consolidation | Hoshined |
A manufacturer working to keep people employed, or to add headcount, can apply for a reduced day rate. Operational excellence is often sold as a way to need fewer people; that is not what this practice is for, and the rate reflects it.
There is no form to fill in beyond the one below. Say what you are trying to protect or build in the project intake and we will talk about the rate directly. Reductions are agreed case by case, in writing, before any work starts.
The multi-site hoshin consolidation above is not done by hand. Plants fill in the workbook they already fill in; Hoshined reads it as submitted and returns the consolidated month the same day, with nobody re-keying a cell.
hoshined.com →III-A Project Intake Form
IV — The Federation
SVEND is not sold by a software company. It is the analytical engine behind Kjerne Services — a federation of independent manufacturing and operational excellence consulting firms, each running its own brand and its own client relationships. Every method on the bench is one the federation uses on a shop floor before it reaches you.
Kjerne provides the shared infrastructure the firms run on: CRM, financial operations, email automation, lead capture, and the full Forge analytical suite. The same engine that computes a capability study for a federation engagement computes yours — there is no separate consulting build.
Current partners include Front End Efficiency Partners (manufacturing scheduling) and CrossPointe Advisors (operational diligence). Membership is selective — an established client base, domain depth, and a principal who came from the floor.
V — What We Sponsor
Not every relationship here is commercial. SVEND sponsors Dugnadsand, a mutual aid project run with a 501(c)(3) in upstate South Carolina — we host it, and we are helping build it. It sells nothing.
Dugnad is the Norwegian word for work a neighborhood does together — the Saturday the whole street turns out, and nobody keeps track of who owed what. Dugnadsand is the record-keeping for mutual aid organizations in upstate South Carolina. It keeps one record, hours given, and that record is deliberately not a currency: it cannot be spent, nobody is owed it, and nothing in the system gates on it. You can receive having given nothing, ever. That last property is the whole design.
dugnadsand.org →