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Sustainable Business Improvement Solutions.

Dedicated to helping you deliver sustainable growth, and improved cashflow through empowered people & profitable processes.

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Why 3ABEL?

About

Our Expertise

Approach

3ABEL supports businesses and their supply chains in achieving Operational Excellence (OpEx) across all their endeavours, emphasising business improvement and continuous improvement in people development to drive ongoing business growth.

In addition, 3ABEL offers recruitment services that specialise in leadership development for both permanent, fractional and interim opportunities in middle, senior, and executive roles, along with coaching and consulting positions.

3ABEL also delivers essential business financial services, including finance training, compliance, and support for business resale, ensuring operational excellence in financial practices.

Experience in multiple sectors:

- Automotive

- Aerospace

- Power Generation

- Electronics

- Pharma

- MOD

- NHS

- Construction

- Gaming/Esports

- Finance/Transactional

Based centrally in the UK, 3ABEL is dedicated to business improvement, to future-proofing your operations and your employees through world leading methods.

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Approach

Our Expertise

Approach

Centred around the 3P's: People, Process, and Passion, 3ABEL focuses on business improvement through the ability to transfer skills and knowledge globally, both remotely and face-to-face.

We emphasise our unique blend of lean manufacturing principles and flow strategies for continuous improvement that promote leadership development and operational excellence.

Our expertise encompasses the Theory of Constraints, Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), building high-performing work teams, culture change, and production system design and development. Additionally, we specialise in quality management systems and auditing for auto/aero standards.

At 3ABEL, we take pride in offering a fun 'learn by doing' experience along with a structured approach to achieving sustained success. We can support you throughout the entire product life cycle or assist with specific steps in your journey towards long term growth, through assessment, gap analysis, roadmap development, execution, and embedding.

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Our Expertise

What sets 3ABEL apart is the extensive capabilities and experience that span decades, deeply rooted in mentorship from Japanese experts at Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. This includes guidance from those who were directly trained by Ohno himself, a true testament to our commitment to business improvement and sustained profitable growth. Something to be proud of!

Rest assured that many of our 3ABEL Team are tried and tested in their application of expertise. Having held years of experience in leadership roles for some well known multi nationals and SMEs, they're not just consultants, but people who have the 'scars of leadership' and the rewards of making real positive business change.

Our experience encompasses:

- OpEx

- Continuous Improvement

- Lean Manufacturing

- Lean Transformation

- Kata Coaching

- Project Management

- Theory of Constraints

- Critical Chain

- Agile

- Quality Standards

- Problem Solving

- Supply Chain Development

- Culture Change

- Planning & Logistics

- TPM

- Business Finance

- Digital Transformation

- Marketing

- HR Support Services

With a truly global reach, our expertise also supports your recruitment needs, particularly in interim and contract leadership assignments.

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WHO IS BEHIND 3ABEL?

ALAN LOTHIAN - OWNER / DIRECTOR

With ~30 years of leadership experience across diverse sectors—including automotive, aerospace, industrial power generation, food & beverage, defence , healthcare, and construction —Alan has a proven track record of delivering business transformation, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.
Specialising in driving performance improvement at pace, leveraging world-class methodologies from Japanese lean principles (mentored by Toyota Sensei Muraoka San trained by Taiichi Ohno himself) and Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints.

"Our approach at 3ABEL combines strategic vision, hands-on leadership, and team development, ensuring measurable results and long-term success. All our team members are experienced leaders in their own right who’ve ‘walked the walk’ as well as talked!"

Leadership Philosophy:
"I believe true leadership is built on long-term accountability, trust, and team empowerment. At 3ABEL, we champion the principles of People, Process, and Passion to help organizations improve capacity, lead-times, quality, and cash flow—while developing teams into high-performers to enable sustained business stability and growth."

If your business is ready to accelerate improvement and achieve sustainable success, feel free to reach out!

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