About Us
The Founder
Manickavasagam Palaniandy, as most people know him as Manica, is one of the industry’s most experienced leaders with over 24 years of experience in business process improvements and advisory engagements in engineering, management field, process improvement in manufacturing, oil & gas, energy, and banking industries.
Manica started off his career as an engineer in manufacturing industry which gave him an insight of Lean Six Sigma deployments. Manica attained his Lean Six Sigma training credentials from Six Sigma Academy in Netherlands.
Manica’s eclectic background has led many high-profile assignments, which include global lead consultant for specific processes within a multi-national company. His forte lays both in consultancy as well as operations. He has trained & coached more than 10,000 aspirants and business leaders in operation excellences and process improvements.
He has helped develop and improve continuous process improvement systems and create new infrastructures to fulfil the needs of fast-growing companies. He has a broad knowledge base of statistical analysis and process improvement skills, training and experienced in organizational transformation. Manica has a proven track record of identifying, prioritizing and delivering significant and sustainable improvements across a broad range of business processes and functions.
Manica has led many high-profile assignments internationally, which include global lead consultant for specific processes within a multi-national company. His forte lays both in consultancy as well as operations. Manica attained his Lean Six Sigma training credentials from Six Sigma Academy in the Netherlands to provide Green Belt and Black Belt training in Shell. As a trainer and facilitator, Manica has conducted training sessions and workshops in The Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Chennai and Kuala Lumpur.
He has coached over 1000 GB/BB Certification Programs and has successfully trained and nurtured over 2000 YB, GB & BB (3,500+hours of training conducted) in the last 10 years.to date, he has conducted trainings for more than 5000 leaders and professionals in various industries globally.
As he believes in passion leading to success, he founded Lean Partner in the year 2013, a boutique consulting firm and a training provider which focuses on process improvement consultations and trainings. The company’s portfolio includes a solitary platform for process, knowledge, and analysis. Supporting more than 200 clients from wide range of industries, including Fortune 500 companies, government departments & agencies and as well as government linked corporations, the company concentrates on providing the most comprehensive yet simple to use tools and methods for organizations at any level of process development to become and remain world class in a competitive environment.