Academy

At the S A Partners Academy, we’re dedicated to helping individuals at every level of your organisation drive continuous, sustainable improvement. Our Academy is built around the Enterprise Excellence model, a proven framework that ensures real, lasting change. Whether you’re a leader, a manager, or a frontline employee, our Academy is designed to unlock your full potential.

Tailored Learning to Meet Your Needs

We offer three core programs focused on creating lasting value for your organisation:

  • Leadership Programs
  • Lean Skills
  • Shingo Principles

What sets our approach apart is that every training programme is vocational, with a clear focus on delivering measurable impact for your organisation. Certification isn’t just abut completing a course – it’s earned through real, verified results that show positive, sustainable change.

"S A Partners is a dedicated training provider, who delivers a relevant and fun way of training. S A Partners focus on each individuals learning styles within the group to make everyone involved feel comfortable. All Questions asked where always taken seriously and answered with a helpful response. Our trainer Byron was particularly impressive, Ontic will definitely be using SA Partners in the future."

Daisy Titmus, ONTIC

Customised Solutions for Sustainable Results

Before you begin any Academy programme, we’ll work closely with you to define the essential outcomes that will positively impact your business. Whether you’re looking to enhance leadership skills, streamline processes, or drive cultural transformation, our customised approach ensures that every step we take is aligned with your strategic goals.

A Comprehensive Approach to Improvement

Our Academy programmes are designed to work at all levels – organisational, system, process, and task. This ensures that leaders, managers, and frontline staff can work together toward shared goals and maximise their collective impact.

True transformation happens when all elements – strategy, people, and processes – are aligned and integrated. Together, we harness the power of improvement to create lasting change.

Enabling Transformation

We know that understanding what needs improvement and setting clear timelines are critical to your success. That’s why we ensure a thorough analysis of your desired outcomes before any training begins, whether it’s for an individual, a team or a multi-site transformation.

Using a range of diagnostic tools, including customer value assessments, surveys, and 360-degree Reviews, we develop a tailored roadmap to achieve your goals on time and within budget.

Our typical outcomes include:

  • Employee engagement & satisfaction 
  • Performance improvement 
  • Customer Satisfaction and Delight
  • Quality & Compliance Improvements
  • Capacity and capability improvements
  • Cost reductions
  • Sustainable change
  • Systems & Standard Work improvements

"S A Partners have a tremendous combination of real-world experience, expert level content knowledge and seasoned facilitation skills. S A Partners were able to very successfully facilitate and guide an important group of global leaders through the 12-week leadership program with much success - their ability to navigate the various personality styles, varying degrees of continuous improvement backgrounds as well as their attention to detail in the course logistics led to a very successful learning experience."

Brent Carpenter, Cook Medical

Case Studies

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Strategy Deployment at one of Europe's largest, branded Food Companies
Revenue:
Industry: Food and Drink, Manufacturing
Service: Business Transformation, Operational Excellence
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Intercast & Forge
Supporting the Intercast & Forge 'New Ways of Working'
Revenue: AUS $ 69.82 million
Industry: Manufacturing, Process Industry
Service: Business Transformation, Operational Excellence
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Cook Medical
Developing a Lean Academy at Cook Medical
Revenue: US$ 2.2 billion
Industry: Life, Science & Health
Service: Business Transformation, Operational Excellence
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Mylan (now Viatris)
Achieving Operational Excellence through TPM at Mylan (now part of Viatris)
Revenue: US$ 15.43 Billion
Industry: Life, Science & Health, Manufacturing
Service: Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Shingo, Total Productive Manufacturing
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DSV A/S (Previously Panalpina)
Achieving the Shingo Prize at Panalpina
Revenue: £18.4 Billion
Industry: Aerospace & Defence, Retail & Distribution
Service: Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, Shingo
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Inalfa Roof Systems
Roadmapping & Capability Building at Inalfa Roof Systems
Revenue: EUR 1.4 Billion
Industry: Manufacturing
Service: Business Transformation, Operational Excellence