Where does Gemba Concepts work in Africa?

We run on-site engagements across Africa, with active client work in Kenya and East Africa — references include Spice World Limited (food and spice processing) and Dentex Industries Limited (plastic manufacturing). The wider firm serves 500+ clients across India, the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia.

Do you implement on-site or remotely?

On-site. The diagnosis happens on the floor, the baseline is agreed with your team, and implementation runs beside your supervisors until the result holds without us. Remote cadence supports the work between visits; it never replaces it.

Do you sell consulting or software?

One team, one engagement. We fix the process first, then deploy Gemba's own products — MTS for maintenance, WMS for the warehouse and Kairous for operational intelligence — only where they earn their place. The implementation never changes hands.

Which industries do you cover in Africa?

Food and beverage, plastics and packaging, pharmaceutical, and steel and metal are where we lead with implementation experience in the region — and the firm covers 40+ industries globally, so we can usually meet an operation where it is.

How does an engagement start?

With a conversation about where the operation is stuck — a bottleneck, a stock problem, a planning gap or an audit finding. We reply within one working day with a suitable next step: an on-site assessment, a focused expert conversation, or a product walkthrough.

Manufacturing · Africa

Make more of the operation you already have.

An operating partner for African manufacturers — closing the gap between plan and actual, releasing working capital, and holding gains with technology that earns its place.

How we work

500+

Clients served

40+

Industries covered

1M+

Shop-floor man-hours

Manufacturing in Africa · The real gaps

Where the operation is leaking.

06 · recurring patterns

Plan vs actual slipping

The plan rarely survives the shift — and nobody can tell leadership why.

Low production efficiency

OEE under 60%, and nobody fully trusts the number.

Changeovers eating capacity

Fine on paper; an hour lost on the floor, every change.

Material readiness

Orders reach the line before material does.

Inventory & warehouse

Stock the ERP shows that the floor can't find.

Limited operational visibility

Spreadsheets and delayed reports — no single view of the floor.

The Gemba approach

One team. One problem. The right mix of process and technology.

We don't arrive with a template — every engagement combines process, implementation and technology in whatever proportion the problem actually needs.

Start on the floor.

The diagnosis happens where the work does — not from a dataset mailed to a consultant's inbox.

Fix the process first.

Software on top of a broken flow fails — standards, cadence and ownership come first.

Hold the gain with technology.

MTS, WMS and Kairous lock the improvement in — deployed only where they earn their place.

What we do

Four capabilities. One engagement model.

Capacity & Productivity

OEE improvement, throughput, cost per unit and bottleneck removal — run from the losses the plant can and cannot see.

Explore Operational Excellence

Planning, Flow & Execution

Production planning, material flow, changeover reduction and plan vs actual.

Explore Production & Capacity

Supply Chain & Working Capital

Inventory accuracy, procurement discipline, material readiness and warehouse management.

Explore Supply Chain

Quality & Process Stability

Specification discipline, process capability, rework reduction and audit-ready quality routines.

Explore Quality & Compliance

Where we are active

Priority sectors in Africa.

Explore all industries

Food & Beverage

Processing and packaged goods. Kenya reference: Spice World Limited.

Plastics & Packaging

Injection, blow moulding and corrugate. Kenya reference: Dentex Industries Limited.

Pharmaceutical

GMP-regulated manufacturing. Global references: Eris Lifesciences and Swiss Parenterals.

Steel & Metal

Rolling, tubes and profiles. Global reference: Mahalakshmi Profiles.

Technology · Where it earns its place

Three Gemba products. Deployed once the process is ready to hold them.

MTS · Reliability

Maintenance Tracking System

Assets, preventive maintenance, breakdown logs and work orders — run from a technician's phone, not a spreadsheet.

Explore MTS

WMS · Warehouse

Warehouse Management System

Stock accuracy, material movement, batch and grade traceability — every pallet to a bin, every bin to the ERP.

Explore WMS

Kairous · Enterprise AI

Kairous

Operational intelligence that pulls plant, warehouse and finance data into a single, verifiable answer for leadership.

Explore Kairous

Proof · Operating outcomes

Operators who have already done this.

+123%

Packaging and Label Printing

OEE More Than Doubled in Twelve Months

+27%

FMCG Manufacturing

27% Better OTIF, Measured Before It Was Fixed

-68%

Ceramic Tiles

Two-Thirds Faster Turnaround, Same Building

Frequently asked questions

Trusted by Industry

500+

Industrial Businesses Across 3 Continents