Velocity Scheduling System Reviews & Testimonials

Last updated:  September 6, 2025

TL;DR

• “Over 550 job shops have implemented the Velocity Scheduling System, achieving results such as a 198% mean increase in productivity, 42% mean increase in on-time delivery, 87% mean reduction in WIP, and 82% mean reduction in lead-time.”

Velocity Scheduling System Reviews

I can’t believe we have already had over 550 companies go through or Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Program!  Time really does fly.  Who would have thought that custom job shops and machine shops could substantially improve their scheduling WITHOUT an onsite consultant?

That they could substantially improve on time delivery?  That they could substantially reduce the time it takes to get a job through their shop?  And to do it own their own, with customized job shop specific guidance, and with a reduction in shop chaos?

They not only read The Goal (by Eliyahu M. Goldratt), they lived it.  They turned their shops around during the 14 week program.  Some had a long way to go (<40% DDP), some were already pretty good (~90% DDP) when we started , but all of them can be proud of what they accomplished.

They were all skeptical when we started, but the results speak for themselves.

Here are just some of the Velocity Scheduling System reviews and testimonials.  Case Studies can be found under the Blog/Testimonials tab at the top of the page.  With VSS you can reduce lead-times and  improve due date performance all with less chaos.  Read these reviews and results for yourself:

“You have heard of the Horse Whisperer well Dr Lisa is the Job Shop Whisperer.
She has taught us to read the messages that our job shop has been communicating to us all along. Signs that our instincts and training have caused us to ignore.

Many of the things this program asks us to try are counter intuitive, but I would encourage everyone to have faith and try them because the downside risk to trying them is almost nothing.

The program is well thought out. It is structured in such a way that each week you gain insights from observing what is actually happening in your shop. This weekly epiphany is great because your team becomes motivated, inspired and committed to making more changes.

It sounds too good to be true, but it works. Our due date performance is currently tracking at 100%, 3 months in to the program. Our lead times are being maintained at market expectation and we are charging a premium for times that clients want things faster. Our job shop is calm and ordered with almost no visible work in process and our scheduler has cancelled his prescription for angina tablets.

The best part about the system is how easy it is to run and manage. Our team is able to get immediate feedback when things go wrong from simple measurements. The corrective actions required are obvious and have an immediate impact which helps develop peoples understanding. We are much more focused on doing the things that matter and stopping doing the things that don’t.”

Daniel Heerding

Everything is going amazingly well we are on track to hit possible 400 hours shipped which is double when this started!!! We have to say that its amazing how fast everything is now. We had a rush job this week we didn’t start it early or mess around we waited for full kit and then put it on the board …1 day it was off and delivered before the end of the 2nd day. Our PM’s are just gob smacked!!

Nick Black

I have been learning and utilizing lean manufacturing ideas and techniques since the late 80’s. Reading the Goal really hit home for me as an entertaining book that sent a powerful message. Over the years I have worked at several woodworking companies that have allowed me to try different ideas on improving our production processes. I have tried 5S, Kaizen Blitzes, 2-second lean along with many other types of improvements. I always leaned towards improving the flow as the most significant improvement that you can make in the facilities where I have worked. I have tried implementing many different ideas through the teams that I have put together in order to improve flow and I have achieved various levels of results. The reason for the background is that when I tell you that your system is the most impressive, all around system that I have every come across, I have over 30 years of experience implementing lean ideas and have seen much success. This system, the theory of constraints, along with all the tools you provide to monitor your progress and make improvements is by far the best all-around way to reach our goal of getting product to move smoothly and consistently through our shop.

We, as a manufacturing group, struggle today as we have to learn to change our thought processes on how we run our production through the shop. The tools you have provided make it easy to show why the decisions that we are making are not achieving the best results for us. I see us moving in the right direction, slowly but moving as a group, because of your tools and because of the guidance that you give on a weekly basis. I am fully expecting us to achieve levels of control over our production that we never imagined we could achieve.

I have seen growth and a greater understanding from myself and my team over the last several weeks. We have a long way to go but you are guiding us in the right direction.

Thank you Dr. Lisa

Tim

We saw results almost immediately! The first thing was the dramatic reduction in chaos. We used to spend every week chasing jobs that were lost or behind. Now we can see exactly where they are and when we expect them to finish. We also experienced a significant increase in the amount of work we complete on a weekly basis, nearly doubling our throughput. Thank you, Dr. Lisa!

Bob – Michigan

Exceeded expectations!! Admittedly, I was a skeptic. How could a manual program help a company schedule and execute hundreds of work tickets at a time? Certainly, such a program would be overwhelmed! The only thing overwhelmed is how pleased I am with results of the Velocity Scheduling System! Does this sound familiar? We would flood our plant floor with urgent work tickets. Tickets would get started and then sit around for, maybe, weeks. Parts were made would get lost . . . thrown out? Completed part counts were wrong. Work tickets marked as complete . . . weren’t. And, the list of woes could go on. Each and every one of these phenomenon were quickly solved with the Velocity Scheduling System. We now have complete control over our plant. Our work tickets are able to be tracked and product can be easily located in the plant. We know when a work ticket is done and the quality with which each ticket is completed is better than in our company’s history! Work tickets are completed faster and with more accuracy than ever could have been imagined. The plant loves working with the Velocity Scheduling System and strives to get work tickets completed on time and with great quality. It has brought us together as a team! It took Dr. Lisa to bring to the plant floor with great clarity what Eli Goldratt was really trying to get us to understand in “The Goal”. Great job, Dr. Lisa!! We are completely thrilled with our results!!

Gary Arkin

“Lead-time through the shop reduced 50-75%!”  Read full story here:  Injection Molding Shop

Paul Steck

“We would certainly recommend the VSS Program. It is a useful tool for implementing order in a chaotic job-shop. The best thing about the VSS Program is that it’s PRACTICAL. One doesn’t just get taught a lot of theory. Right from the onset, trainees are given practical tasks to implement in their job shop.
Before starting the VSS Program our factory operated without a proper job flow. There was no clear order to how jobs were prioritized when they entered the factory – nor on their lead times.

With the implementation of VSS, we now have a clear VISUAL SYSTEM on what jobs are currently being worked on, which department they are in and how long the job has been in the ”system”. We also have the tools to better plan job priority orders.

Additionally, we are also now able to gather and analyze data concerning our factory, better.”

Adar Segev

The VSS Coaching Program has provided a level of transparency for all the steps/activities involved in our shop. With this, we have increased are on-time performance by 20% while increasing our throughput by more than 34% (actual jobs completed on the floor). This system has also improved accountability, communication, are forecasting for all of our work. We also have benefited from the metric and planning tools to better track and manage our workload.

Brian Bunch

“From when our company started tracking each facilities on time performance, we have led with an average of 98%. So I was skeptical that VSS was going to make much of a difference for us. I was (very) wrong with my vision of the limited possibilities. This program has transformed our production from a ”Pushing” to a ”Pulling” flow through our shop. We have changed from a shop, with individual departments and brought us together as a Team. The communication across the floor, the focus on work and where attention is needed, problem solving, quality and Volume have all improved. And all of it has come with a whole lot less stress. We have been researching and trying other ideas and programs, each with some level of success but Dr. Lisa’s program and personal support has given us the results that we have been looking for. Thank You Dr. Lisa.”

James G. McClelland, Robinson Fans

“We have seen a much improved process flow through the shop. Scheduling has been simplified and easier to manage. Our overall throughput has increased.”

Myron Baker, Robinson Fans

“We are a small manufacturing company with +/- 20 employees. We thought we had a system that worked until our sales increased dramatically and we experienced difficulty getting the jobs completed and shipped. We just couldn’t get the work out fast enough to make a profit. Although we have some fine tuning to do with our Velocity System, shipping has increased<