Course description
Lean Essentials
This two-day instructor-led course is intended to provide participants with a clear, simple, and applicable understanding of how Lean concepts and toolsets can standardize and simplify product and service delivery.
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Who should attend?
The primary audience for this course is anyone working in a culture that emphasizes effective and efficient quality delivery of products and services.
Training content
learning objectives:
- Explain Lean principles.
- Identify eight common sources of waste in an organization.
- Identify a value stream and define opportunities for improvements.
- Build basic skills in continuous improvement and related tools.
- Identify and calculate flow rates and bottlenecks.
- Practice the implementation of “error-proofing.”
Day One (Mindset)
Module 0: Introduction
- Introduction
- Goals
- Agenda
Module 1: Continuous Improvement
- What Is a Lean Enterprise
- Illustrate Eight Forms of Waste (TIMWOOD Plus)
- Exercise: Identify Examples in Your Environment
- What Is Six Sigma
- Exercise: Identify Examples in Your Environment
Module 2: Value Stream Mapping
- What Is a Value Stream
- Benefits of Mapping
- How to Create a Value Stream Map
- Exercise: Create a High-Level Value Stream Map
Module 3: Visual Management
- What Is Visual Management
- 5S
- Visual Control
- Exercise: Process Control
Day Two (Toolset)
Module 4: Error-Proofing
- What Is Poka-Yoke?
- Exercise: Common Causes for Human Error
Module 5: One-Piece Flow
- What Is One-Piece Flow?
- One-Piece Flow Benefits
- Exercise: One-Piece Flow Opportunities
Module 6: Standard Operations
- Definition
- Steps to Finding Work Commination
- Takt Time
- Bottlenecks and Constraints
- Discussion: Is There a Constraint?
- Exercise: How to Reduce Constraints
Module 7: Introduction to Kanban Pull Systems
- Kanban Pull Systems
- Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Kanban
- Withdrawal Kanban
- Discussion: Pull Systems
Module 8: Summary and Next Steps
- Action Planning
Course delivery details
This course is delivered in the live virtual classroom, traditional classroom or onsite. To inquire, contact Corporate Education Group via the information request form.
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