Lean Manufacturing Courses

Lean Enterprise Series

As today’s competition continues to chip away at our market share, those companies who will survive will only do so through continuous improvement and the elimination of waste found in each of our environments. From the Retailer, Distributor, Manufacturer and Service Provider the key to success is in the identification of all non-value add actions that consume vast amounts of our valuable resources.    Making sure we have the product/service available is key to customer satisfaction.  Having product available at the:

Right Place

Right Time

Right Quality

Right Quantity 

How to better utilize the available resources contained in your organization.  How to improve your efficiency and   effectiveness while reducing your cost. Finally how to achieve better profit margins through the elimination of waste found so often in each of our  environments.

 Who Should Attend:

All levels within your organization will benefit for attending this class.  For those who are new to the  concepts or merely looking for a refresher each person will walk away with something.  Executive level managers seeking to enhance their understanding of Just-in-Time will also benefit from this workshop.  You will be provided with an excellent platform to implement or enhance an existing lean/JIT operations process.

 

These workshops are best suited for on-site training. Willing host companies should contact us at  717-324-3996 or via  E-Mail: rickdonahoue@comcast.net

 Introduction:

You will gain an overview of the many components

of implementing a lean transformation in your organization

and gauge your organization’s readiness through

hands-on assessment.

 

Lean Culture:

Explore the effects of a lean implementation

on your employees and learn about the importance of

teams. The Kaizen, a team-oriented continuous

improvement event will be introduced in this section.

 

Value Stream Mapping:

Learn about value stream mapping

and this tools value for viewing processes and determining

potential areas of improvement. Draw a current state map

and then learn about concepts to help you improve your

Stability and Process Improvements:: Learn how to improve

process stability, achieve demand stability and improve

manufacturing process efficiencies.

 

Just-in-Time:

Determine customer demand, standard work,

line balancing and many other tools to meet customer demand.

Participants will explore the use of a heijunka system

to meet customer demand through a hands-on activity.

 

Measuring:

 Review the way a lean company measures and

align measurements with objectives. Topics include lean

accounting, inventory costs, target costs and lead time.

 

Sustaining:

Learn about the long-term changes to sustain

the gains made. Topics include lean design, analyzing failures

and ensuring ongoing quality control and continuous

improvement.

 

Check our Training Program for courses and dates.

 

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