Make value flow faster-produce and deliver the highest quality products and services at the lowest possible cost. Eliminate waste and its drivers in your organization by implementing Lean. This set of steps, approaches, tools and techniques is based on the world's most efficient manufacturing technology-the Toyota Production System. We have made this manufacturing based system accessible to any kind of organization, including service, government, and nonprofit organizations. Following the Lean Pathway, work through various approaches to reduce waste and its drivers and increase productivity in your organization.

Understanding Lean Enterprise Tools Course Objectives

• Recognize the purpose, objectives, results, and benefits that Lean can achieve.
• Understand the impact of customer requirements on the Lean system.
• Understand how to link Lean deployment to your business strategies.
• Clearly see the waste in your processes and identify waste's drivers (unevenness and overburden).
• Use the Lean Pathway to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement.
• Describe the steps, approaches, tools and techniques used to create Lean processes and a Lean organization.
• Discuss if Lean should be implemented in your organization.
• Understand the relationship of Lean and Six Sigma.

Understanding Lean Enterprise Tools Topics

• Lean cost model; benefits of Lean
• Waste, unevenness, and overburden
• Lean Pathway
• Linking Lean to the management system
• Clarifying and visualizing the organization using enterprise-wide process mapping and value stream mapping
• Selecting Lean areas of focus given the strategic plan
• Knowing when to use Lean versus other methodologies
• Lean approaches
• Categories of waste
• Drivers of waste
• Waste assessement
• Efficiency calculations (OEE)
• Prepare the workplace
• Improve daily work
• Address setup and maintenance
• Make value flow faster
• Implement approaches using DMIC (DEFINE, MEASURE, IMPROVE, CONTROL, otherwise known as kaizen)
• The leader's role in deployment

Who Should Attend Understanding Lean Enterprise Tools?

Black Belts and Green Belts who are looking to expand their skills, and professionals, managers, directors, and executives who need to understand Lean to implement this system at every level of the organization-from the shop floor to the CEO and from the supplier into the hands of the customer.

CEUs: 1.5
Number of Days: 2