Learning
Training and Seminars
Whether your organization provides products or services, Lean Tools are key to creating and maintaining a competitive edge. The result is an operational system so reactive to your customer demands that delivery dates can be met with a limited – or non-existent – inventory of finished goods.
“Zone Control Achievement Program” a nine week, gemba based, Lean Training program focusing on Supervisors, Front-line Managers and Lead-People go to: www.gembawalk.com
“It’s 90% People” Seminar focusing Lean transitions need for cultural change, what to do, what not to do and how to successfully achieve cultural change.
The principles of Lean Thinking are: Identifying Value, Mapping the Value Stream, Creating Continuous Flow, Using a Pull System to Deliver Value to Your Customers and Focusing on Perfecting the Process.
Identify the critical staff members within your company needed to form a lean project team
Identify the 8 major types of visible and invisible waste
- Eliminate the need for a sales forecast
- Improve quality and increase productivity
Value Stream Mapping Seminar:
The Value Stream Mapping process is a pencil and paper tool that helps a company to see and understand the flow of material/information of a product/service as it moves from a raw material/order into the arms of the customer.
- Investigate and Summarize Your Current Value Stream
- Analyze the Root Causes of Waste
- Brainstorm Improvement Opportunities and Solutions Focusing on the Elimination of Wasted Time, Effort, Materials and Space
- Map Your Future Value Stream
- Prepare an Assessment Report of Your Findings for Management Review
Creating Continuous Flow Seminar:
- Learn the Three Flows
- Learn the Seven Questions to ask to create continuous flow
- Learn the Levels of automation and their effective application
- Tips on cellular layout
- Guidelines for Material Flow
Kaizen Seminar:
- Basic Tips for Kaizen activities
- Kaizen background
- Kaizen worksheet
- Kaizen culture
- Standard work
- Managing change
- Where some companies fail
- Kaizen example – reducing changeover/set-up time