Lean Enterprise

Dates Offered 

2012

Spring Course - Day Format
Module I:
March 5 - 7, 2012 (8:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m.)

Module II:
March 26 - 28, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Module III:
April 23 - 25, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Modul IV:
May 14 - 16, 2012 (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Fee: $7,000

Fee includes instruction materials, meal, parking and certificate. Discounts are available for multiple participants from the same company. Please contact our office for details.

Program Objectives

Learn how to apply Lean principles and tools in your business environment to drive bottom-line results for your organization. Lean Expert methods are high-leverage tools for business performance improvement.

Typically 99% of the time it takes to accomplish a task in administrative processes is non value added. In manufacturing, the numbers are a slightly better. What would it mean to your business if you could eliminate most non-value added time/activities?

Ever wonder how Toyota surpassed Ford as the second largest auto manufacturer in the world? The Toyota Production System philosophy has enabled Toyota to eliminate much of the waste in their processes. In other words they have become more lean.

It is well documented that small, mid-sized and large corporations can benefit from Lean implementation. Less documented, however, are the many failures that can occur along the Lean journey. The challenge lies within how to successfully deploy Lean on the necessary scale in order to meet the constraints and needs of the organization.

Discover how to compete in the marketplace and respond quickly and efficiently to your customers’ demands by trimming down and eliminating non-value adding activities. This program gives you the tools to address driving forces in the marketplace, including globalization, shorter product life cycles, shrinking margins and new technology. Find out how to get the benefits you’ve heard about by implementing and utilizing key strategic objectives and tools, ranging from matrix and diagnostics to analysis techniques.

Key Topics/Takeaways

• Identify the critical components of Lean production systems
• Specify value in the eyes of the customer
• Make value flow at the pull of the customer
• Develop value stream analysis and eliminate waste
• Shift organizational focus to an effective lean strategy
• Improve responsiveness to customer demand
• Synchronize production to demand
• Evaluate the use of Kanban systems
• Integrate lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and 5-S into a total business improvement initiative
• Identify the hurdles and barriers that can prevent successfully implementing lean in your organization
• Discover how to effectively transform processes into one piece flow
• Continuously improve your processes

Prerequisites

Review of basic statistics prior to the first day of class is recommended. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop computers to class with the minimum system requirements:

• Windows 98, ME, NT 4, 2000, XP
• 300 MHz Processor
• 64 MB RAM
• CD ROM Drive
• 85 MB Hard Disk Space

Note: We will use a 30-day trial version of Minitab during this program.

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