Format: VHS Video or DVD, Instructor and Participant Print Materials
Approximate Completion Time: 6-8 Hours
Price: $999.00
This program is designed for individuals who will be helping their organization to make the transition to a lean operating philosophy. It explains the basic principles and practices of lean. It also provides guidelines for value stream mapping and converting a process to a lean operation. By increasing their understanding of lean, the program will prepare these individuals to be effective members of an implementation team.
Target Audience
Employees who will be members of a lean implementation team, as well as individuals who wish to learn more about becoming a lean enterprise.
Program Details
Unit 1: Introduction to Lean
- Definition of a "lean enterprise"
- Lean vs. traditional mass production
- Characteristics of a lean enterprise
- Lean and Six Sigma
- Benefits of lean
Unit 2: Lean Principles and Practices
- Basic concepts: waste, value, value stream, flow and pull
- Value-added activities, non-value-added activities and incidental activities
- Lean performance metrics
Unit 3: Starting the Transition
- Preparing for lean transformation
- Role of implementation team
- Value stream mapping: purpose and basic elements
- Creating and analyzing a current state value stream map
- Planning a future state
- Implementing a future state
What's Included
- 3 Videotapes or 3 DVD's
- 1 Instructor's Guide
- 1 Set of Transparencies, also available in PowerPoint Format
- 1 Participant's Guide
- 2 Albums
