Principles of Lean Manufacturing - Full-day Class

This one-day highly interactive course provides an overview of the principles of Lean Manufacturing. Participants review the history of lean manufacturing and learn how lean manufacturing tools and programs apply in today’s manufacturing environment.  The course combines lecture and simulation that affords participants an immediate opportunity to apply the principles learned in the class.  The results of the first simulation round provide the setting for continuous improvement.  Lean principles incorporated over subsequent rounds allow participants to transform a chaotic, inefficient process to a highly productive and efficient production process. 

How You Will Benefit:
At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the “nine wastes”
• Demonstrate knowledge of the difference between “value-added” and “non-value-added” activities
• Apply Lean implementation tools in a simulation situation and describe how/why they are used
• Explain and define how Lean Manufacturing can impact the success of an organization

Course Outline:

• Lean Fundamentals
  • Definition and philosophy
  • Value-Added vs. Non-Value-Added
  • Producing to demand
• The Nine Wastes
  • The traditional 8 wastes plus newly-added environmental waste
• Lean tools
  • Various Lean tools (e.g. 5S, Batch Reduction, POUS, Quality at the Source)
  • Apply tools during simulation rounds throughout the day
• Designing work flow
  • Line balancing
  • takt time
• Bottom-line impacts of Lean
• Guidelines for Successful Implementation

Who Should Attend:
Production managers, supervisors, engineers, continuous improvement specialists, quality assurance personnel, front-line employees, or others who are responsible for production or processes.