Lean Tools Certificate
This Lean Tools Series has been designed to address, in detail, the tools and techniques you need to implement Lean in your organization. Instead of merely learning and applying one or two tools of Lean, learn all the techniques to ensure you can use the correct approach for your company's unique situation. This training combines lectures, simulations and case studies to help ensure you understand not only what each technique is, but also how to apply it to a real life situation. The schedule of workshops allows you to cover the entire training in as little as 3 months. At the end of this series of workshops, you will be able to:
- Introduce Lean principles to your organization
- Lead a team through Value Stream Mapping
- Create and implement a Lean Value Stream in all areas of your organization, including manufacturing and administrative areas
- Use Kaizen Events
In order to receive a certificate of successful completion for the entire series, participants must pass a short examination given on the day of the course. Alternatively, participants may enroll in individual workshops.
Introduction to Lean with Simulation
View Lean as an overall strategy to operating your business, and understand how to introduce the concept of Lean at all levels of the organization. A simulation will point out how the transformation will take place.
| Date: | August 12, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Lean Assessment - Creating the Action Plan
Learn about 52 validated best practices that define a total lean implementation, including the conditions that must exist in an organization as a prerequisite for effective long term lean results.
| Date: | August 26, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Visual Management using 5S
Thorough implementation of visual controls and 5S is a requirement of any lean operation. Learn how to develop routines that maintain organization and orderliness - essential to a smooth and efficient flow of activities.
| Date: | September 9, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Mistake Proofing
Zero defects cannot be achieved if a process relies on inspections and sorting. Learn how to create processes where the chance of making errors is eliminated using simple error-proofing techniques.
| Date: | September 23, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Set Up Reduction (SMED)
True flexibility means being able to change over at a moments notice without adding costs. Learn how to reduce lot sizes by reducing set up time.
| Date: | October 21, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
TPM and Lean Maintenance
An essential discipline for lean, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) seeks to maximize equipment effectiveness by applying aspects of periodic, preventive, and autonomous maintenance. Lean Maintenance focuses on optimization of the maintenance process, is lead by maintenance managers, and is implemented by the maintenance employees. Lean Maintenance strategies can be applied today to provide immediate improvements and return on investment. Participants will also learn to eliminate waste through adaptation and application of Lean Manufacturing Tools for the maintenance function.
| Date: | October 7 and 8, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (2 Days) |
| Cost: | $700* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Value Stream Mapping for Manufacturing
The starting point of the lean journey, creating the current state value stream map helps you "see" where to focus your attention to ensure improvement activities truly create continuous flow from supplier to customer.
| Date: | November 4, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Planning and Implementing a Cell in a Job Shop Environment
Once you have the current state map, this workshop teaches you to apply the concepts of flow and pull to create a lean value stream.
| Date: | November 18, 19, and 20, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (3 Days) |
| Cost: | $1,050* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Running a Lean Event
A Lean Event is a way to accelerate the lean implementation process by using a focused group of people on a team to improve on cost, time and space for a particular product or process, with a one-week deadline. Learn how to effectively plan and facilitate Kaizen events for your company.
| Date: | December 2, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
Lean for Office and Administrative Processes
Apply lean principles in administrative and office areas with tools specifically tailored to these areas. You will create a current state value stream map and apply the concepts of flow and pull to create a lean administrative value stream.
| Date: | December 16, 2013 |
| Times: | 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (1 Day) |
| Cost: | $350* *Grant funding may be available for eligible companies to reduce cost. Call for more details. |
For more information, see the Lean Tools brochure.
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