LEAN SOLUTIONS/ CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
5S VISUAL CONTROL/VISUAL MANAGEMENT 20 hours – $6,500 5S Visual Control/Visual Management involves creating a visual standard and infusing the workplace with information critical to the efficient execution of day-to-day operations. Participants will learn how to create, maintain and improve the standard so exceptions/variations are visible and action can be swift to identify root cause and correct the problem. Participants will practice the five-step process by applying the tool on a selected area during the workshop. ACCOUNTABILITY BOARDS 12 hours – $3,900 This critical tool drives an organization’s culture to collectively look at what is happening at the operator level and pull resources together to discuss, and visually document what each support group will accomplish in the coming days to improve a process. Critical support people gather daily to update what each group is doing to hit assigned due dates and timelines to accomplish continuous improvement goals. DAILY MANAGEMENT & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT (CI) BOARDS 12 hours – $3,900 Daily Management Boards visually display the expected goals of a work center. They are directly linked to the company’s strategic goals. CI Boards should visually answer the critical questions related to a specific area’s performance throughout the day. The CI Board links the area’s team activities to improved performance. Daily Management and CI Boards create a visual standard that helps manage the work center based on current activities. This is in sharp contrast to the practice of “seeing how well we did at the end of the day.” CI boards work in conjunction with each other identifying areas where improvement can occur, and identifying what the team is doing to make this day better than the previous day.
focus and improves the communication between the front line and higher levels of management. A leader strives to stretch the thinking and perceptions of others with questions that stimulate people to consider entirely new possibilities. KAIZEN EVENT TRAINING 8 hours – $2,500 A Kaizen Event is a structured and rapid improvement process, and is one of the many tools in a Lean Enterprise tool kit. It focuses on achieving high levels of involvement with people impacted by the event. The learning obtained by Kaizen Event participants instills knowledge about the reason change is important and how to use various Lean Enterprise tools to collect data and solve problems. The energy achieved through a Kaizen Event will increase continuous improvement and sustain the gain that may not be achieved through other continuous improvement activities. This learning can either be taught through a hands- on workshop or through conducting a mini Kaizen Event. KANBAN/PULL SYSTEMS 8 hours – $2,500 Pull system is a tool to convert a current push into a pull scheduling system, leveling inventory and production, and creating a simple direct communication system between the internal customer and supplier. Pull Systems are a visual means of managing customer order flow between processes based on actual demand and consumption. Depending on what is identified in the Value Stream Mapping, this workshop will either tie the finished goods to production planning in assembly or the assembly to the batch process of stamping. LEADER’S STANDARD WORK 16 hours – $5,000 Leader’s Standard Work is a documented standard practice written to sustain and improve an organization’s lean systems. It cascades up from the operator’s standard work to supervisor to mid-management to senior management. Standard Work is a platform for ongoing evaluation between leaders and supervisors, and regularly helps align priorities. It is also a critical tool to change behavior while focusing on important vs. urgent issues.
GEMBA WALK 12 hours – $3,900
A Gemba Walk is a structured process for learning and teaching about sustaining and improving lean systems. It is the process that instills leaders with their true north
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