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Today, owning the competitive advantage has never been more critical. And Lean methodologies can get you there. In the global marketplace, companies are going Lean to gain the edge they need in meeting customer demand for higher quality customized products in less time and at lower costs. Often, it is the difference between success and failure.

If your company is interested in gaining a better understanding of the fundamental tools of Lean, or if you want a better understanding of how the tools fit together, then The Lean Practitioner Certificate Program is for you. Designed to include classroom lecture, group activities and simulations, this five-days intensive program will provide you with a fundamental understanding of Value Stream Mapping, Cell Design, 5S and Visual Controls, and Quick Changeover and a sequence for their implementation.

Key Module Introduction
Global Supply Case Study
Working in small groups participants will review a Business Case Study and then report-out sharing their perspectives regarding the Business Case current state of Lean implementation, improvement opportunities, and the sequential use of the Lean Tool Kit. The business case will provide the opportunity for participants to apply a systemic approach to the use of the Lean Tool Kit and see the connection between tools and tactical initiatives. This interactive session will prompt discussion providing the participants with an opportunity to link the business case to their individual organizational needs and set the stage for the certification learning opportunities.

Value Stream Management
This module will take you through a step-by-step method of value stream mapping and story boarding. You will understand how to gather the information needed to eliminate all non -value-adding waste, and how to use it to plan the implementation of your lean activities. Adopted from the Toyota Production System, this method has proven to be a requirement in the application of lean production. This interactive, module will show you how to make all other lean activities successful and profitable - and how to sustain improvements over the long haul.

Cell Design
Cellular manufacturing, or one-piece flow, can dramatically boost your company's competitiveness by eliminating wasted motion, space and inventory from the production process. By arranging people and equipment into efficient, process-based cells, cellular manufacturing can create continuous flow that shortens lead-time for delivery to customers. This module will demonstrate how to create cells for one-piece-flow by emphasizing standard work, takt time and jidoka. A combination of lectures, exercises, and videos will be used to demonstrate and reinforce the concepts that can improve a team's customer-focused kaizen efforts.

5S / Visuals
Learn the principles and techniques needed to apply 5S and establish visual management systems to improve workplace communication and adherence to standards. This module will teach you how to share information, problems, abnormalities, waste and unsafe conditions through visual display and controls, so that everyone understands at a glance what is going on in the workplace.

Achieving Quick Changeover
The utilization of resource dollars is just as important today as it was when Changeover was first applied years ago. Faster changeovers increase a company's flexibility and ability to react to customer demands and competitive pressures. This tool allows your company to minimize waste in the production process and begin the road to a Lean production system. As flexibility increases, due to your ability to changeover more frequently, you need less inventory and work in process decreases; thus reducing your overall operating costs. This module was originally developed to teach American industry the ingenious methodology of the quick changeover system developed by Shigeo Shingo, one of the key designers of the Toyota production system. Through a combination of lecture, group exercises and simulation this module will demonstrate how you can reduce changeover time and make more changeovers to satisfy one-piece flow.

Courses Outline

Lesson 1

Understanding the Supply Chain
》What is Supply Chain Management?
》 Traditional & Modern Supply Chains
》Supply Chain Factors
》Decision Levels & Costs
》 Supply Chain Drivers & Trade-offs

Lesson 2

Lean Thinking
》 Principles of Lean Thinking
》 Lean Thinking Goals
》Types of Waste
》 Value Creation Framework

Lesson 3

Introducing Lean to the Supply Chain
》 Evolution of Lean
》 Advanced Lean Characteristics
》Lean Implementation Issues
》 Challenges Involving Supply Chain Optimization

Lesson 4

Lean Supply Chain Tools & Practices
》Value Stream Mapping
》 Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool
》 5S & Cellular Flow
》 Just-in-Time
》Kanban
》 Kaizen
》 TPM, Visual Management & Problem Solving

Lesson 5

Value Stream Mapping
》 Role of Value Stream Mapping
》 What is Waste?
》 Overview of Current State
》Overview of Future State

Lesson 6

Kaizen
》 Introduction to Kaizen
》 Why Kaizen . use and benefits
》 Finding Kaizen opportunities
》 Kaizen Breakthrough Events
》How to keep Kaizen practices up & running effectively

Lesson 7

5S
》 Introduction to the Five Pillars
》 The Benefits of 5S Implementation
》 Detail on the Five Pillars: Sort the 5S's, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain

Lesson 8

Ancillary & other Lean Tools for the Supply Chain
》 Supply Chain Response Matrix
》 Quality Filter Mapping
》 Demand Amplification
》 Six Sigma

Lesson 9

Roadmap to Lean Implementation
》 10 Steps to Effective Lean Implementation
》 Case Studies - Lean Supply Chain
》 Examples of Implementing Lean Supply Chain
》 Benefits of Lean Supply Chain Implementation

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