Lean Process Improvement Training

This Lean Process Improvement Training will help your employees better understand the key processes that make your company tick. The efficient techniques will be taught to enable them to implement Lean Process Improvement tools. This session will cover the fundamentals of Lean using the Toyota precepts as well as the five essential improvement concepts. These concepts include value, waste and variation as well as complexity and continuous improvements. Participants will be able apply these concepts in the workplace once they have a solid grasp of these concepts. The company's efficiency and effectiveness will improve quickly, if not immediately.

Lean has grown from a simple concept to a collection of widely used practices which many large companies around the globe use in their daily operations. This training session will focus on how Lean Process Improvements helped these companies achieve the highest levels in their fields, and how your company can do the same. For more information, please contact our team.

Training outline for Lean Process Improvement

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Lesson 1

Course Overview

• How to Get To Know
• About Workshop
• Learning Objectives
• Personal Goals

Lesson 2

Understanding Lean

• What is Lean?
• What its Origins Are
• Toyoda Precepts
• Six Sigma vs. Lean

Lesson 3

The Toyota Production System

• Overview of the Liker Pyramid
• Explore the Philosophy

Lesson 4

Toyota Production System House

• Another representation

Lesson 5

Five Critical Improvement Concepts

• Value
• Abfall
• Variation
• Complexity
• Continuous

Lesson 6

Understanding Value With the Kano Model

• Basic Characteristics
• Performance Characteristics
• Value Added

Lesson 7

Types Of Waste

• Muda
• Muri
• Mura

Lesson 8

Building a Lean Enterprise

• Environmentally Friendly Organization
• John Bicheno's 20 Keys To A Lean Organization

Lesson 9

Plan, Do, Study, Act, Cycle

• PDSA Cycle

Lesson 10

Using R-DMAIC - S Model

• Advanced Version of PDSA Primarily Used in Six Sigma

Lesson 11

Lean Thinking Resources

• 5W-2H
• Genchi Genbutsu
• Gemba
• 5-S

Lesson 12

Kaizen Events

• Five Levels Ff Kaizen Events

Lesson 13

Data Gathering & Mapping

• Lean Data Tools
• Flow charts
• Ishikawa (Cause-and-Effect) Diagrams
• SIPOC Diagrams
• Maps of Value Streams
• Data Analysis Tips

Lesson 14

Take Home

• Roadblocks and Pitfalls
• How to Create a Successful Organizational Structure

Lesson 15

Workshop Wrap Up

• Personal Action Plan
• Recommendations
• Course Evaluation
• General Evaluation
• Last Thoughts