Do you want to?

• Implement Lean thinking in your organisation ?

• Improve you or your staff’s knowledge of Lean ?

• Bring your team’s knowledge of lean to a common level ?

• Understand the history and development of lean ?

• Learn these concepts in a fun practical way ?

Then SIRF Rt ‘Introduction to Lean” 1 day course may just be right for you.

This course will provide an excellent chance to not only learn LEAN theory but experience it firsthand with an excellent factory simulation model to really see the Lean concepts come to life.

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This is a truly comprehensive course and all participants receive a high quality course reference manual and certificate.

The areas covered in the Introduction to LEAN course are:

· Key Performance Indicators

· What is LEAN ?

· Origins of LEAN

· Waste Elimination
o 3 Faces of Waste – Muda , Muri, Mura ( Waste, Overburden, Lack of Levelling )
o 8 Wastes

· Waste Walk Exercise

· LEAN: Philosophy

· LEAN: People & Partners

· LEAN: Problem Solving
o A3, Kaizen, Plan – Do – Check –Act

· LEAN: Systems & Processes
  o LEAN Thinking
  o House of LEAN
  o Standardisation
  o 5S
  o Visual Workplace
  o Total Productive Maintenance
  o Quick Change Over
  o Just in Time
  o Kanban
  o Single Piece Flow
  o Mistake Proof
  o Andon
  o Autonomation – Automation with a Human Touch

A great part of the course is that it is truly hands on and includes a dice making factory simulation that is set up to allow participants to understand the presence of Waste and the appropriate LEAN tools to use as they improve their die making factory processes. It has bottlenecks and quality issues and unbalance workloads in its original set up and the team must work together to eliminate the wastes that they see and shows the values of appropriate KPIs to track the process improvements made.

Who should attend?

New employees who have missed the LEAN training. People newly promoted to Continuous Improvement roles. Team Leaders and Supervisors needing to enhance their LEAN knowledge

Can we do this course in-house?

Absolutely, contact us for more details. Any site, anywhere!