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Most Technology Training classes will be delivered online until further notice.
Before each sesson, Tech Training will provide a Zoom link for live online classes, along with any required class materials.
This workshop provides you with an overview of lean concepts and a working knowledge of 3 essential lean tools and their applications. The workshop includes a brief introduction to lean thinking, key lean principles, and the five laws of lean sigma.
Training Goal:
To tailor a streamlined work environment, improve productivity, boost employee satisfaction with their job, and ensure the customer is pleased with your product and services.
Class Objectives:
- Process improvement essentials.
- Applying fundamental lean principles.
- Applying the five laws of lean sigma.
- Summarize three essential lean tools and their applications
Introduction:
Brief History of Lean Manufacturing and short introduction to Lean Practices.
The Idea of Lean Thinking:
What does it really mean to leverage Lean Six Sigma to ensure quantifiable process improvement?
Key Lean Principles:
- Perfect first-time quality
- Waste Minimization/Elimination
- Continuous Improvement
- Pull Processing
- Flexibility
- Building
Five Laws of Lean Sigma:
- Law of the market
- Law of flexibility
- Law of Focus
- Law of velocity
- The fourth law
Essential Tools & Their Applications:
- A structured approach for looking at workflows
- Bottleneck Analysis
- The Deming Cycle
- Plan for changes
- Do changes on a small scale
- Check to validate changes
- Act to obtain the highest benefit from changes
- How to get the heart of an issue
- Root Cause Analysis
Topics:
- Lean Thinking
- Five Laws of Lean Sigma
- Bottleneck Analysis
- The Deming Cycle
- Root Cause Analysis
