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Course fee and EPTO/APTO units differ for on-site training.Lean Methods for Performance Excellence
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Duration: 2.0 days CEUs: 1.2 | ||
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This course focuses on lean methods for achieving excellence in product, service, and process performance. This course is written in support of all areas of business and or transactional processes, product design, development, and manufacturing and related infrastructure support groups. Lean methods for performance excellence covers th specific philosophies, concepts, and tools related to achieving breakthroughs in cycle time, speed, and waste elimination.
Who should attend
It is assumed participants will come from all organizations and will be working on a variety of projects across the company.
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Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for this course.
Course Contents
Introduction to Lean Methods
- understanding value
- waste identification and definition
- understanding the impact of flow, pull, and push
- velocity and speed
- just in time concepts
- theory of constraints
- Kaizen approach
- Six Sigma approach to project management
- lean metrics
- measuring waste, value added, and nonvalue added activities
- lead time
- process time
- efficiency
- cycle and Takt time
- inventory efficiency including speed and velocity metrtics, lean and ROI evaluation, and inventory days
- value stream mapping using iGrafx
- detailed process mapping using iGrafx
- distribution analysis
- one and two-factor analysis
- multivariate analysis methods, POV, fit model, and partitioning
- value stream and process map analysis
- visual analysis
- root cause analysis and lean
- value stream mapping and analysis using iGrafx
- detailed process mapping and analysis using iGrafx
- measuring and analyzing waste using JMP
- establishing accountability and metrics
- modification of the flow
- removal of the waste
- link solutions to the root cause
- JMP and Igrafx to model and experiment with process flow changes
- lean solution validation
- pull rather than push
- Kanban and signaling methods
- visual controls and flow coordination
- rapid setup and change over (SMED)
- batch size WIP reduction
- load leveling
- inventory management and supermarkets
- 5s and standardized work
- setting up the lean roadmap
- next steps for adding lean to current activities and projects
Course Materials
Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.
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