Doing More with Less

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This one-day program serves as an introduction to Lean principles and offers strategies to do more with less. A foundation will be built for participants to begin using Lean concepts and tools in their everyday lives.

Description

The program will begin with a discussion about Lean Philosophy and how to apply Lean Thinking. Hands-on application and concepts will follow to provide concrete examples of how Lean principles can be utilized in any organization in any role.

Participants are encouraged to bring real-world problems they experience in their lives to put under the Lean Thinking lens and explore various solutions they can immediately begin to implement.

Audience

Professionals in any role at all levels who wish to develop more efficient processes.

Outcome

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • An understanding of Lean Philosophy
  • How to apply Lean Thinking
  • Lean Concepts and Tools for Everyday Use
  • Hands-on Application of Lean Concepts and Tools
  • Strategies to immediately use Lean concepts in everyday life
  • The ability to recognize where Lean concepts can be applied

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States
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Phone
513-745-1094

Lean Certificate Program

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What does every business need in order to compete in today’s market? Continuous improvement strategies that respond to customers’ needs in the blink of an eye, lower costs, and improve quality; all at increased speed.

This program in Lean Enterprise Methodologies will take participants through an experiential learning model on how to implement specific Lean Enablers to improve processes within an operation. The experiential learning exercise will be complemented with actual case study results. This program will also cover potential pitfalls to avoid during your implementation or enhancement.

Whether you work in manufacturing or are seeking a leaner process for your work in an office, hospital, or service industry; developing your Lean expertise will reduce your risk of failure, drive meaningful cultural change, and establish best practices that will make a long-term impact.

The Lean Certification classroom experience consists of four intensive days of discussion and interaction, focusing on:

  • The basics and history of Lean
  • Visual management
  • Value-stream mapping
  • Error proofing
  • Waste reduction
  • Lean teams and metrics

Description

The Lean Certificate Program combines highly-specialized classroom experience and work-related homework to move beyond the basic principles. This program is built around applied learning to truly help you master Lean as it relates to real-world situations and problems.

Through this hands-on learning model, you gain an in-depth understanding of the Lean approach and tools. You will use these tools on a real-world, work-related project. After you complete the intensive classroom portion of the certificate program, you’ll undertake an individual project featuring a before-and-after Lean process review, focusing on error reduction and waste elimination. You’ll achieve certification upon demonstrating successful application of Lean principles.

Audience

Anyone seeking to gain a portable career credential in Lean leadership skills, or anyone wishing to share and gain Lean knowledge.

Outcome

Participants will walk away with these skills:

  • Creating a Vision, Mission, and Roadmap for Improvement (Strategic Policy Deployment)
  • Learning enablers that will insure the sustainability of Change (Visual Standard Operating Procedure (VSOP) and Total Productive Management (TPM))
  • Using Enterprise Value Stream Mapping to create “Eyes for Flow” and “Eyes for Waste” to identify and prioritize opportunity improvements
  • Understanding the methodology of Workplace Organization (5S+1) to improve Safety, Productivity, and Profitability
  • Recognizing the role of Quality in developing highly effective value streams and workflows
  • Applying the Lean principle of Jidoka approaches to zero defect manufacturing
  • Discussing the Morning Market Process (making quality visible)
  • Understanding material flow (i.e. Takt, Push vs. Pull, batch vs. single piece flow)

Venue

Cintas Center
1624 Musketeer Drive
Cincinnati, 45207 United States
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Phone
513-745-1094