The objective of this course is to develop peoples understanding of Lean activities such that they can set up small to medium scale Lean Initiatives within their own organisations
Lean is one of the improvement methods used in industry and it use is now becoming prevalent in many other sectors.
Who Should Attend:
The Introduction to Lean training course is designed for, line managers, project managers and team members who are involved in improvement activities and initiatives within their organisations.
Course Outline:
What is ‘Lean’
• A brief history of Lean
• What are the components of Lean
• What is the difference between Lean and other improvement methodologies
Lean Thinking
• What is a process map
• What is a value stream
• Eliminating waste
• Types of waste
• 5’S methodologye
• Single piece flow
‘Doing’ Lean
• Lean pilots
• Kaizen – stepped improvement
• Continuous Improvement
• Worked examples
• Thinking about Lean in your own organisation
• Designing simple systems
• Value stream mapping
Sustaining Improvement
• Why improvement doesn’t last
• Maintaining improvement
