Lean Process Improvement
$199.00
Level 3 | Duration: 4 Hours
This course will teach you the foundations of Lean through the Toyota precepts and the five critical improvement concepts (value, waste, variation, complexity, and continuous improvement). Then, you will learn about tools to perform continuous improvement in your organization, including 5S, 5W-2H, PDSA, DMAIC, Kaizen, Genchi Genbutsu, and Lean data mapping methods.
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Return to StoreLean principles have come a long way over the past 300 years. From Benjamin Franklin’s early ideas, to Henry Ford’s work in the 1920’s and the Toyoda precepts in the 1930’s, to Jeffery Liker’s publication of The Toyota Way in 2004, Lean processes have evolved from a simple concept to a set of widely used best practices.
This course will give participants the foundation to begin implementing Lean process improvement tools in their workplace. The first part of the course will explore the foundations of Lean through the Toyota precepts and the five critical improvement concepts (value, waste, variation, complexity, and continuous improvement). The second part of the course will give participants tools to perform continuous improvement in their organisation, including 5S, 5W-2H, PDSA, DMAIC, Kaizen, Genchi Genbutsu, and various Lean data mapping methods.
Learning Objectives
- Define Lean and its key terms.
- Describe the Toyota Production System and the TPS house.
- Describe the five critical improvement concepts.
- Use the Kano model to understand, describe, analyse, and improve value.
- Identify and reduce various types of waste.
- Create a plan for a more environmentally Lean organisation.
- Use the PDSA and R-DMAIC-S models to plan, execute, and evaluate Lean changes.
- Use Lean thinking framework, including 5W-2H, Genchi Genbutsu and Gemba.
- Prepare for and complete a basic 5-S.
- Describe the key elements of Kaizen events, particularly a Kaizen blitz.
- Gather, analyse, and interpret data using flow charts, Ishikawa (fishbone) diagrams, SIPOC diagrams, and value stream maps.
- Go back to your organisation with a plan to begin incorporating Lean into your corporate culture.
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