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Most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. The challenge for businesses today is to find new ways to dramatically reduce costs and improve investment returns while better serving their customers. To meet these challenges, organizations have turned to Lean Thinking, which seeks the elimination of all forms of waste, strives for continuous improvement, and simplifies business processes. This course explores how businesses that implement Lean Thinking learn how to reduce waste, streamline production and improve operational flexibility. Practical steps and tools for the identification, treatment and removal of waste are explored while focusing on increasing organizational effectiveness.
Target Audience
Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved in implementing a Six Sigma proposal; organizations implementing a Six Sigma project
Prerequisites
Black Belt Certification and/or Appropriate Black Belt Experience
Expected Duration (hours)
3.5
Lesson Objectivesrecognize the benefits that Lean thinking can bring to an organization
recognize examples of the implementation of the business philosophies of Lean
recognize examples of workplace activities or tasks associated with each of the five key principles of Lean
recognize the factors needed for a successful transformation to a Lean enterprise
differentiate between two Lean methodologies
differentiate between the three types of Kaizen projects
identify the Kaizen framework sequence
identify the benefits of the Kaizen methodology
sequence examples of the tasks involved in using the 5S methodology
identify the three key principles of continuous flow manufacturing (CFM)
recognize the advantages of continuous flow manufacturing to organizations
identify best practices in managing continuous flow
interpret a continuous flow map
recognize examples of tools used to implement continuous flow
recognize the benefits of being able to identify the weakest link in a system
recognize examples of the common tools used to apply the Theory of Constraints
apply the five focusing steps of TOC
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oper_01_a01_bs_enus
Lean Concepts
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Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Overview/Description
Most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. The challenge for businesses today is to find new ways to dramatically reduce costs and improve investment returns while better serving their customers. To meet these challenges, organizations have turned to Lean Thinking, which seeks the elimination of all forms of waste, strives for continuous improvement, and simplifies business processes. This course explores how businesses that implement Lean Thinking learn how to reduce waste, streamline production and improve operational flexibility. Practical steps and tools for the identification, treatment and removal of waste are explored while focusing on increasing organizational effectiveness.
Target Audience
Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved in implementing a Six Sigma proposal; organizations implementing a Six Sigma project
Prerequisites
Black Belt Certification and/or Appropriate Black Belt Experience
Expected Duration (hours)
3.5
Lesson Objectives
Lean Concepts
oper_01_a01_bs_enus
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