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Course Outline

Introduction

  • History of Lean: The Toyota Production System
  • Comparing Lean Manufacturing with Lean Service Operations

Foundations of Lean Thinking

  • Structuring human activities

The Five Principles of Lean

  • Value
  • The Value Stream
  • Flow
  • Pull
  • Perfection

Identifying Types of Waste

  • Tangible versus intangible waste
  • Distinguishing value-added from non-value-added activities
  • Eight types of waste in service operations
  • Common pitfalls in using metrics to measure waste

Measuring Performance

  • Observing processes effectively
  • Understanding key components of a KPI
  • Time as a critical factor

Systems Thinking

  • Managing for the future
  • Applying Deming's systems thinking to service industries

Preparing the Enterprise for Lean

  • Establishing Lean processes
  • Implementing the continuous improvement cycle
  • Realigning metrics
  • Overcoming resistance to change
  • Conducting pilot projects

Implementing Lean in Your Organization

  • Structuring teams
  • Applying technology and tools
  • Developing people and partners
  • Tracking work with Kanban
  • Conducting Kaizen workshops

Process Mapping

  • Utilizing workflow diagrams
  • Understanding the order-to-delivery cycle

Value Stream Mapping

  • Lean measurements
  • Creating current and future state maps

Value Stream Analysis

  • The 5S methodology
  • Just-in-time production
  • Built-in quality

Promoting Lean Thinking Across the Enterprise

  • Combining tools with cultural change
  • Coaching strategies
  • Developing communication and feedback channels
  • Focusing on long-term learning
  • Adopting a data-driven approach

Assessing Lean Results

  • Using the Lean maturity matrix
  • Tracking performance
  • Benchmarking against other companies

Developing Lean Leaders

  • Establishing a Lean leadership team
  • Creating a succession system

Complementary Methodologies

  • Agile and Scrum
  • Six Sigma

Closing Remarks

Requirements

  • A strong desire to develop talent, enhance efficiency, and eliminate waste within the organization.

Target Audience

  • Business managers
 14 Hours

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