Lean Principles Practitioner Course

What delegates will learn: 

• How to manage and build lean teams 
• Guidelines for visual management 
• What are lean metrics 
• Levels of process measuring  
• TPM maturity Levels 
• Advanced Intelligence Methods 
• Steps of the data collection process 
• Steps to build a value stream map and many other topics which will help them to increase the speed, efficiency, and effectiveness of an organization’s operations?  

Our highly experienced trainer will ensure that delegates will gain a full understanding of all Lean Practitioner concepts and can apply Lean techniques and tools to their own business to review processes, identify problems, find and eliminate waste, and improve workflow, which will be beneficial for continuous improvement in their business. 

Lean Training Practitioner is a 2-day intensive course that includes the following: 

• An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing 
• Solving Problems 
• Seven Wastes 
• Meaning of Lean Culture 
• Learning about Value Stream Mapping 
• Understanding the current situation 

Managing and Building Lean Teams 

• Managing Teams  
• Work Cells 
• Lean Management 
• Self-Managed Team Philosophy 
• The Lean Manager and the Self-Managed Team 
• Personality Styles 
• High Performing Teams (HPT) 
• Autonomous HPTs 
• High-Performance Challenge 

Visual Management 

• Introduction to Visual Management 
• Guidelines for Visual Management 
• Cell Information Boards 

Advanced VOC 

• Advanced Intelligence Methods 
• Ways of Gathering the VOC 
• Intelligence Gathering: Top Tips 
• Critical to Quality Trees 
• CTQ Trees in Action 

Lean Metrics 

• What is Lean Metrics? 
• Metrics Drive Behavior 
• Choosing the Right Metrics 
• Things to Consider When Selecting Metrics 
• Useful Metrics 
• First and Second Projects Metrics 
• Key Metrics 

Process Measurements 

• What are Lean Process Measurements? 
• Two Top-Level Measures 
• The Four Sub-Metrics 
•  Calculating OEE and TEPP 
  • OEE is Not a Magic Number 
• First-Time Quality 
• Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY) 
  • Work in Progress 
• Completed Orders Metrics 
• Delivery Metrics 
• Warranty Metrics 
• Customer Feedback Metrics 
• Reporting Metrics 
• Aims of Data Collection 
• Key Performance Indicators 
• List of Criteria for a Good Measure 
• Gauge R and R 
• Measurement System Resolution 
• Brief Description of Data Collection Planning 
• Five Steps of the Data Collection Process 
• Frequency and Sample Size 

Total Productive Maintenance 

• TPM in a Nutshell 
  • Goals 
  • The Benefits of TPM 
  • What to Focus On 
• TPM Maturity Levels 
• TPM Health Check (Capability Assessment) 
• Implementation Structure of TPM 
• Establish Infrastructure 
• Eliminate Top Issues 
• Training 
• Conduct Autonomous and Planned Maintenance 
• Design Maintenance Prevention 

Process Levelling 

• Process Levelling 
  • Process Levelling (Theory) 
  • Process Levelling: Demand Management 
• Resource Scheduling: Simon’s Coffee Bar 
• Theory of Constraints 
• Process Levelling in the Office 
• What is the Minimum Cycle Time for a Form? 

Value Stream Mapping 

• Process Maps 
  • Process Map Levels 
• What is a Value Stream? 
  • Value Stream Maps 
• Creating the “As Is” VSM 
• Investigating and Understanding the Process 
• Creating a VSM: Process Borders Definition 
• The Square Wave 
• Creating an Improved Process 
• Steps for Building a Value Stream Map

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