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Workshop
details:-
For
planned dates for this workshop please click here
Start
9.00 am. Finish 5.00 pm. Coffee served from 8.45 am
This is
an introduction to the key principles and tools of Lean Thinking,
using a simulation exercise, lectures and DVD. Participants are
encouraged to question and comment.
Prerequisites:
It
would be useful if participants were to read LeanThinking by
Jim Womack and Dan Jones. It can be ordered from Lean Enterprise
Australia at its
bookstore.
Description:
The
workshop briefly describes the history of Craft production and Mass
production, and traces development of Lean Thinking from its
origins in Toyota. The five principles, later compressed to three,
are explained.
Some of
the key tools are discussed and illustrated, including:
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Value Stream Mapping as an over-arching tool
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Quick changeover
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5S
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Pull systems
People
issues are explored in the context of such important issues as
involving everybody in Problem Solving, communicating using the
one-page (A3) report, Visual Management.
The
concepts of the Seven Wastes are addressed using a very effective
DVD.
All the
concepts are drawn together in a simulation exercise in which all
participants take part.
Benefits:
Through instruction,
discussions, group activities, and hands-on exercises, this
workshop will give participants a good understanding of the basic
principles and tools of Lean Thinking.
Who
Should Attend:
Those
who would benefit from attending this workshop include:
- Operators, engineers,
managers, supervisors, technical support personnel and change
agents
- Any
industry with multi-step processes
- Organizations beginning,
or considering beginning, the Lean journey.
Learning
Objectives:
At
the end of the workshop you should be able to:
- Understand and explain
to others the benefits of Lean Thinking.
- Describe
the basic principles of Lean Thinking
- Understand some of the
tools and how they fit within the overall Lean Thinking
philosophy.
Workshop
fee:
Normally
$800 per participant, payable in advance.
Discount of $100 each if one
person registers for two or more workshops at the same
location.
Discount of $100 each if two or more people from the same company
register for the workshop.
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