The Lean practitioner facilitates improvement sessionswith a team and carries out improvement initiatives byusing the Lean methods and tools. The main focus is onachieving a ‘one-piece flow’ and reducing the 7 types ofwaste. Lean practitioners carry out these improvementinitiatives alongside their normal daily activities.During the lean practitioner course you will be taughtthe essential Lean improvement tools like value streammapping, Kanban, Kaizen, data-analysis and 5S.It is a hands-on training and it is designed around a simulation in which youimmediately apply what you have learned under supervision of a Lean expert.The aim of this course is not only to learn the Lean methods and tools but alsoto familiarise yourself with the lean improvement philosophy.
What will you be able to do after this course?
A Lean Practitioner is capable of:- Increase performance by using the Lean improvement methods and tools,
- Offer quick and effective solutions to process issues within your organization
- Advocate the Lean Management Philosophy within organizations.
Lean Practitioner
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Program Content
PART 1
LEAN METHODS AND TOOLS
- Lean history and background
- Lean and the Theory of Constraints
- The Lean Roadmap
- Customer value add analysis
- Business value add and non value add
- The 8 types of waste
- Practical simulation, part 1
- Value stream mapping
- Flow
- Line balancing & Takt time
- Pull and Little’s law
- Kanban, safety stock, and replenishment pull
- Practical simulation, part 2
- Poka Yoke
- 5S and Visual Management
- SMED and setup reduction
- Kaizen (Kaikaku)
- 5 times Why
PART 2
LEAN PHILOSOPHY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Lean as a Management philosophy
- The Toyota Way – 14 management principles
- SMED, OEE, Heijunka
- Jidoka, Andon, Standard work, Visual Management, Hansai
- Genchi Genbutsu, Kaizen events, Stands-up, A3 Management
- Toyota Kata
- Simulation – A3 Management