Lean Manufacturing A-Z: Lean Operations Management

Master the tools and methodology of Lean and Kaizen to have and “impact” and “improve” your business operations - manufacturing, services, industrial operations and production. Equip yourself to take a new leading role in your workplace - improving your processes, systems, business / organization. Understand the fundamentals, then details of the most effective, proven improvement methodology ever. The principles, tools and essential approaches to continuous improvement / kaizen in business systems, organization and design. Become the Lean authority in your team on improving the operations systems in your businessThis MBA style course on Lean Manufacturing prepares and empowers you to make a REAL difference. Turbo-charge your career, and your business performance, to the highest levels. This course is for the new or aspiring manager, the ambitious engineer, high flying consultant, the hands-on planners and the practical business analysts. Business operations come in all shapes and sizes with a host of unique challenges; but Lean, whilst first developed in manufacturing has successfully lasted the decades and bridged into transport, retail, healthcare, logistics, finance and service companies. Lean remains the heart of continuously improving businesses of all types to remain competitive, improving profitability, improving customer experience and customer satisfaction, reducing costs and improving delivery. Without a solid grasp of Lean, no manager, junior or senior, can competently or confidently look to improve their business operations, the processes, systems and teams that make a business successful. Take control of your career and equip yourself with a solid base in Lean Methodologies that you can practically use right now to unlock the potential of your business processes! Course Sections:1. Lean Fundamentals and Philosophy2. Value and Waste3. Inventory Management and Control4. Tools of Lean5. Quality Management6. Flow7. Scheduling and Production Planning for Lean8. History of LeanCourse ExtrasDownloadable Documents with summaries and exercisesSummary Test with 80 multiple choice questions to test and lock in your learningsTake control! Boost your career and your business! Join us today! Full List of Course Sub Sections:1. Fundamentals and Philosophy of LeanFundamentals of LeanThe 5 Principles of LeanLean is like an OrchestraMuda, Muri & MuraThe 25 Characteristics of Lean2. Value and WasteValue and Waste - IntroductionFinding Customer Value - KanoProcess Mapping for ValueValue TimelinesTea Shop VA/ NVA ExerciseTea Shop Exercise - DebriefThe 8 Wastes of Lean: TIMWOODSOther Types of WasteChasing Waste - Caution3. Inventory ManagementInventory IntroductionWhat is Inventory?Why do we Need Inventory?Little’s LawCosts of InventoryRock-Boat Analogy4. Tools of LeanTools - Introduction5S - Workplace OrganizationSMED: Changeover and Cycletime ReductionSMED Method: Gantt ChartValue Stream Mapping (VSM)Visual ManagementGembaGemba WalksStandard WorkPDCA Improvement CycleA3 Reports5. QualityQuality - IntroductionReducing ComplexityReducing MistakesReducing VariationSix SigmaRoot Cause and 5 WhysJidoka - AutonomationPoka-Yoke - Mistake ProofingTotal Productive Maintenance (TPM)6. FlowFlow - IntroductionWhat Stops Flow?Reducing Variation in the SystemCauses of Variation of Demand and CapacityDemand Management - IntroductionExternal Demand ManagementInternal Demand ManagementTakt Time, Cycle Time & Lead TimeTakt TimeCycle TimeThroughput and Lead TimeTakt Time, Cycle Time & Lead Time SummarySmall Batch SizesBatch Sizes and One Piece FlowLocal Efficiencies don’t make an efficient system7. Scheduling and PullScheduling - IntroductionLean SchedulingChoosing Batch SizesEconomic Batch Quantity / EOQ / EBQEvery Product Every Interval ( EPEI )PullCake Shop Example - Pull vs PushProduction Pull in a Burger ShopKanban - Production PlanningPush vs Pull ApproachesPull: Pros and ConsPush Pull Combination8. History of LeanHistory of Lean - IntroductionHistory of Lean - TimelineToyota Production System (TPS)