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£350 +vat Duration: 1 day Location: Open or Onsite   Discount available on multiple signups.

Available Training Courses

5S and Visual Management SMED Changeovers Introduction to Lean Kanban Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Process Mapping Value Stream Mapping The 7 Wastes Lean Practitioner Kaizen Blitz Workshop     Online Training Courses 5S and Visual Management SMED Changeovers Introduction to Lean Kanban Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Process Mapping Value Stream Mapping The 7 Wastes Lean Practitioner

Introduction to Lean Training Course

Overview / who should attend the Introduction course and why?

Lean (Manufacturing / Enterprise) provides massive opportunities for companies to reduce waste and hence save money.  The tools and techniques have been used by all the major companies in the world to provide massive savings and improved customer satisfaction.  This introduction course provides an overview of what Lean is really all about.  The tools associated with Lean will be explained individually and then brought together to show how they can work to provide the benefits to an organisation through the use of simulation.  Delegates will therefore be able to see at firsthand how the use of some simple tools can have a dramatic effect on the bottom line.  Delegates will be able to understand the benefits of a Lean, flexible organisation through the application of the Lean tools.  This introduction course is designed for any type of company that wants to improve performance; it has been run for managing directors and shop floor personnel all over the world.

Introduction Course Objectives

• To introduce the concepts of Lean
• To explain individually the tools associated with Lean
• To practically examine the benefits of Lean through the use of simulations
• To understand the potential savings possible
• To understand how to implement Lean in an organisation
• To understand how Lean links with Six Sigma

Introduction Course Content

• Introduction to Lean manufacturing / Lean Thinking
• The 7 wastes
• Lean tools and techniques
  • Takt time
  • Single Minute Exchange of Dies - SMED
  • Total Productive Maintenance - TPM
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • 5S and Visual Management
  • Kanbans
  • Error Proofing
  • Andon Signals
  • One piece flow
  • Standardised work
  • Production control
• Simulation to show the benefits of Lean Manufacturing
• How to conduct a simple manufacturing cost saving audit
• The benefits of Lean manufacturing
• How to implement Lean manufacturing
• How Lean links with Six Sigma

 Benefits of Attendance

• You will understand the principles of Lean
• You will understand the tools associated with Lean
• You will understand how to implement Lean in an organisation
• You will see through simulation the benefits of Lean
• You will understand how much your organisation could save through the use of Lean
• You will understand how Lean links with Six Sigma
   

Costs / Duration and Location

• The cost of this introduction training course is £350
• The duration is one day 9:00 till 16:00
• Various locations throughout the UK, please contact us for further details