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Course Details

£250 +vat Duration: 1 day Location: Open or Onsite   Discount available on multiple signups.

Available Training Courses

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Lean’s 7 Wastes - Waste Identification and Elimination

Overview / who should attend and why?

The elimination of the 7 Wastes should be the main purposes goal of any business and it the corner stone  of Lean. This training course explains what waste is how to identify it and ultimately how to eliminate the waste in your business. It educates delegates in the importance of waste identification and elimination by concentrating on the 7 or  8 wastes in any business.  It uses real life examples and exercises to enable you to leave the training with areas in your business to improve straight away.   This course is aimed at any kind of company as the seven wastes are applicable everywhere.  Attendance of the course brings the benefit of access to our elearning online training course The 7 wastes online. 

Course Objectives

• To introduce the concept of Lean and how the seven wastes are associated with it
• To introduce the concepts of Waste – inventory, lost time, movement, transport etc
• To energise staff to understand the benefits of removal of waste
• To explain how to identify and eliminate waste
• To practically examine the benefits of removing waste and the potential savings
• To practise identification of the 7 wastes in your business and others

Course Content

• Introduction to Lean manufacturing / Lean Thinking
• What is waste, value added and non value added activities
• The 7 wastes what are they and their classification
• Identifying waste – waste walk – exercises looking at different businesses and companies
• How to eliminate waste
• Savings possible through waste elimination

Benefits of attendance

• Understand the principles of Lean
• Understand the 7 wastes, how to identify them and eliminate them
• Understand the saving potential of waste elimination 
• Enable delegates to appreciate waste and why it is vital to eliminate it
• Access to the course online so you can take it over and over again

Costs / Duration and Location

• The cost of this training course is £250 plus VAT
• The duration is 1 day  
• Various dates and locations throughout the UK, please contact us for further details