Frequently Asked Questions for the Online Workshop - Value-Stream Mapping for Manufacturing

State money and, more recently, federal Economic Recovery dollars might be available for you to fund lean training. A good place to start looking for what’s available locally is the U.S. Department of Labor’s “One-Stop Career Center System.”

5S methodology helps organizations achieve more consistent operational results through maintaining an orderly workplace. This workshop will introduce you to the 5S methodology and help you learn basic implementation steps including evaluation and audit.

As lean moves out of the "tool age," leaders—managers, directors, executives— must invest more time in the critical work of lean leadership: going to the gemba to support value creators in their improvement work and coaching and mentoring teams to develop their problem solving capabilities. This ensures that all organizational processes continuously add value to customers.

This workshop will help leaders understand how three lean concepts – standard work, flow and visual management - can be applied to the gemba of an individual knowledge worker to make communication more effective and less burdensome. It will enable leaders at all levels to focus on value creation rather than becoming more efficient at Management of non-value-creating activities. The workshop will show leaders how they can do their work quicker and with better quality so that they can spend more time at the gemba coaching and mentoring those who work in value—creating roles.

Learn how to lead others to and through implementation of lean change activities by persuasion, influence, demonstration, negotiation, and teaching.

Leaders and change agents will discover how to apply the "sensei approach" in leading a lean implementation project by using preparation, practice, adjustment and review to give responsibility for thinking and making changes to the people who have to implement and maintain the improvements.

This introduction to the basics of leveling and pull gives you the essential information you need to design and implement a basic end-to-end pull system with kanban and a leveled schedule at the pacemaker process.

This workshop will take place partially at the gemba of a local company. This workshop is based on a “hear-see-do” approach, so you'll learn the key concepts through instruction, discussion, simulation, and small-group exercise.