The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run a program of 14 lean management workshops February 5-7, 2013, on how to implement lean business methods in manufacturing and service industries.
The workshops will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf, 555 North Point Street, San Francisco, California. Complete details about workshop content, instructors, discounts, and registration, are available by emailing the LEI registrar at registrar@lean.org, by calling 617-871-2900, or by visiting the session page at: https://www.lean.org/workshops/workshopcalendar.cfm?cureventid=126
The curriculum, designed for line managers, change agents, and continuous improvement professionals, includes sessions on Lean IT, standard work, kaizen, and how to use value-stream mapping in manufacturing, office, and service environments.
The complete curriculum is:
- Improvement Kata Experience
- Kaizen: The Culture of Continuous Improvement
- Key Concepts of Lean
- Value-Stream Mapping for Manufacturing
- Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service
- Change Agent Skills for Lean Implementation Leaders
- Integrating Visual Management Tools and Leader Standard Work
- Lean IT
- Managing Value-Stream Improvement
- Standardized Work: the Foundation for Kaizen
- Developing People with Capability for Lean
- Lean Problem Solving
- Management Standard Work
- Optimizing Flow in Office and Service Processes