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Managing a Lean Enterprise

Learn how to drive performance and inspire innovation using hoshin kanri, daily management, and A3 process.

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Connect strategy, operations, and problem solving across your organization.

Start implementing a systematic approach to enhance your organization’s ability to meet its strategic goals. Integrate three powerful practices—hoshin kanri (strategy deployment) , A3 problem-solving, and daily management—in our coach-led course, Managing a Lean Enterprise (formerly Lean Management Systems).

Discover how to link your hoshin kanri (strategy deployment plan) to the A3 problem-solving and management process and daily management practices to ensure everyone stays focused on executing their part of the organization’s plan. When effectively used, A3 problem-solving and daily management practices help overcome strategy execution problems while developing the capabilities of everyone involved, from the executive suite to the front line. 

Learn how to link hoshin kanri (strategy deployment) objectives to three types of A3s — strategy, proposal, and problem-solving — to ensure plans get executed. And you’ll discover how to link the A3s with a daily management system that ensures daily frontline problem-solving stays focused on consistently hitting daily performance goals (KPIs) that contribute to achieving the organizational objectives.  

By the end of the course, you’ll understand how to implement this framework and process for executing strategy by aligning and engaging teams at all levels of the organization — including those operating remotely — to improve strategy execution and set the stage for achieving long-term competitiveness. 

Although this class requires no prerequisites, it would be helpful for you to be familiar with the fundamentals of hoshin kanri (strategy deployment), A3 problem-solving, and daily management.

Learning Objectives

  • Assess your management system vis a vis a structure for high performance, continuous improvement, and innovation
  • Know the elements of a complete lean management system in theory and practice
  • Define an approach and next steps for strengthening your management system

Who Should Attend

  • Organizational leaders and lean practitioners in any industry 
  • Leaders, executives, and managers in any industry involved with strategy development who want to overcome obstacles that keep their organization from achieving their strategic objectives. 
  • Leaders and managers across the enterprise, such as operations, supply chain, purchasing, logistics, delivery, service, marketing, and sales professionals  
  • Continuous improvement professionals helping organizations adopt lean thinking and practices

Related Courses:

The following courses dive deeper into A3 and hoshin kanri (strategy deployment):

  • Managing to Learn: An Introduction to A3 Leadership and Problem-Solving
  • Hoshin Kanri: Aligning and Executing on Your Organizational Objectives

 

Partner Case Study: Logoplaste

Learn more or get a head start learning about hoshin kanri. This ebook shares Logoplaste’s experience in adopting the approach to improve their strategic planning and execution. 

Group Discount

Register three or more attendees for the same workshop and save 12.5% off every registration. To receive a group discount, register as a group through the registration link and the discount will automatically apply.

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel your registration for online/live-streaming workshops two weeks before the course’s start date for a full refund. A cancellation occurring within two weeks of the workshop dates will be subject to a $350 fee. If you need to cancel, you can do so through your confirmation email from ‘The LEI Events Team’ or email registrar@lean.org.  

Schedule Overview

The 5 sessions are hosted over 5 weeks. (Formally known as, Management Systems: Connecting Hoshin to Daily Management and A3).

All sessions hosted Tuesdays, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET and instructed by Josh Howell

  • Tuesday, March 25
  • Tuesday, April 1
  • Tuesday, April 8
  • Tuesday, April 15
  • Tuesday, April 22

Coursework

  • Introduce Hoshin Kanri   
  • Introduce the three types of A3   
  • Draft a strategic A3 based on your own business problem  
  • Introduce Daily Management  
  • Draft a structure of Daily Management that includes PDCA structure, Leader Behaviors  
  • Pilot this methodology in the class  

Josh Howell

President and Executive Team Leader
Lean Enterprise Institute

Joshua Howell is president and executive team leader at the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI). For over a decade, he has supported individuals and organizations with lean transformations for improved business performance. As a coach, he helps people become lean thinkers and practitioners through experiential learning, believing such an approach can lead to enterprise-wide improvement. Regular e-letters […]

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Mark Reich

Mark Reich

Senior Coach and Chief Engineer, Strategy
Lean Enterprise Institute

Mark Reich spent 23 years working for Toyota, starting in 1988 with six years in Japan in the Overseas Planning Division, where he was responsible for Product Planning and worked with Chief Engineers to define vehicle specifications for overseas markets. This was at a critical time when Toyota was introducing the Lexus to the world. […]

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