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Performance Management
Establishing Performance Metrics
Do your business metrics reflect what’s important to your customers? Can you link your process metrics to business goals? Learn a step-by-step process to establish performance metrics and align your organization’s goals at all levels.
1/2 Day
Strategies for Team Engagement
You’ve hired the right people and placed them in key roles, but team work and communication can still be lacking. Learn daily, weekly and monthly strategies that encourage teamwork and collaboration and drive business results.
1/2 Day
Process Improvement
Mapping the Value Stream
Value stream mapping is a team-based tool used to find waste and redundancy in your processes. Equally effective for manufacturing and business processes, this straightforward tool is a critical initial step in lean conversions because it helps you identify where you can apply lean techniques, such as kaizen events, for maximum effect.
1/2 Day
Problem Solving and Decision Making Strategies
Learn to use the 8-D Problem Solving methodology and quality management tools such as Cause and Effect diagrams, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Process Mapping, 5-Whys, brainstorming and affinity diagrams to identity the root cause of problems. Preventing problem recurrence by choosing robust corrective actions is emphasized in this workshop.
One Day
Lean Operations
Introduction to Kaizen
Learn how to plan and lead a Kaizen event for maximum impact. Establishing expectations, defining project charters, planning event logistics and communication planning are covered in this comprehensive “how to” class for Kaizen leaders. Additionally, techniques for critical post-event follow up will be covered.
1/2 Day
5S for the Office / 5S for Manufacturing
5S is a methodology for organizing and minimizing items within a workplace, in order to make it operate more efficiently. This is accomplished through the following phases:
• Sort - getting rid of what is unwanted and not needed anymore
• Simplify - designating the proper location for needed items
• Shine - clean and organize workplace
• Standardize - everyone doing and identifying things the same way
• Sustain - integrating 5S into the daily activities
This course provides you with an overview of 5S, how it can benefit your company's performance, an explanation of each category, how to get started, things to avoid, and tips for leadership. Specify manufacturing or office focus for this workshop.
1/2 Day – Workshop Only
1 Day with facilitated 5S Kaizen Event following training
Set-Up Time Reduction
Our four step, team-driven process helps you reduce changeover times, reduce inventory levels and increase your flexibility to meet customer requirements. This critical element in a lean transformation enables you to run smaller, more frequent batches. Manufacturing companies will benefit the most from this workshop.
1/2 Day
Executive
Executive Overview
This orientation to Lean Six Sigma enables your management team to make an informed decision about a Lean Six Sigma initiative. Topics covered include case studies, assessing organizational readiness, costs and benefits, creating a culture of improvement and infrastructure requirements.
1/2 Day
Leadership Boot Camp
You’ve read books, talked to colleagues and researched training courses. But is Lean Six Sigma really the right direction for your organization? This two-day “boot camp” will help you examine performance improvement options and create an action plan!
2 Days
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt
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