This one-day, hands-on session introduces critical Lean concepts and tools. Tailored for people new to continuous improvement, this program provides practical insights into how lean thinking can directly impact your business.

Key Benefits:

• Understand how the core principles that drive Lean thinking – focusing on delivering value, reducing waste, ensuring quality and fostering a culture of continuous improvement – can help you make more impactful decisions.
• Experience simulations to understand key Lean tools to see how to streamline your operations, reduce lead times, and improve overall throughput.
• Learn how to use and adopt Lean initiatives within a team, ensuring that improvements are sustained and that employees are engaged in the process.
• Discover how to begin shifting your organizational culture toward seeing waste and improving quality. By adopting Lean values, you can motivate your team to think critically about improving processes and reducing costs.

This session is for people interested in starting a Lean Journey or can be used as part of a formal onboarding process for new employees joining a company with an established continuous improvement culture.

Topics covered:

• Lean Fundamental Principles and Practices
• CI Mindset, Principles, Values
• Introduction to Lean concepts and tools
• Waste, Flow, JIT, Kanban, Standard Work, and the Theory of Constraints
• PDCA Cycle, Poka-yoke, Takt time
• Visual Management Tools – Andon, Outlining, Metrics
• 6S
• Value Stream Mapping