The transition to Lean affects
the entire company. It is not
just a set of tools for
manufacturing, it touches
every department. A major
failing of many lean training
programs is
the lack of an organization
readiness assessment and a
roadmap for the transition.
The APICS Lean
Enterprise Workshop Series is
organized into seven
workshops to enable
you to approach and
understand the lean
transformation process
systematically:
- Introduction -
includes hands-on assessment
of organization's readiness
- Lean Culture - explore
Kaizen and its importance
- Value
Stream Mapping
– interactive exercise
using this
hands-on tool
- Stability and Process
Improvements – learn,
achieve,
improve efficiencies
- JIT – explore the
use of a heijunka system
through hands-
on activity
- Measuring –
accounting, inventory and
target costs and
lead time
- Sustaining – long-
term changes for ongoing
control and
continuous
improvement
Using scenarios from a
fictitious company, Murphy's
Toys, you
will be tasked throughout the
series with finding lean
solutions to a myriad of
challenges. This
method will provide you with
the flexibility to immediately
customize what you've
learned and
implement it in your own
organization. |
