Course Summary:

Successfully Implementing and Sustaining Lean

Course #L392
February 16-18, 2010
Pyle Center*, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin
Course Fee: $1395 Discount Is Available

Benefits

This practical 3-day course covers the Lean tools and how they interrelate to elevate a company’s position on the Lean performance continuum. You will learn:

How Lean shortens lead times through the prioritization of waste elimination opportunities
The Lean tools and techniques to implement and sustain continuous improvement projects
How Lean, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints are complementary
Tools and techniques to synchronize production to demand
Change management techniques to overcome the resistance to change

Topics

Lean Thinking
Lean Extended Enterprise
Value-Stream Mapping
8 Wastes
Continuous Improvement (aka Kaizen)
5S / Visual Management
Poka Yoke / Mistake Proofing
Pull Systems / Kanban
Lean Accounting
Rapid Plant Assessment
Change Management

Audience

This course will benefit a broad range of professionals ranging from supervisors through company managers and executives searching for a short course that provides a breadth of information on the broad array of Lean tools and how the tools work together to remove waste within a value stream. The content will be of particular benefit to:

VPs and Directors - Finance, Operations, and Supply Management
General Managers
Plant Managers
Directors of Production Planning and Inventory Management
Directors and Managers of Continuous Improvement
Production Managers, Supervisors, and Team Leaders
Six Sigma Green Belts and Black Belts

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 20 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and 2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

General Information

Fee Covers Notebook and other course materials, break refreshments, lunches and certificate.

Cancellation Policy No-Penalty Cancellation To cancel your enrollment, please notify us promptly and consider re-enrolling in a future course. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.

Accommodations We have reserved a block of sleeping rooms ($112/single; $127/double, including parking and Madison Taxi's silver cab from the airport) for course participants at the Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call 800-589-6285 or 608-257-4391 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code 95277. Room requests made later than January 25 will be subject to availability.

Course Location This course will be held at Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. 608-262-1122

Course Discount Team Discount Fee: $1295 each, if two or more people from the same organization enroll in the course. Save $100 per person.

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