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Lean Manufacturing encompasses a set of emerging process improvement techniques that, when implemented, shorten the time between customer order and factory shipment by eliminating waste.
One effective approach to capturing the basics of Lean is the Lean Simulation. Working in a “mock” company, participants assemble a product on a simulated factory floor, incorporating the various principles of Lean along the way. By participating in a Lean Simulation, you can learn how to use half the manufacturing space and half the investment in tools to produce products in half the time with fewer defects.
Workshop Objectives
This full-day workshop combines a comprehensive classroom presentation with hands-on simulation of a production facility. In this workshop, we introduce the basic concepts of Lean manufacturing and demonstrate the tools and methodology necessary to implement “lean” on the shop floor.
The classroom presentation is an interactive overview of lean manufacturing, introducing concepts and methodologies for implementation. Participants act as production workers, applying the lean tools to their individual workspaces as well as across the entire product line. This learn-do technique over four “shifts” illustrates cause and effect relationships for each of the lean tools presented. Participants review methodology and lessons learned from previous shifts, deciding what and how to implement while working with realistic constraints such as available resources, cash flow and resistance to change.
Each participant will receive a “Principles of Lean Manufacturing” workbook and a certificate of workshop completion.
Topics Covered
| • Traditional Manufacturing | • Point of Use Storage |
| • Defining Lean | • Quality at the Source |
| • Eight Wastes | • Pull Systems |
| • Standardized Work | • Cellular / Flow Manufacturing |
| • Total Productive Maintenance | • Visual Controls |
| • Takt Time | • Workplace Organization (5S) |
| • Work Balancing | • Plant Layout |
| • Value Stream Mapping | • Quick Changeover |
| • Keys to Success | • Batch Size Reduction |
Benefits of Simulation
Participants will gain an understanding of the eight wastes in manufacturing and learn how to improve productivity by applying standard work, visual controls, quick changeover, batch size reduction, point-of-use storage, quality at the source, pull systems and more.
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Continuous Process Improvement Links
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