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Introduction

  • History of Lean: The Toyota Production System.
  • Lean manufacturing versus Lean service operations.

Lean Thinking

  • Organizing human activities.

Five Principles of Lean

  • Value.
  • The Value Stream.
  • Flow.
  • Pull.
  • Perfection.

Types of Waste

  • Tangible versus intangible waste.
  • Value-added versus non-value-added activities in work.
  • Eight types of waste in service operations.
  • Using inappropriate metrics to measure waste.

Measuring Performance

  • Observing processes.
  • Understanding the key aspects of a KPI.
  • Time as a critical factor.

Systems Thinking

  • Managing for the future.
  • Deming's systems thinking in service industries.

Preparing the Enterprise for Lean

  • Lean processes.
  • The continuous improvement cycle.
  • Realigning metrics.
  • Overcoming resistance.
  • Pilot projects.

Implementing Lean in Your Organization

  • Organizing teams.
  • Applying technology and tools.
  • Developing people and partners.
  • Tracking work with Kanban.
  • Kaizen workshops.

Process Mapping

  • Using workflow diagrams.
  • Order-to-delivery cycle.

Value Stream Mapping

  • Lean measurements.
  • Creating current and future state maps.

Value Stream Analysis

  • The 5S methodology.
  • Just-in-time.
  • Built-in quality.

Promoting Lean Thinking across the Enterprise

  • Tools plus culture change.
  • Coaching.
  • Developing communication and feedback channels.
  • Focusing on long-term learning.
  • Being data-driven.

Assessing the Results of Lean

  • Lean maturity matrix.
  • Tracking performance.
  • Benchmarking against other companies.

Developing Lean Leaders

  • Setting up a Lean leadership team.
  • Creating a succession system.

Complementary Methodologies

  • Agile and Scrum.
  • Six Sigma.

Closing Remarks

Requirements

  • A commitment to developing talent, enhancing efficiency, and eliminating waste within the organization.

Target Audience

  • Business managers.
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