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Using Lean to Increase Profitability

Posted By L1ghth0useAdm1n On March 8, 2011 @ 3:07 pm In lean,training | Comments Disabled

Lean:

The Lean Temple, covering the basic fundamentals, Flow, Workforce and Quality; all striving for Continuous Improvement

Lean is a philosophy designed to increase responsiveness and customer service by only providing:

what the customer values,
at the time they want it and
in the quantity they want it

There are many tools forming the ‘Lean Temple’ (above) that help organisations striving towards Continuous Improvement and customer focus.

Lean Benefits:

Lean has been used in all industries, from Manufacturing to Public Sector, in order to:

Reduce costs and increase profitability
Increase capacity without investment
Improve customer service

Lean Training and Consultancy Opportunities:

There are many Lean tools that we offer as individual training modules, as well as part of a longer Lean overview course or Roll out Programme. We also undertake consultancy to enable fast results.

Sample Lean Tools:

Sample Lean Tools	Individual Training Module	Lean Roll out Programme	Consultancy tool
Basic Fundamentals
Standard Work		X	X
Visual Management		X	X
5S (Workplace organization)	X	Basics	X

Flow
Takt Time		X	X
Pull Systems		X	X
JIT	X	X	X
Process Mapping	X	X	X
Value Stream Mapping	X	X	X
Hierarchical Task Decomposition		Basics	X
Kanban		X	X
SMED	X	X	X
One piece flow		X	X
Advanced load leveling			X

Workforce
Waste reduction		X	X
Problem Solving	X	X	X
TPM	X		X
Compliance Auditing		Basics	X
Team Meetings	X	Basics	X
Supervisory skills	X
Investors in People			X

Quality
Six Sigma	X		X
Voice of the Customer		X	X
Process control		X	X
Process capability		X	X
Mistake proofing (Poka Yoke)	X	Basics	X
Root cause problem solving	X	X	X

Please note that all our courses and consultancy work are tailored to meet our clients’ needs, maximizing return on investment and enabling fast and lasting results. We can therefore combine most Lean modules into a bespoke training package to meet your needs.

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