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Introduction

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

Lean Thinking

  • Organizing human activities

The 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
  • The pitfalls of using the wrong metrics to measure waste

Measuring Performance

  • Observing processes
  • Understanding the key aspects of a KPI
  • The critical role of time

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
  • The 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 and 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 strong desire to develop staff, improve efficiency, and eliminate waste within the organization.

Target Audience

  • Business managers.
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