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Basics of Lean: Applying Lean Methods and Tools - ONSITE ONLY

Description

Please contact MEA if you are interested in having our expert staff conduct this workshop on-site at your location for several of your employees. When we deliver a workshop on-site at your location, we will customize the course to meet your needs as part of our fee. If you would like to discuss your company's on-site needs with an MEA professional, please contact us at (800) 662-6238 or e-mail training@meainfo.org.

“Lean” methods have revolutionized how we go about our business. “Lean” makes customer requirements, external and internal, the driving force behind every decision and activity. Some of the world’s most successful businesses have implemented “Lean” to routinely outperform their competitors' quality, customer satisfaction, supplier relations, cost, lead-time and delivery. This workshop will review the basics of lean and basic implementation tools and is recommended for those who are interested in improving their company’s quality, customer satisfaction, supplier relations, costs, lead-time, and delivery.

Topics

Apply "Lean" methodology - Toyota Production System

Use time-based strategy and understanding lead-time

Utilize Global Production System Components: just-in-time, mistake proofing, production smoothing

Identify quality at the source

Gain workplace practices

Understand pull manufacturing systems

Use "Lean" manufacturing implementation strategies