Description

Gatlin International offers lean enterprise training for individuals and organizations looking to increase productivity and efficiency and eliminate waste in their business processes. Lean Enterprise is a proven process designed to bring about rapid improvements to the performance of any organization through a comprehensive overhaul of the value stream. Lean enterprise consists of a comprehensive set of rules, tools and elements that focus on enhancing value, eliminating waste and ongoing, incremental improvement.

Businesses of all kinds and sizes need to focus on waste-free processes in order to grow their profit margins and remain viable in the competitive landscape of the global economy.

The Lean enterprise process focuses on the elimination of waste from all business activities which is achieved through the implementation of concepts that provide high quality products, delivered in a timely manner, at the lowest possible cost in direct correlation to specific customer demands.

Companies that have transitioned to a Lean enterprise culture have seen dramatic improvements in a variety of areas including profitability, customer service levels, productivity, asset management, liquidity, inventory levels, changeover times, product design, overall quality, cycle times and lower product costs.

Lean Mastery is predicated upon clear, concise information on transforming an enterprise to a Lean enterprise. Our Lean enterprise course is packed with real world examples, photographs, graphics, quizzes, progress evaluations, case studies and a host of interactive features that provide tips, exercises and comprehensive information. The Lean enterprise program contains 60 hours of study that covers all of the Lean Enterprise concepts and was authored by a team of experts with hands-on, practical experience.

Upon registering in our Lean Enterprise course you are given an initial six months to complete the program. Should you need more time, you may request a 6-month extension at no additional charge.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the Lean Enterprise course, the student will have gained a broad understanding of Lean Enterprise concepts and the interaction between the Lean elements, rules, and tools. They will also understand how Lean Enterprise concepts can be applied to the different operational departments of a business and why the corporate culture must change in order to maximize the Lean process. Studenst will recognize how the application of Lean Enterprise principles can substantially improve the operating and financial health of any business and will understand how to recognize and eliminate waste. Successful candidates will know how to identiry value added, non-valued-added and non-value-added-but-required activities within the organization. They will also understand why every stakeholder in the organization must participate in the Lean process and how this can be accomplished. Upon completion of the Lean Enterprise course you will know the importance of identifying the value stream, how it is mapped and how to identify areas that require improvement. You will also gain a thorough understanding of the elements of Flow and Pull and how these concepts are applied within the organization and you will learn why the pursuit of perfection is a way of life. You will also understand the fundamentals of Standard Work and how these fundamentals can be used to help eliminate process variations and you will be able to recognize why the limit-people-and-materials rules are integrated with the lean tools to eliminate waste. Other core concepts you will learn include understanding how to develop a road map and an implementation plan, understand Policy Deployment and why this is a critical part of any Lean implementation process and how to recognize the fundamental importance of the Kaizen process and how this is used in every aspect of a Lean implementation and how it is used to change the culture.

Other course objectives include learning about the concept of Design for Manufacture and Assembly and how design influences cost and gaining a broad understanding of the concepts of 5S, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (Quick Change), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Kanban, Visual Workplace, Error-Proofing and Scheduling.

Finally, you will understand the role of accounting in the Lean Enterprise implementation process and how lean metrics replace traditional metrics. You will also learn how metrics drive behavior and how cost of quality impacts business performance.

Our Lean Enterprise course also provides an overview of Six-Sigma and how Lean Enterprise and Six-Sigma are used in tandem to improve business performance.

Outline

Demo

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Additional Info

Languages

English

Course Length

60.00 hours

Duration of Access

6 months

Instructor

Brian Furlong

Prerequisites/Audience

There are no specific prerequisites for our Lean Enterprise course. The intended audience is executives, managers, supervisors, professionals and anyone who needs to learn how to substantially improve business performance.

Requirements/Materials Included

The Lean Enerprise course is compatible with the Windows Vista operating system.

The most commonly used forms will be available for download in Microsoft Excel format. Many of these forms are interactive and will perform calculations or build charts to be used in presentations. If students do not have Excel on their computer, a free download for an Excel viewer will be provided.