Lean-Flow Certification for Manufacturing

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - August 2009

Lean-Flow Certification for 
Manufacturing - June 2009

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - March 2009

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - June 2008

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - April 2007

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - January 2007

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - September 2006

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - April 2006

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - February 2006

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - November 2005

Lean-Flow Certification for
Manufacturing - June 2005

Lean-Flow is effective and important!

That is why Saint Paul College and the University of Wisconsin-Stout have teamed together to offer a Lean-Flow Certification Program. We chose the certification approach to Lean-Flow training because it gives both the quickest impact on the bottom line and greatest long-term payoff through increased capacity. Certification allows you to groom key individuals in your organization as in-house Lean-Flow experts.

Why hasn’t everyone adopted Lean-Flow?

Lean-Flow is not a point solution—as improvements are made to one area, other areas of the business are impacted, creating new improvement projects throughout the organization. This continuous improvement process requires leadership, commitment and a solid understanding of the principles and tools of Lean-Flow in order for it to provide ongoing increases in profits for your company.

How to begin Lean-Flow improvements

Our Lean-Flow Certificate Program was created to help you manage the complex challenges of implementing Lean-Flow concepts. If you are seeking the most current, results-oriented training available in Lean-Flow principles, the Lean-Flow Certificate is exactly what you need. Our accelerated training program provides a series of five full day workshops covering the essential Lean-Flow topics—and enabling you to hit the ground running!

Lean-Flow course descriptions

Our Lean-Flow Certification Program offers specialized instruction for both the production and service environments and provides workshops and events that directly target your relevant issues. The five courses are described below.

Lean-Flow Basics

You already know the benefits of a truly LEAN enterprise — it produces more with existing resources because it eliminates non-value-added activities and creates flow throughout the organization. But Lean-Flow principles can be difficult to apply—whether on the shop floor or in the office. Our experienced practitioners provide personalized, hands-on, practical experience that cuts through the confusion of methods, systems and rhetoric to focus on RESULTS. Our Lean-Flow Basics workshop introduces a systematic approach to eliminating waste. Learn how to eliminate the eight forms of waste, use the 5S approach to improve organization, improve throughput, apply point of use storage concepts, implement cellular/flow layout and much, much more. Live simulations provide realistic before and after scenarios.

Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

VSM is a method to visually depict material and information flow through an operation. You will learn the principles and techniques of the Value Stream Mapping process and draw a map of the current state of a sample company, apply Lean- Flow concepts to develop an improved future state, draw it and identify the next steps needed to achieve the future state. Leave with the ability to map your real work processes.

Creating Lean-Flow I & II

Learn how to analyze, design and implement a Lean-Flow system using the 3+3 Project approach. The Kaizen Event project approach is quick but often superficial. The 6 Sigma project approach is effective but can be lengthy and time consuming. The 3+3 Project approach is a blend of these two methodologies that has proven effective and efficient in multiple industries. Practical Healthcare simulations demonstrate real-world results.

These two workshops take you on a guided step-by-step journey on how to create Lean-Flow in your organization.

• Lean-Flow I - Learn how to analyze your opportunities, benchmark and set goals, map your existing process and brainstorm changes to the process.
• Lean-Flow II - Learn how to map and balance the new process, create a new physical layout, get Management approval and implement the new process.

5S/Visual Workplace

The principles of 5S are based on the simple idea that improvements begin with a workplace that is organized, clean and standardized and contains only what is required. Discover how to enhance your organization’s communication and productivity. Learn how to employ 5S methodology and implement visual workplace techniques in your operations. Return to your organization with skills that will allow you to implement positive visible change.

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