Technical Courses: Lean
Lean Manufacturing Overview
Companies responding to cost pressures understand how lean principles and techniques can improve operations, reduce costs and increase profit margins.
COURSE CONTENT
JIT Inventory Management
- Pull vs. push systems
- Traditional manufacturing promotes inventory stock piling
- Lean manufacturing removes excess inventory
- Quickly respond to customer demands
Value Stream Mapping
- Identify value-added activities in the production stream
- Determine:
- What processes add value
- What processes are essential
- What processes do not add value and can be eliminated
Product Grouping and Cell Development
- Single piece workflow manufacturing processes
- Product grouping to minimize floor space
- Flexible cells for variable production rates and inventory control
Identifying and eliminating the 7 areas of waste
- Rework or error correction, overproduction, excess inventory, extra processing, motion, wait time and transportation
Visual workplace
- Maximizing communication through visual imagery
5S – Creating a productive workplace
- Sorting, Simplifying, Systematic Cleaning, Standardizing, Sustaining
Standardization
- Develop robust processes
- Establish written and followed procedures
Self-Managed Work Teams
TPM – Total Predictive Maintenance
Poke-a-Yoke (Error/Mistake Proofing)
