Productivity Workshops

5S Workshop


This Lean workshop trains employees on the principles of 5S. Classroom instruction alternates with shop floor exercises to identify opportunities for 5S. Participants learn why 5S needs to be the starting point in their Lean Efforts...
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Kaizen Event Workshop

Are you looking to utilize Kaizen Events in your Lean Implementation? Would you like to have your team guided through the process?...

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8 Wastes Workshop


Are you spending money on things that do not contribute value for the customer? Do your customers return products that are defective? Do you fail to have product that the customer wants to buy, yet have excessive inventories of items that aren’t selling? Are your employees waiting on upstream processes before than can perform their work?...
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Continuous Flow Workshop


Achieving continuous flow is the ultimate objective of lean production. Where do you begin? What type of analysis is needed to start developing flow? How do you balance the pacemaker process? What is needed from upstream processes to support the pacemaker? What information flows are needed? How should the process be monitored?...
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Lean Principles Simulation Workshop


This one-day workshop demonstrates the principles and concepts of Lean Manufacturing through lectures and multiple hands-on simulations. It is also intended to provide management staff and employees at all levels of your organization with a basic understanding of Lean Implementation, and the benefits to be gained...
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Mistake Proofing (Poka-Yoke) Workshop


Zero Defects sounds like just a “slogan” - can we really achieve it? Is it true that most Poka-Yoke methods are developed by Production personnel instead of Engineers? 100% inspections doesn’t sound realistic, do they provide any real benefit?...
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Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Workshop

Have you visualized the value streams in your organization? Can everyone ”see” how value is provided to your customers? Where is your constraint (pacemaker process)? What information do people in the value stream need to perform their jobs?...
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