Introducing the NEW! APICS
Lean Enterprise Workshop Series
November 5-19, December 3-17,
January 7
Location: To be determined, 4
hour increments
per week, 7 sessions
As more organizations decide to
go lean, demand is escalating
for a skilled team and
systemwide approach for
developing and implementing lean
project plans. This course is
designed to equip you with the
broad knowledge and tools to map
the transformation for
developing a lean culture at
your organization.
This workshop will allow you to
· Complete
a self-assessment to determine
your organization's readiness to
implement lean
· Gain
practical experience analyzing
how to incorporate lean into
organizations
· Leave
with a project plan for
implementing lean into your
organization
The APICS Lean Enterprise
Workshop Series is organized to
enable you to approach and
understand the lean
transformation process
systematically. Using scenarios
from a fictitious company,
Murphy's Toys, you will be
tasked with finding lean
solutions to a myriad of
challenges. This method will
provide you with the flexibility
to immediately customize what
you've learned and implement it
at your own organization.
There are seven workshops in the
series:
Introduction
You will gain an overview of the
many components of implementing
a lean transformation in your
organization and gauge your
organization's readiness through
a hands-on assessment.
Lean Culture
Explore the effects of a lean
implementation on your employees
and learn about the importance
of teams. The Kaizen, a
team-oriented continuous
improvement event will be
introduced in this section.
Value Stream Mapping
Learn about value stream mapping
and this tool's value for
viewing processes and
determining potential areas of
improvement. Draw a current
state map and then learn about
concepts to help you improve
your future state.
Stability and Process
Improvements
Learn how to improve process
stability, achieve demand
stability and improve
manufacturing process
efficiencies.
Just-in-Time
Determine customer demand,
standard work, line balancing
and many other tools to meet
customer demand. Participants
will explore the use of a
heijunka system to meet customer
demand through a hands-on
activity.
Measuring
Review the way a lean company
measures and align measurements
with objectives. Topics include
lean accounting, inventory
costs, target costs and lead
time.
Sustaining
Learn about the long-term
changes to sustain the gains
made. Topics include lean
design, analyzing failures and
ensuring ongoing quality control
and continuous improvement.
For more information, please
contact Carolyn Sly at
bdsly@aol.com.
