Lean Operations school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

Lean/Six Sigma is a set of powerful management tools that promotes process improvement, cost reduction, and significant enhancement of bottom-line profitability. It improves quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction by eliminating waste and variation. The purpose of this course is to thoroughly examine the theory and application of these methodologies, as well as the practical and tactical applications. Throughout the course we investigate similarities and differences between quality manage...

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A Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt is a process Lean Six Sigma course that
teaches any employee Lean and Six Sigma philosophy and how to
apply it in their role on a day-to-day basis. These modules were
carefully chosen to produce the "basics of quality" tools. Mostly
easy to do and actively involves them on a team. Participants
will continue their exploration of each phase of Six Sigma’s
DMAIC methodology including defining project charters,
process mapping, use of ...

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5S stands for sort, straighten, shine, standardize, and sustain. It’s based on the Japanese concept for housekeeping (seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke). This process supports lean in its most basic form. Maintaining a simplified and streamlined work environment helps you eliminate waste on a personal level. From here, you can apply the concepts at process and organizational levels.

In this course, you’ll learn about the benefits of 5S, and how to start a 5S process i...

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Want to reduce waste and streamline operations? This course provides you with tools to survive the demand for higher quality, faster production time, and lower prices. You’ll understand how to apply lean to the special challenges of the service industry.

Lean thinking is a philosophy and a powerful set of tools designed to eliminate waste from processes. It focuses on what adds value in processes from a customer’s perspective. While its roots are in manufacturing, this workshop cover...

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This highly interactive two-day workshop is for people responsible for implementing lean principles in a distribution center operation.

The workshop combines lecture, group discussion, participative simulations, and group exercises to reveal the key steps for implementing lean principles in a traditional distribution operation. Topics include the development of a storage environment that enables a conventional distribution facility with improved efficiency, quality, safety, and space util...

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