Lean Management school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

Lean principles are most often associated with manufacturing and automotive manufacturing in particular. But lean principles can be applied to any process that can be described. This course will give an introduction to the lean mindset, establish basic principles of lean processes and provide an introduction to various tools useful to improving the efficiency, cost, quality and customer service of a process.

The ExpertRating Six Sigma Lean Management Certification course is a well researched 100 page online course that has been developed for people who would like to master the tools and techniques of lean manufacturing and creating a lean enterprise. The course has been designed so that it is easily understood by beginners and people new to lean manufacturing, apart from seasoned project managers.

The Online Six Sigma Lean training course includes all the tools, techniques and concepts essen...

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This one-day version of our workshop ‘Supporting Leader Standard Work with Visual Management Tools�focuses on the development of a visual management system in the healthcare environment.

While Lean is a rapidly growing phenomenon in healthcare, many are quickly finding that the issue of sustainable gains is problematic. Almost everyone has a story to tell about improvements that were made and over time fell into disuse. Sometimes quality, efficiency, and patient care are adversely affect...

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Through instruction, small group discussions and exercises, the workshop participants will:

Learn the basic formats of A3s and uses of the A3 as a management process
Gain experience in the three basic roles of the A3 process
Writing an A3 (Author/Owner)
Reading A3s (Responder)
Coaching others about their own A3s (Coach)

This five-day workshop is the first in the series of Lean training programs. This program develops knowledge and skills for planning, organizing and leading Lean improvement project teams. Participants will gain a working knowledge of measuring the Six Big Losses; Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), which are the key fundamental measures of OEE, while gaining insight to why reducing setup and changeover times, improving equipment uptime through Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and improving...

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