The Lean Way Course 3—Lean Systems Design

This course defines the system architecture for creating a lean operations. Participants learn how to map and assess complex operations and develop practical restructuring plans that enhance operational flexibility, work flow, and value creation while enabling implementation of lean operations management practices.

Through a series of detailed case studies, participants will sharpen their “eyes for waste identification” and follow these by applying useful analytic concepts such as factory physics.

The course develops a practical and systematic approach to restructuring that goes well beyond value stream mapping and addresses issues such as: product family definition and production flow analysis; cell formation; assessment of structural alternatives such a parallelism, kitted flows, and production synchronization strategies; and design of appropriate production control systems. Participants execute detailed restructuring plans in realistic exercises that build high level skills. These exercises extend beyond direct manufacturing and service operations to include restructuring of enterprise-level and transactional systems. Other topics include facility layout, work design and balance, and flex work strategies.

Price (public seminar): $7,500 per person for the 3-course series.
Discounts may be available.

Dedicated Offerings

Depending on schedule availability, ILS offers this course to individual companies Contact David Veech for more information.

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Major topics include:

• Advanced value stream mapping and analysis
• In depth exercises in waste
  identification
• Structural design of lean production systems to achieve flow
• Production control design
• Production flow analysis and
  product family definition
• Facility layout
• Work design and line balance
• Flexible work strategies to
  improve labor utilization and
  absorb work content variability

Operational Excellence Certification Series

• The Lean Way 1 – The Lean Work System
• The Lean Way 2 –Developing People and Organizations
• The Lean Way 3 – Designing the Lean System