Description

Quick-start executive education for leaders intending to personally oversee the lean transformation of the company. In this five-day experience, we provide a detailed review of lean systems through interactive discussions, simulations and practical exercises. It weaves together the technical, human, cultural, and financial perspectives in designing a new architecture for your organization. Tailoring this workshop may include a small-scope transformation project the participants complete during the week to gain firsthand experience. It also includes a summary of Hoshin planning and deployment.

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for decision makers; the senior leaders in organizations and leaders of supporting functional areas.

Outcomes and Objectives

Become a lean organization
- Understand the philosophy behind the success of great companies, and how you can use it to lead yours to higher levels of success, even in a tight economy
- Develop a vision and action plan for your organization
- Build a Daily Management System to support the execution of your action plan
Become more profitable
- See the value and the waste in your processes and systematically enhance the value while eliminating waste, increasing your capacity and profitability
- Create work flow to improve delivery to your customers while ensuring perfect quality
- Gain new insights into leadership and employee development, focusing on building confidence and commitment
Create a better place to work
- Build teams to establish new relationships and new skill sets within your organization
- Set boundaries and create repeatable processes through standardized work
- Understand how making changes in the physical structure of your work systems is the only way to reshape the culture of your organization

Workshop Sschedule

Day 1 - 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM - Introduction to Lean Systems

Day 2 - 8:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Applying lean principles and lean tools

Day 3 - 8:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Seeing and developing transformation plans

Day 4 - 8:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Transformation case studies/Intro to Hoshin

Day 5 - 8:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Developing Hoshin plans/The Lean Way philosophy

Logistics

We conduct this workshop twice annually for the public and onsite for individual company leaders. It is often held as part of an overall education program for a company to ensure that the organization uses a common language in communicating the lean vision. This workshop requires no special facilities. The ideal meeting space is approximately 30’ x 30’.