ETC offers Lean 5S Leadership Certification: Achieving Peak Performance with Lean – Bellingham

Evergreen Team Concepts (www.etcwa.com) presents  

Lean 5S Leadership Certification: Achieving Peak Performance with Lean, Oct 30-31

Date: Oct 30 2007

Time: 8:30 AM

Location: 3600 Meridian St. Suite 100 Bellingham WA 98225

Lean 5S Leadership Certification Program

Course Overview

All businesses rely upon their ability to consistently deliver what their customers want; and there are only three things that every customer truly wants from you: Quality, Cost, and Speed.

Contrary to conventional wisdom it is entirely possible to consistently provide your customers with all three. By implementing a Lean 5S program, you have the ability to provide your customers with consistent, measurable quality – competitive pricing that is not burdened by the costs associated with excessive waste – and appropriate lead-time responses that will set you apart from the competition.

The Lean 5S Leadership Certification Program will deliver the tools leaders need to drive their team's success in a competitive marketplace. In this six-day, certification program, leaders will learn the following:

• What Lean 5S is and what it is not – how Lean 5S has evolved over the years
• Lean as Structural Change with the implementation of the 5S system
• Lean as Process Implementation for elimination of inherent wastes
• Lean as a philosophical mindset to develop a culture of continuous improvement
• Tools designed to develop, implement, and sustain a competent Lean 5S program
• Understanding what a Lean 5S programs means for business results
• Developing Lean 5S practices for all customers: internal and external
• The benefits of a Lean 5S program from Safety to Performance
• The Four Keys to Lean
• An introduction to the Six Sigma model and mentality
• Understanding the DMAIC model of Six Sigma
• The Five Laws of Lean Six Sigma
• Recognizing the value of 1%
• Six things leaders must do to Succeed with Lean 5S
• The Lean FISH Method for Continuous Improvement
• Using a Lean 5S PICK Chart
• Responsibility Charting
• Process Flow Mapping and Development
• The Ten Commandments of Continuous Improvement
• Understanding Kaizen
• Using Kaizen effectively
• Developing meeting plans and strategies that work
• Understanding and using a KanBan system
• Push vs. Pull techniques
• Developing the Kaizen mind in the organization
• Creating Lean 5S ownership for all team members

Lean 5S Leadership Certification Program

AGENDA

Module 1 – The Three Distinct Views of Lean

• Lean as Structural Change
• Understanding and implementing 5S discipline
• Lean as Process Improvement
• Understanding and eliminating the Seven Wastes
• Lean as Philosophical Mindset
• Beginning a Lean 5S program

Module 2 – What Lean Means for Business

• Customers as defined by Lean
• Delivering what customers want – Quality, Cost, and Speed
• Increasing Business Revenue
• The Benefits of a Lean 5S program
• The Four Keys to Lean 5S implementation
• An introduction to Six Sigma
• The Five Laws of Lean Six Sigma

Certification is achieved upon successful completion of the program series requirements.