As the world grows smaller, competition increases. Gain a competitive edge by transforming your business into a lean enterprise. Eliminate overproduction from traditional scheduling systems and produce on customer demand. Utilize Value Stream Mapping as a tool to guide implementation efforts.

• Experience the impact of lean practices on a production process
• Use lean techniques to eliminate waste
• Use Value Stream Mapping to see the waste in your system and identify opportunities for improvement
• Understand how to increase throughput, reduce waste, increase profitability, and reduce lead times to make your firm more competitive

• Identifying and reducing waste
• Recognizing value-added vs. non-value-added
• Using Basic Lean Techniques (5S, Layout/Flow, Point-of-Use Storage, Set-up Time Reduction, Batch Size Reduction)
• Using Advanced Lean Techniques (Visual Controls, Quality at the Source, Standardized Work, Workforce/Management Practices, Pull Systems, Total Productive Maintenance)
• Using Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to make decisions
• How do all the Lean tools fit together into the House of Lean

• Bill Ritsch
• Danny Duggar
• David Apple
• Derek Woodham
• Jennifer Trapp-Lingenfelter
• John Stephens
• Kelley Hundt
• Larry Alford
• Paul Todd
• Sam Darwin
• Tara Barrett
• Tom Sammon