1- Introduction

– Origins
– Benefits of a Lean Program
– Lean on the Business Environment
– Applying Lean to Manufacture and Management processes
– General view of the 5 principles: Value, Value stream, Steady stream,  Pull stream, Seeking perfection
– General view of the Lean house/TPS (Toyota Production System)
– Concepts of Added value for the client (AV), Non-added value (NAV) and Added value only for business (BAV)
– The 8 types of waste
– KPIs and Goals
– A3 Methodology
– Exercise/simulation applications

2- Value stream: current state

– Introduction to value stream
– Basic symbols
– Mapping the current state
– Learning to see: Identifying the 8 types of waste in the value stream
– Takt, Lead, Cycle Times
– Exercise/simulation applications

3- Value stream: future state

– The bases for the future state: general concepts of Stability, Leveling (Heijunka) and Standardized Work
– Implementing 5S: much beyond “housekeeping”
– Solving problems in work stations: Making problems visible, Help Chain, Andon, Poka Yoke
– Doing what is necessary, when it is necessary, and in the necessary amount: general view of steady stream and pull stream
– Bottleneck resources and Theory of Restrictions
– Exercise/simulation applications

4- Sustainability

– Genchi Genbutsu
– Visual management
–Results monitoring and Maintenance of standards
– Obeya Room
– Exercise/simulation applications

5- Evaluation