Course Description:

Lean Manufacturing teaches learners ways to identify and eliminate waste in order to improve quality, reduce production time, and decrease cost: distilling down manufacturing processes to what is value added. Kaizen teaches concepts to learners such as the term Kaizen and its role in manufacturing; Kaizen event planning including selection of a team, training, preparation, scheduling, and communication; Kaizen event implementation including rules, collection of data, performing a time and motion study, methods used for identifying and analyzing waste, types of reports and application; Kaizen event conclusion; and Kaizen event examples including how to perform a 5S Kaizen event, a Bottleneck Kaizen event, and a Lead Time Reduction Kaizen event.

Course Outline:

Kaizen

Course Segments:

Kaizen and Its Role in Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen Event Planning, Kaizen Event Implementation, Kaizen Event Conclusion, Kaizen Event Examples,