Lean Manufacturing Tools

Day 1

Unit 1 – Lean Thinking

• History of Lean Manufacturing
• Differences between Lean Manufacturing and Mass Production
• The 5 Lean Principles
• Understanding Value (in the eyes of the customer)
• Recognizing the 7 wastes

Unit 2 – Takt Time and Standard Work

• The benefits of a Standard Work System
• The elements of Standard Work
• Conducting Process Observation to determine element cycle times
• Configuring Standard Work for minimum use of labour, materials and equipment
• Documenting results on a Standard Work Chart

Day 2

Unit 3 – Lean Material Systems and Kanban

• The benefits of a Kanban system
• Selecting an appropriate Kanban system
• Setting up a Kanban systems (calculating the number of cards required)
• The benefits of a Timed Delivery route

Unit 4 – Improvement Cycles

• Understanding the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) improvement cycle
• Selecting appropriate improvement tools
• Distinguishing between Root causes, Direct causes and Contributory causes
• Identifying appropriate Corrective and Preventive actions
• Construct a problem definition and SMART objectives
• Differences between Incremental and Breakthrough Improvement

Unit 5 – Value Stream Mapping

• The benefits of Value Stream Mapping
• The four stages of Value Stream Mapping
• Selecting appropriate products/product families
• Creating the Current State Value Stream Map
• Assessing the Current State Value Stream Map
• Developing the Future State Value Stream Map
• Creating an action plan to achieve the desired improvements

Day 3

Unit 6 – Lean Foundations

• The benefits of Workplace Organisation
• Implementing 5S Workplace Organisation
• Implementing appropriate Visual Control Systems
• The benefits of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Understanding the elements of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) metric
• Implementing a basic Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) system to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Unit 7 – Quick Changeovers (The SMED System)

• The benefits of a Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) System
• The four stages of SMED
• Implementing SMED to reduce Changeover time

Unit 8 – Kaizen Events

• The benefits of a Kaizen Events
• Appropriate situations for a Kaizen Event
• Selecting appropriate team-members
• Identifying Kaizen Event goals
• Participating in a Kaizen Event

Unit 9 – Quality, Mistake-proofing and Line Layout

• Understanding the interaction between quality and lean manufacturing
• The principles of Mistake-proofing
• Selecting appropriate mistake proofing devices
• Selecting or devising an appropriate line layout to minimise waste

This course is intended for personnel working within manufacturing and manufacturing support functions (such as Materials, Quality, and Engineering). The course is aimed at Engineers, Technicians, Production Supervisors/Line Leaders, and Materials/Supply Chain/Logistics Supervisors. Each delegate will be required to identify a lean opportunity within their organisation and complete a lean improvement project as part of this course.

Participants achieve the following learning outcomes from the programme;

• Conduct lean improvement activities in their own areas of responsibility
• Assist senior management in implementing Lean Principles in a wider manufacturing environment