Cambridge, Mass., January 27, 2010 –The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will present a series of workshops on how to implement lean business principals in a variety of business environments, including repetitive and job shop manufacturing, logistics, and distribution , April 6-8, 2010, in San Antonio, TX. Other courses will cover lean methods, including standard work, flow cells, kaizen, problem solving, visual management, and value-stream mapping for both production and non-production value streams.
The workshops, which will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio, are:
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
-Key Concepts of Lean – Understanding the Toyota Production System (2 days)
-Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations (2 days)
-Made-to-Order Lean: Excelling in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment (1 day)
-Standardized Work: The Foundation for Kaizen (1 day)
-Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service ((1 day)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
–New! 5S Visual Workplace (1 day)
-Managing Value-Stream Improvement Projects (2 days)
-Value-Stream Mapping for Manufacturing (1 day)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
-Creating Continuous Flow (1 day)
–New! Developing Kaizen Skills (1 day)
-Lean Problem Solving (1 day)
For complete details about content, instructors, discounts, special room rates, and to register go to: https://www.lean.org/workshops/workshopcalendar.cfm?cureventid=52 , call (617) 871-2900, or email registrar@lean.org.
One-day workshops are $800. Two-day workshops are $1,600. Price includes tuition, all training materials, breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day. Discounts are available for taking multiple classes or sending multiple persons.
On-Site Training
Call (617) 871-2900 for information about bringing a workshop to your site.
https://www.lean.org/WhatsLean/
The terms lean manufacturing, lean production, or lean management refer to a complete business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, customer relations, and the overall enterprise that requires less capital, material, space, time, or human effort to produce products and services with fewer defects to precise customer desires, compared with traditional modern management.
Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. We teach courses, hold management seminars, write and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences. We use the surplus revenues from these activities to conduct research projects and support other lean initiatives such as the Lean Education Academic Network, the Lean Global Network and the Healthcare Value Leaders Network. Visit LEI at https://www.lean.org for more information.
Media: Chet Marchwinski, cmarchwinski@lean.org, (617) 871-2930