The Lean Enterprise Institute will run a series of workshops for managers who want to become leaders capable of launching and sustaining lean transformations.
Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 17, 2011 — The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run a program of 12 lean management workshops in Chicago April 5-7, 2011, in one of LEI’s biggest and broadest lean learning sessions of the year. The training event will feature workshops on how to develop lean management systems, cultures, and behaviors. Other workshops will help managers apply lean tools to manufacturing, services, logistics, and distribution processes.
The workshops will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield-Schaumburg, Schaumburg, IL. The schedule is:
April 5, 2011
– Change Agent Skills for Lean Implementation Leaders
– Key Concepts of Lean – Understanding the Toyota Production System
– Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations
– Making Materials Flow
– Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service
April 6
– Kaizen: The Culture of Continuous Improvement
– Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process
– Sustainable Lean Culture: Connecting Product and People Value Streams
April 7
– Building the Lean Fulfillment Stream: Supply Chain and Logistics Management
– Creating Level Pull
– Lean Problem Solving
– Optimizing Flow in Office and Service Processes
Learn about course content, instructors, discounts, and how to register at: https://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopCalendar.cfm?cureventid=85
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