KAIZEN BLITZ

Our tightly-focused 4 day on-site training involves two or more teams comprised of internal and/or external team members where you will learn the KAIZEN BLITZ process of rapid improvement. Returning to a meeting point at then end of each day teams will debrief, brainstorm and interact to reinforce momentum. Improvements are implemented within days of course comencement and the outcomes formally presented to management on the final day. Saving of +50% are normal. The faint hearted will be shocked by the time limitations and stretch goals embraced.

Who Should Attend?

This experience will be of high value to those who make things happen in their organisation. You may be a hands-on executive, plant manager or an on-the-floor operator tasked with change and improvement. It is designed for individuals who will brings the process back to their place of business. We strongly suggest two (2) attendees to increase the impact.

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Lean Thinking Principles

Taiichi Ono's 7 wastes , Three Types of activities - Value creating , non Value creating, 5 Key Lean Principles, Definition of Value, Mapping Value, Make Value Flow, Single Piece Flow, Pull Systems, Dreaming of Perfection, Lean Enterprise, Benefits of Lean thinking, Human issues.

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Visual Factory Management

The intent of a visual factory is that the workplace is set-up with signs, labels, color-coded markings, etc. such that anyone unfamiliar with the process can, in a matter of minutes, know what is going on, understand the process, and know what is being done correctly and what is out of place.

This course shows how to use Visual Information Aids (VIA's) to help people manage their own activities better. Displaying the status of an activity so every employee can see it and take appropriate action. Use of color-coded pipes and wires painted floor areas for good stock, scrap, trash, etc shadow boards for parts and tools indicator lights workgroup display boards with charts, metrics, procedures, etc. production status boards direction of flow indicators.

For example, instead of having a Manager or Supervisor tell the people how much should be produced today, perhaps a chart showing the Daily, Weekly or Monthly production levels required would make it apparent to each person how much is needed today.

 

VFM is a new "technology", yet one that is already being used extensively in certain plants all around the world. A few leading companies are already implementing and benefiting from the use of VFM in several ways:

Improved Quality Levels

Higher Productivity

Reduced Setup Time and Downtime

Lower Inventory Level

Reduced Need for Management People in Factory

Greater Employee Satisfaction and Morale

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5S - Organization

Orderliness, Cleanliness, Standardisation, and Discipline. This is what in Japanese is called the "5S's" -- simple activities that can be difficult to implement. And this is what is required for companies to survive in the years ahead. Auistralians too often expect high drama from an idea, and use of expensive technology for improvements, when what is needed is simplicity--and a solid foundation to sustain good work.

How to create an organised workplace using the 5S techniques. Getting motivated to create an organised workplace Managing the change to an organised workplace. How to sustain and develop an organised workplace. What next? The springboard to Just In Time (JIT), lean and agile manufacturing.

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VALUE STREAM MAPPING

In this course you will learn:

What value stream mapping is
Material and Information Flow
Selecting a Product Family
The Value Stream Manager
Using the Mapping tools
Drawing the current state map
What makes a value stream lean
The future state map
Achieving the future state

 

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT


A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers. Supply chains exist in both service and manufacturing organizations, although the complexity of the chain may vary greatly from industry to industry and firm to firm. To balance customers' demands with the need for profitable growth, many companies have moved aggressively to improve supply chain management. Their efforts reflect seven principles of supply chain management that, working together, can enhance revenue, cost control, and asset utilization as well as customer satisfaction. Implemented successfully, these principles prove convincingly that you can please customers and enjoy profitable growth from doing so. Seven Principles

Segment customers based on service needs.

Customize the logistics network.

Listen to signals of market demand and plan accordingly.

Differentiate product closer to the customer.

Source strategically.

Develop a supply chain-wide technolgy strategy.

Adopt channel-spanning performance measures

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e-MANAGEMENT and e-COLLABORATION

Use of the Internet and especially companywide intranets, to eliminate waste, paperwork, and messengers' who carry information around a company to make things happen, but add no value. Topics covered include uses and dangers of email and the web, web based tools for HR, Help Desks, ISO, Internal procedures, e-Commerce, e-Collaboration, eco-Systems.

 

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BUSINESS PLANNING AND GOAL ALIGNMENT

Designing Business Objectives for Performance Measurement, Process Measurement, Performance Monitoring & Analysis , strategic & Business Planning.

Top 7 Frustrations of Business Planning
Goal Alignment is designed to resolve the major frustrations that managers experience with their existing business planning.

 

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Have you experienced any of these?

a. Objectives developed throughout your organization are not linked to each other or to the corporate strategy.

b. Activities lower down the organization do not relate to the business plan and may not even appear on it.
c. Objectives are poorly implemented.

d. Difficulty in keeping the plan current throughout the year and continuing to reflect what is going on.

e. Poor linkage between business planning and budgeting.

f. Loss of continuity due to staff turnover and restructuring.

g. Progress of objectives not part of regular management reports.