COURSE OVERVIEW:

The principles and practices of Lean organisations are recognised the world over as the most powerful and effective way to build and sustain continuously improving businesses and institutions. Following a Lean path, any business in any industry of any size or type can improve itself continuously over the long term.

The Lean business process management methodology is a way of planning and measuring the long-term success of an organisation, focused on improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee morale. It seeks to eliminate waste and streamline the delivery of value to the customer.

In addition, the principles and practices of Lean organisations are recognised the world over as the most powerful and effective way to build and sustain continuously improving businesses and institutions. Following a Lean path, any business in any industry of any size or type can improve itself continuously over the long term. Lean is now established as the most consistently successful approach to organising and operating any enterprise.

Simply stated, Lean is a philosophy and a proven long-term approach that aligns everything in the business to deliver increasing customer value. It’s about orienting people and systems to deliver a continuous stream of value to the customer, and eliminate waste and deficiencies in the process. Lean is an everyday practice at all levels to perform consistently, as well as to consistently improve performance.

The first part of this course provides a comprehensive explanation of Lean. We address how Lean is a philosophy, a framework, a methodology, techniques, and tools including the Lean pedigree. Also we explain how Lean fits in with the global family of business improvement systems. The second part addresses the key tenets underlying the foundation of Lean practice as well as the language and lexicon of Lean and identifies the seven forms of waste.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:

·       What Is Lean?

·       The sources of waste

·       The logic of Lean

·       Where is Lean?

·       How Lean is in the enterprise, the people and in the culture?

·       What Lean is not?

·       What makes Lean so special?

·       The Lean pedigree

·       How Toyoda and Ohno set out to develop an entirely new means of production?

·       Lean and its continuous process improvement cousins

·       Total Quality Management (TQM)

·       Six Sigma

·       Theory of Constraints (TOC)

·       Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

·       The ISO-9000

·       Business Process Management (BPM)

·       How BPM is a significant enabler for Lean, and directly facilitates Lean goals and practices?

·       The foundation of Lean

·       The Lean basics

·       Creating the foundation of Lean

·       Customer value

·       How to analyse the value stream?

·       How to maintain flow?

·       How to pull through the system?

·       How to strive for perfection?

·       The just-in-time process

·       How it’s all about the customer?

·       The KISS principle

·       The measurement systems reinforcing Lean behaviours

·       What is Muda (Waste)

·       What is Mura (Unevenness)

·       What is Muri (Overdoing)

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.