Lean Green Belt Certificate Course
Lean Green Belt Certificate Course
Course Info
Lean is a discipline focused on eliminating waste and variability throughout the enterprise, and it mandates that every company activity add value for customers. With a culture of Lean thinkers, everyone works for the corporate goals and objectives through eliminating waste and achieving value-add in all processes.
Lean is built around employee empowerment - from the plant floor, through the business enterprise, to senior management. It allows associates to shift their focus from how fast equipment runs to how fast the product moves and how the processes are aligned within the enterprise. Employees are constantly asked to think about new ways to run the business, which drives innovative thinking and better ways to serve customers.
- Overview of Lean Management
- Integration of other concepts in Lean Management
- Advanced 6S for a Lean Enterprise and concept of “Visual Factory”
- Concept of Kobetsu Kaizen, Gemba Kaizen and Karakuri Kaizen
- Lean principles and Toyota Production System (TPS)
- Hoshin Kanri and floor management development system
- 9 types of waste (Muda) Mura, Muri, four types of inflexibility and five sources of variability
- Kanban, Standard work, Heijunka, Jidoka, Visual Control and Poka-Yoke
- Value added analysis methods and spaghetti diagram
- Value Stream Mapping with a case study
- 16 big losses and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Reactive and Proactive problem solving approaches with tools and techniques
- ECRS and SMED application to reduce set up time
- Guidelines to create the unique lean business model
