Seminars-Process Improvement – Kaizen and Lean

This seminar has been developed with the aim of providing information on the implementation of Kaizen and Lean methodology and, using examples from Adizes’ practical experience, of inspiring both those encountering these methodologies for the first time, and those already applying them in their business. How to tackle problems when making improvements, where more complex processes are involved? Why do results fall short of those planned for and expected in the implementation of Kaizen and Lean tools? How to maintain results achieved? How to adapt the Kaizen and Lean tools to our own company in order to analyse and eliminate wastage and reduce costs in a systematic way?

Participants will have the chance to test the applicability of the methods and techniques presented, both through practical exercises and real-world examples, and through the example analysis and improvement, using MDC mapping, of a chosen process from their company..

The primary purpose and benefit of the workshop is for participants to be given an insight into the possibilities for improving the process they manage, and the day-to-day jobs they perform, with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the company, increasing employee productivity and client satisfaction, shortening cycle times, reducing costs and assets used and improving flexibility and response to change.

Managers from all areas who want to learn about methodologies for improving processes and acquire a basis for their implementation.

• Mapping processes in production and services and defining potential improvement points
• Getting a clear picture of processes, in which activities that create value and activities that do not are clearly segregated
• Establishing a system for monitoring the movements of products and documentation with the aim of reducing  bottlenecks  and lead  times.
• How to organise space effectively
• How to  build more effective working methods?
• How to establish flexible process as a response to frequent changes (SMED, MDC)
• Team-based problem-solving and establishing continuous improvement using Kaizen teams
• Raising expectation levels among employees as a prerequisite for increasing company competitiveness

Methods and techniques participants will learn about during the seminar:
• 5S – Organising the work space using the 5S principles
• MDC (Method Design Concept) mapping processes and procedures –  redesigning the method with a focus on reducing or eliminating activities that do not create value: i.e. waste.
• Lean workflow chart and SIPOC
• Analysis of activities – a technique for observing and analysing tasks statistically
• JIT – Just in Time –  the right materials/information, in the right quantities, at the right time
• Kanban –  monitoring and managing processes
• Poka Yoke – eliminating the causes behind errors using techniques, procedures and devices that prevent them
• MTM – Method Time Measurement
• Workplace ergonomics
• Fishbone / 5 Why –  a method for seeking and defining causes and effects
• Visual management – tools for visualising the workplace and processes
• SMED – a method for bringing in rapid changes to a process
• Value Stream Mapping – mapping the flow of value through the process
• Approaches to identifying bottlenecks, causes of delays, errors and return of goods in the course of the process

• Expert lectures Adizes consultants
• Written materials that cover the program
• List of participants of the seminar with the data for further contacts
• Lunch, coffee and juices during breaks