COURSE DESCRIPTION

To become a lean supply chain professional, you need to first become a lean thinker and lean problem solver. This is the first course in a 3-course series on becoming a Lean Supply Chain professional. Students will be introduced to lean thinking and critical lean concepts. In addition, students will become proficient problem solvers through gained skills of waste identification and use of fundamental problem solving tools to eliminate waste at the root cause.

This first course is a pivot point in the educational process, and this is where current mental models and business paradigms will be challenged. Participants will learn to see operations from a new vantage point. Upon arrival back to the workplace, participants will be able to "talk" the talk of lean and also have a keen eye for operational waste. However, the real test of the first course is when the participant can "walk" the lean walk and solve business problems at the root cause, completely eliminating the problem for the organization.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Supply chain professionals, logistics professionals, material managers, production control managers, transportation managers, warehousing managers and purchasing managers

HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT

• Reduce total cost of ownership
• Reduce inventory levels
• Reduce logistics costs
• Reduce space requirements
• Reduce lead time
• Increase fill rates
• Improve supplier performance and accountability
• Improve customer satisfaction and customer relationships
• Reduce overall organizational and operational waste

WHAT IS COVERED

Day 1 - Lean Thinking

• Lean Thinking - Lean Defined
• Mental Models - What is different with Lean?
• Process Thinking: What is a process?
• Fundamentals of Waste
• Why Lean - The burning platform
• Problem Identification - River of Waste
• House of Lean (Stability + Standardization )
• House of Lean (QAS, Flow, Customer Focus )

Day 2 - Fundamental Problem Solving

• "Go See" Management
• Time and Motion
• Value Stream Map (VSM) - Current State - Kaizen Bursts
• Plan Do Check Act Project Requirements
• Pareto - Critical Few
• Cause and Effect (Fish Bone)
• 5 Why Analysis
• Project Selection & XY Matrix
• Team Development & A3 Thinking
• Data Collection Planning

Day 3 - Sustaining Improvements

• Visual Management and 5S
• Brainstorming
• VSM Future State
• Failure Modes Effects Analysis
• Collaboration + Systems Thinking
• Catchball Process + Progressive Dialogue
• Dashboard Creation
• Basic Control Charts + PDCA Process

Post Classroom Training

• Plan : Do: Check : Act Project Completion

ON-CAMPUS COURSE MATERIALS

Participants receive a course notebook.

COURSE PREREQUISITES

None.

CERTIFICATE INFORMATION

This is a required course for the Lean Supply Chain Professional (LSCP) Certificate and can also be used as an elective for the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Certificate.

PROGRAM TIMES

On the first day, please check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.

• First Day (8:00am-5:00pm)
• Second Day (8:00am-5:00pm)
• Third/Last Day (8:00am-3:30pm)