Lean Essentials

The Lean Essentials is changing businesses around the globe through techniques and tools that translate directly into your bottom-line profits. It is not uncommon to save $10,000, $200,000, or even more by implementing simple lean manufacturing techniques.

Lean is effective and that is important to your business! Western chose the certification approach to Lean training because we believe it yields both the quickest impact on the bottom line and the greatest long-term payoff through increased capacity for continuous improvement. The program allows you to mentor key individuals in your organization as in-house Lean experts.

Lean Certificate and Lean Certification = Success

Earning the Lean Certificate means that you, as an individual, understand the key principles of Lean and that you have gained experience in putting those principles to work by attending six full-day Lean workshops that included hands-on simulations engaging you in a blended learning model.

To earn the Lean Certification, you not only attend the six full-day Lean workshops but you also complete an on-site Company Project. Western project managers are available as mentors to assist you with your implementation. Afterwards, your company will be ready to continue the journey with ongoing improvements that directly affect your bottom line.

Lean Essentials is funded by the Community Based Job Training Grant provided by the Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration.

Lean Essentials - Workshops

5S/Visual Work Place

5S / Visual Work Place - Learn how to employ the 5 S methods and implement visual workplace techniques in your operations.
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Facilitation Techniques

Facilitation Techquiques - This course will identify qualities of an effective trainer/facilitator. It will address theories of adult learning and it will present a 7-step quality design process to develop training modules. Students will practice presentation and facilitation skills.
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Lean 101

This workshop introduces the systematic approach to eliminating waste in the manufacturing process. Interactive learning with live simulations provides realistic before and after scenarios.
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Principles of Cellular/Flow Manufacturing

Principles of Cellular/Flow Manufacturing - When processes are balanced, the product flows continuously and customer demands are met easily. Cellular/Flow Manufacturing links manual and machine operations into the most efficient combination of resources to maximize value-added content while minimizing waste.
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Quick ChangeOver/Set-up Reduction (SMED)

Quick ChangeOver/Set up Reduction - Builds on the principles of the Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) system to dramatically reduce or eliminate change over time. The four step change-over process is used to help companies design no-cost/low cost solutions to reduce change over time.
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Total Productive Maintenance

Total Productive Maintenance - (TPM) Learn to analyze Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to determine how much equipment time is being used effectively.
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Value Stream Management / Project Planning

Value Stream Management / Project Planning - You will learn the role and expectation of a Value Stream Manager and understand how to form and lead a team to drive organizational change. This workshop will help you become a catalyst for change and ongoing improvement in your organization.
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Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping - VSM is a Lean tool that you can use to visually depict the material and information flow throughout a given process. You will gain the ability to map your real work process.
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For course information, contact Joel Turino at 608.787.51129 or turinoj@westerntc.edu. For registration information, contact Rose Schell at 608.785.9291 or huebschr@westerntc.edu.