Lean Operations Champion Certification and Implementation – 3 Day Program

Lean is a powerful instrument for improving operations. It enables organizations to service customers in the fastest, most productive manner possible by eliminating non-value added activities.

These non-value added activities are known as the Seven Wastes: extra motion, overproduction, unnecessary movement, waiting, inventory, rework and transport. Lean utilizes a methodical set of tools – visual management techniques, pull systems, balanced work, cellular production, work teams and standardization – in order to fight them.

From insurance and health care to production and distribution, a diverse group of industries have benefited from these processes, and the results are proven.

Benefits of Lean:

• Increase speed within your company to serve customers faster
• Improve productivity through elimination of non-value added activities
• Reduce inventory
• Create a visual workplace where everyone knows what needs to be accomplished

Participants will learn the Five Main Tools of Lean:

• Learn how to Value Stream Map and identify and quantify waste in your organization
• Utilize 5S Visual Management to improve productivity through organization and standardization
• Process Flow Map and eliminate non-value added activities
• Create a Pull System using Kanban Inventory Control
• Streamline work processes using Flow Velocity® analysis and design

Fee: $950 member, $1,350 nonmember
(lunch is provided)

Instructor: Ray Davis, Implementation Specialist

Class hours can be applied to satisfy engineering PDH.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and Implementation – 3 Day Program

Put thousands of dollars back into your business with SIX SIGMA – GREEN BELT Certification and Implementation.

If you want your employees to use Six Sigma – Green Belt tools and techniques to solve problems, this workshop is the answer! It makes Six Sigma easy to learn and implement for managers, executives, front-line and technical employees alike.

Benefits of Six Sigma:

• Dramatically decrease mistakes/defects in processes
• Improve customer service quality and consistency
• Reduce direct and indirect costs

Participants work as a team to solve problems using Defne, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control processes:

• Define problems
• Direct data-gathering (Measure) phase of the project
• Analyze data statistically and graphically
• Understand statistical experimentation to Improve processes
• Create Control strategies

Fee: $950 member, $1,350 nonmember
(lunch is provided)

Instructor: Ray Davis, Implementation Specialist

Class hours can be applied to satisfy engineering PDH.

For a detailed course description or questions, contact John Krahe at 814/833-3200 or 800/815-2660.