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The following courses are offered at various locations across the state (open enrollment). These courses can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your field consultant for more information.

Which course should I take?

Lean Manufacturing Overview is an introduction to the lean concepts and their application in any process. Consider it as a starting point if:

Lean is a new concept to you
Lean is a new concept to your industry
You have just a few employees who need to get up to speed with the rest of your staff

Consider it as an in-plant course to help you educate your entire workforce during the launch of your Lean initiative.

Lean Certificate Program provides greater detail on the Lean tools and prepares the student to lead a Lean initiative. Consider it if:

You are leading a Lean implementation
You are part of the plant’s Lean team
You are the new “Lean champion”
You want to be a “Lean champion”
You want to know what your “Lean champion” is doing

Kaizen Facilitator Training helps you develop the skills necessary to run successful events. Consider it if:

You are part of the plant’s continuous improvement team
You are the new “Kaizen facilitator”
You want to be a “Kaizen facilitator”
You need to refresh your facilitation skills

Lean Manufacturing Overview

This course demonstrates a systematic approach to reducing costs and lead times by continually reducing non-value added activities. Lean manufacturing tools improve the flow of information and materials that will increase your organization’s productivity, competitiveness, and profitability. With a combination of classroom training, real-world examples, and hands-on simulations, you will discover ways to identify and eliminate or reduce the wastes in your manufacturing process. Lean tools you will learn about include value stream mapping, workplace organization and visual controls (5-S system), standardized work, quick changeover/setup reduction, Pull/Kanban systems, and total productive maintenance.

For course dates and costs, visit our training page - Lean Manufacturing Overview

Lean Certificate Program

This program will guide the participant through the powerful tools used in Lean manufacturing implementation. Using a value stream map, you will begin prioritizing your Kaizen events to eliminate waste as quickly as possible. You will gain working knowledge of proven and practical Lean manufacturing tools, such as:

Value stream mapping
Workplace organization and visual controls (5-S system)
Quick changeover
Pull/Kanban systems
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Standardized work
Quality at the source
Lean office
Change management
Performance measures that drive improvement

Through a combination of hands-on learning and classroom instruction, this week-long event will provide each participant the skills to lead the Lean initiative in your facility.

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

For course dates and costs, visit our training page - Lean Certificate Program

Kaizen Facilitator Training

Kaizen events are the vehicle to implementing Lean tools and concepts. Kaizen events are well-scoped, focused improvement efforts that utilize a team-based approach to eliminating wastes. This course is designed to teach a standard Kaizen process that can be used for implementing any Lean tool, such as quick changeover, 5 S, cellular/layout, and TPM. Objectives and topics include:

Overview of Kaizen
Preparation for a Kaizen event
Standard process for a 3- to 5-day Kaizen event
Forms, templates and tools for quickly collecting and analyzing data
Preparation of a final report for management
Estimate of the impact of the event.

Courses in this area will be offered throughout the year. This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

For course dates and costs, visit our training page - Kaizen Facilitator Training

Lean Office Event

Up to 75 percent of your firm’s opportunities for eliminating waste can be found in areas other than manufacturing. In this two-day course, you will learn how to turn your office and support areas into efficient, effective, predictable operations. With a combination of classroom training, real-world examples, and hands-on practice, you will discover how to identify and eliminate or reduce the waste in your administrative processes. First, you will learn Lean definitions, along with Lean tools and techniques, such as value stream mapping for the office. By the end of the second day, you will have developed a value stream map that identifies the most significant improvement opportunities in your office.

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

Value Stream Mapping Event

Value stream mapping focuses your improvement efforts and pinpoints problem solutions that will give you the most value for your money, time, and energy. Value stream mapping lets you create a material and information flow map of a product family. A typical value stream includes customer orders entering the production control schedule, raw materials entering the facility, manufacturing processes, and finished goods leaving the shipping dock. Does information and material flow in the most logical and cost effective manner? A “current state” map will show you where time and money are being wasted—excessive inventory, processes delayed due to lack of information, or unnecessary downtime for production equipment. A “future state” map identifies the desirable destination and helps you determine how to get there. In this event, you will learn how to create these maps, which will guide your efforts to the best and most productive projects.

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

Workplace Organization And Visual Controls (5-S System)

5-S is an organizational technique that helps you streamline your workplace. By using this systematic method, you can create a safer, cleaner, and more organized arrangement of the workplace with a specific location for everything. You will learn to eliminate items that are not needed, and you will see lasting productivity improvements from these simple techniques. Learn the techniques and begin applying them in your facility.

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

Total Productive Maintenance

Total productive maintenance (TPM) harnesses the participation of all your employees to improve your production equipment’s availability, performance, quality, reliability, and safety. You will learn about:

Six big losses from equipment-related wastes
Shared responsibilities in autonomous maintenance
TPM Metrics—OEE, MTBF, MTTR
TPM communication tools

Jump-start your TPM program with this event!

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

Mistake proofing

“To err is human,” but that does not mean your customers are willing to accept defective products. This event gives you methods for increasing the visibility of errors, improving reaction time to errors, and creating systems to prevent errors from recurring.You will learn about:

Quality at the source
Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA)
Standardized work
Quick feedback and reaction
Mistake proofing devices

You will find out how to apply these elements to your processes and make zero defects a reality in your plant.

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

Quick Changeover/Setup event

This tool reduces the time you lose to setups and changeovers while increasing the valuable available time of your production equipment. Based on the principles of the single minute exchange of dies (SMED) system developed by Shigeo Shingo, this event uses classroom training and simulations to demonstrate methods for:

Saving time and money
Increasing production flexibility
Creating additional manufacturing capacity

Under the guidance of TMEP specialists, you will analyze an actual changeover of your process and begin implementing the improvements.

This course can also be delivered at your facility. Contact your CIS field consultant for more information on any service we provide.

Six Sigma/Lean Six Sigma

Six Sigma has become the premier continuous improvement method used by leading-edge companies to reduce defects and improve quality.
It works because it is:

A highly disciplined approach that focuses on delivering near-perfect products and services
A proven breakthrough contributor to the bottom line
A detailed road map to rapid process improvement
An integration of business, statistics, and engineering principles to achieve solid results
An initiative that extends and strengthens productivity and quality efforts
A tool to identify, quantify, and eliminate variation by control or prevention
A process capability measurement per million opportunities

TMEP offers several Six Sigma courses, many of which integrate principles of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. Courses include introduction and overview, Six Sigma champion training, and intensive Six Sigma black belt courses. Courses are held throughout the year based on demand, and are led by certified Six Sigma Master Black Belts.

Contact your field consultant or call (888) 763-7439 if you are interested in learning more about Six Sigma/Lean Six Sigma workshops.

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