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Dec. 15-19, 2008
Columbus, Ohio
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The Lean Tool Awareness Certificate Program Curriculum
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Monday |
8am-5pm |
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Tuesday |
8am-5pm |
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Wednesday |
8am-12n |
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Wednesday |
1pm-5pm |
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Thursday |
8am-3pm |
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Thursday |
3pm-5pm |
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Friday |
8am-12n |
The lean philosophy is based on the need for the educational development of all individuals within an organization. Develop the skills you need...
Productivity Inc., the leader in lean manufacturing education and The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, one of the top business schools in the country have joined together to offer you the opportunity to develop your knowledge about lean with the Lean Tool Awareness Certificate Program (L-TAC). Now, you can gain a clear understanding of how to implement lean and enhance positive change in your company.
Become a Certified
Lean Manager
Productivity Inc. and the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio
State University also offer a Lean Manager Certificate
Program (LMAC). This fully accredited, four-week public program
teaches a carefully sequenced arrangement of Lean concepts and tools.
Over four non-consecutive weeks, each participant will experience
a series of learning modules focusing on the key phases of Lean
implementation — Plan, Pilot, Deploy and Integrate. This program
involves a highly interactive method of instruction containing numerous
simulations, group exercises, and problem-solving discussion sessions.
Complete the four-week program, pass a two-hour certification exam
and successfully demonstrate implementation in your own facility
during each homework session and become a certified Lean Manager.
By attaining this Lean Manager Certificate, you will gain added
recognition and value in the Lean community. For more information
call 800.966.5423 or click here.
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In this intensive one-week, fully accredited program, you will learn how and where to start on your lean journey. Through a combination of classroom lecture, group activities, and simulations the L-TAC program focuses on providing the knowledge base needed to understand and take part in lean transformation efforts in your organization. Productivity Inc. and The Ohio State University's experienced consultants and professors, have designated seven modules that are essential to your understanding of the basic concepts of lean. Upon completion of this program, you will be awarded the Lean Tool Awareness Certificate by Productivity Inc. and The Ohio State University.
Planning and Implementing
Lean
Monday, 8am–5pm
This module will not only discuss the need for waste elimination in order
to produce a high quality product at the most competitive cost, but also
demonstrate a systematic approach to get everyone in your plant involved
in the process. Learn a reliable method of waste elimination and value-added
management. See how to establish a baseline of performance, to define
your direction and then to create a master plan for implementation. You
will also learn about team formation, application of appropriate lean
techniques in a pilot area, and deployment throughout your organization.
Participants will :
- Understand the cornerstones of a Lean system
- Learn the key principles of policy deployment
- Learn to define and eliminate waste
- Learn a systematic approach to the implementation of Lean
- Understand the importance of equipment management
- Determine what is needed to move forward
Value Stream Management
Tuesday, 8am–5pm
Learn how to plot your lean strategy — a proven requirement in the application of lean production. This interactive module, adopted from the Toyota Production System, will teach you the step-by-step method of value stream mapping and storyboarding — how to gather the information needed to eliminate all non-value adding activities, and how to use it to plan the implementation of all lean activities. You will practice what you learn in class, begin to plan the mapping of a process or product line in your company, and learn from others in order to accelerate your own application.
Participants will learn to :
- Create a current and future state value stream map (from supplier to customer)
- Create a storyboard that will communicate the current and future states to everyone
- Apply current and future state maps and storyboard in an actual case study
- Quickly spot waste in your value stream
- Plan Lean production activities and coordinate the Lean tools
- Understand how to make kaizen activities truly focused
Visual Workplace
Wednesday, 8am–12n
Learn the principles and techniques needed to apply 5S and establish visual management systems to improve workplace communication and adherence to standards. This module will explore how to share information, problems, abnormalities, waste, and unsafe conditions through visual display and controls, so that everyone understands at aglance what is going on in the workplace.
Participants will learn to:
- Set standards that are easy to see and understand
- Identify potential safety hazards
- Differentiate between visual control and visual display
- Improve communication
- Track daily production schedules, attendance, inventory levels, etc.
- Reduce search time
- Improve on-time delivery, quality, and morale
Achieving Quick Changeover
Wednesday, 1pm–5pm
Learn the principles and techniques needed to decrease changeover times
and increase inventory turns. This module will teach you how to gain manufacturing
flexibility while increasing your ability to react to customer demands
and competitive pressures. Through a combination of lecture, group exercises
and simulation this module will demonstrate how you can reduce changeover
time and make more changeovers to satisfy one-piece flow.
Participants will learn to :
- Understand the key concepts of Changeover
- Identify the differences between internal and external elements of
work
- Improve internal and external activities
- Discover the no-cost/low-cost approach to Changeover implementation
- Sustain implementation of Changeover will allow you to
produce smaller lot sizes; lower inventories; shorten lead times and
gain additional capacity.
Guest Speaker and Networking Reception
Wednesday, 5pm–7pm
A guest speaker from industry, academia, or labor will deliver a presentation on some of the critical real-world issues of Lean implementation. This presentation will be followed by an informal networking reception, which will provide you with an opportunity to talk face-to-face with other attendees. Learn what they are doing at their facilities to implement Lean, how they are overcoming obstacles and finding success! |
CEDAC®: Team Based Problem
Solving
Thursday, 8am–3pm
In this module you will learn about several reliable methods that are used to identify a problem's root cause and generate effective team-based solutions. We will discuss the scientific method that is imbedded in tools such as CEDAC® (winner of the Deming Prize), 8D, DMAIC and other structured techniques. You will learn how to use a simple, yet very effective cause and effect problem solving process to focus on priority problems and opportunities. This session is guided by a lean business case study.
Participants will learn to :
- Identify key quality and productivity problems and opportunities
- Set and stay focused on key improvement targets
- Track daily progress visually, using performance indicators
- Lock in improvements by standardizing and assuring adherence to best
practices
- Promote communication among teams in a multi-shift, multi-site operation
Mistake-Proofing
Thursday, 3pm–5pm
The best way to prevent defects is to examine the process, determine what condition led to the defect, and then control that condition. Mistake-Proofing (poka-yoke) devices automatically inspect for errors or defective operating conditions. This valuable module will demonstrate methods you can use to avoid and control defects in your own operations.
Participants will learn to :
- Prevent defects at their source
- Identify "red flag" conditions that commonly cause errors
- Reduce inspection costs by effecting low-cost 100% in-process inspection
- Eliminate waste and rework
A Lean Financial Perspective
Friday, 8am–12n
In this module the attendee will discuss the connections between financial systems in the company and the measurements used for decision making in the Lean organization. There are distinct differences in the way a lean organization is measured compared to that of a traditional large batch or silo driven process environment. This session will explore how lean impacts a company's balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and resulting decisions that direct the course of a company's strategy. This is a business case based learning module.
Participants will learn to :
- Link strategy to measurable objectives
- Identify the major benefits found in the Balanced Scorecard
- Link Lean measures to financial statements
- Use traditional metrics, (i.e. return on assets, return
on equity, etc) to help gain support for your lean initatives.
Registration Information
Event Tuition: $3,015.00
Call Customer Service at (800) 966-5423
Cancellation Policy:
Registrations may be transferred to another colleague without charge. To
be considered for a refund, we must receive notification of cancellation
in writing no later than 21 days prior to the event. Cancellations received
within 14 days are subject to the full registration free and money will
be held on account for up to one year for use at a future workshop or conference.
There is a $100.00 processing charge for all cancellations.
Accommodations:
A block of rooms is being held for Productivity Inc. LTAC attendees at The
Blackwell Hotel on The Ohio State University campus. The address is 2110
Tuttle Park Place, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Productivity Inc. attendees have
been given a reduced rate of $122.00 per night per single or double occupancy.
Please call 614.247.4000 or toll-free 866.247.4003 for reservations and
identify yourself as being with the Productivity Inc. LTAC program. The
special rate will be available four weeks prior to the event; after this
date the hotel cannot guarantee availability. For more information on The
Blackwell Hotel, please visit www.theblackwell.com. The hotel is
approximately 8 miles from the Columbus International Airport. Complimentary
shuttle service will be provided by the hotel.
Note: Consultants will not be admitted.
About Productivity Inc.
Productivity Inc. is the only complete resource for implementing a Lean
methodology into your organization. From theory to practice, from shopfloor
to office suite, Productivity Inc.'s, public events and on-site training
and consulting help businesses worldwide achieve lasting cost savings
through this proven methodology.
About Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University
For more than 80 years, the Fisher College of Business has
produced exceptional leaders who meet the challenges of a
changing global business environment through creative and
effective solutions. The college's Center for Excellence in
Manufacturing Management (CEMM) is a key vehicle for
knowledge transfer. Fisher College's MBA program was ranked
14th in the Wall Street Journal's 2001 ranking of business
schools, and 19th by the U.S. News & World Report's2004 ranking. Fisher College is now one of only 10 schools in the country with both the graduate and undergraduate programs ranked in the U.S. News' top 20. This success in large is being attributed to the ongoing commitment to improving their academic programs and to the strength of the faculty. The
college placed in the top 20 of more than 700 accredited
MBA programs in the nation for research productivity.
What past attendees have said about
this program:
Attendees to past LTAC programs indicate that their objectives
in attending the event were to gain a better understanding of Lean processes,
tools and philosophy so they could develop strategies for implementation
at their sites. Here are some of their comments after attending:
"Very well organized and presented training.
A good overview and energizing experience."
Jerome Hagedorn
Director, Advanced Manufacturing
Invensys Climate Controls OEM Products Group
"Very powerful tools and concepts"
John Graham
Senior Industrial Engineer
Jabil Circuit Inc
"While it keeps the advantages of an academic approach it is
very well focused to the real world situation."
Juan Figueroa
Plant Manager
Accuride International
"This was a very helpful program in giving an idea where to start
this process."
Phil Wegmiller
Plant Manager
Outokumpo Copper Nippert
"Well run, organized, good flow of information leading to a good,
complete conclusion!"
Greg Hibbard
Director Mfg. Operations
Cole Vision Corp.
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