Lean Jax’s Eliminate Waste with Lean Thinking Virtual Workshop on September 12!
Workshop Overview
Unleash your inner process improvement superhero by participating in the Jacksonville Lean Consortium’s (“Lean Jax”) upcoming virtual training workshop: Eliminate the 8 Wastes with Lean Thinking on September 12!
Date and Time
September 12, 2024
8:45 AM-Noon
Location
Via Zoom
Cost
Free for Lean Jax members.
$100 for Non-Members.
Register Here.
Picture: Eliminate waste.
Who Should Attend?
This virtual workshop is ideal for professionals and leaders across all industries committed to continuously improving how work is done for the benefit of our customers, our organizations, our teams, and ourselves!
In other words: you!
Whether you're new to Lean or looking to deepen your expertise, this session will provide you with valuable insights and practical tools to accelerate your continuous improvement journey.
Learning Objectives
✅ Understand customer value and distinguish between value-added activities, non-value-added but necessary activities, and pure waste.
Typical breakdown of value in organizations across sectors as defined by the customer.
✅ Identify specific examples of each of the 8 wastes in any process through direct observation.
✅Investigate and discover the outcomes and root causes of waste; brainstorm countermeasures to stop waste in its’ tracks!
✅ Leverage lean countermeasures to eliminate waste, prevent reoccurrence, and deliver impactful results for your customers, organizations, teams, and yourselves!
Pic: Make things better by significantly improving your organization's processes.
Workshop Outline
Review of Lean Culture and Principles: Overview of Lean philosophy and its core principles.
Three Categories of Work: Defining value from perspective of our customers by distinguishing between work that is value-added, non-value-added but necessary, and pure waste.
8 Wastes Overview: Definitions, sector-specific examples, causes, and effects of each type of waste.
Toast Kaizen Video: Visit Shingo Award winner Bruce Hamilton’s kitchen to investigate waste in an interactive video; the best selling Lean training tool in the world!
8 Wastes Identification Exercise: Hands-on practice distinguishing between the three categories of work and identifying waste in various settings.
Waste Identification Techniques: Methods such as direct observation, time studies, value stream mapping, spaghetti diagrams, fishbone diagrams, and Pareto analysis to identify, categorize, and quantify waste.
Waste Elimination Case Studies and Impact: Real-world examples from manufacturing, support functions, construction, healthcare, financial services, IT, government, and more!
Overview of Lean Waste Elimination Methods: Comprehensive review of lean techniques and strategies for eliminating waste.
Next Steps: Outline a proven approach for starting and accelerating your waste elimination journey.
Workshop Summary
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For More Information
For more information on this workshop, as well as all other Lean Jax events, please contact:
James Bussell
Executive Director
Jacksonville Lean Consortium (“Lean Jax”)
904-742-2547