Lean Manufacturing A-Z: Operations Management & Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing A-Z: Operations Management & Six Sigma, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.54, with 89 lectures, 3 quizzes, based on 4336 reviews, and has 11122 subscribers.

You will learn about Become the Lean & Six Sigma Guru in your team! Combine thorough understanding with powerful tools and techniques Gain a total overview of Lean Operations for your Manufacturing or Service business Boost your career: increase your confidence to see and lead change , impress your own boss and become a better manager Six Sigma fundamentals – 13 dedicated new lessons of this powerful quality improvement methodology Increase profitability, improve delivery and use your resources more efficiently Master the fundamentals of Lean from total beginner to a competent professional. All the tools, principles and philosophy of Lean Practical actions on how to improve any operations business or process; from a factory to a restaurant Enhance and organize your business more effectively and efficiently Ideal for industrial / production / manufacturing organizations but also service and traditional business operations An MBA style module ideal for managers, consultants, planners, business analysts ,engineers and supervisors This course is ideal for individuals who are Managers: New, Established and Aspiring Managers – especially those in operations, manufacturing or service sectors, production and industry or Ambitious self-starters who want to have a bigger impact at work, improve things and get noticed or Supervisors, Consultants, Engineers, Planners & Analysts, Management & Leadership teams or People working in Production, Manufacturing, Industrial Operations, Business Operations or Lean / Improvement Practitioners & Continuous Improvement CI / Kaizen teams or Those who wish to become an authority in their workplace on business process improvement or Six Sigma white, yellow green black belts who want to complement their Six Sigma with Lean It is particularly useful for Managers: New, Established and Aspiring Managers – especially those in operations, manufacturing or service sectors, production and industry or Ambitious self-starters who want to have a bigger impact at work, improve things and get noticed or Supervisors, Consultants, Engineers, Planners & Analysts, Management & Leadership teams or People working in Production, Manufacturing, Industrial Operations, Business Operations or Lean / Improvement Practitioners & Continuous Improvement CI / Kaizen teams or Those who wish to become an authority in their workplace on business process improvement or Six Sigma white, yellow green black belts who want to complement their Six Sigma with Lean.

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Summary

Title: Lean Manufacturing A-Z: Operations Management & Six Sigma

Price: $79.99

Average Rating: 4.54

Number of Lectures: 89

Number of Quizzes: 3

Number of Published Lectures: 88

Number of Published Quizzes: 3

Number of Curriculum Items: 92

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 91

Number of Practice Tests: 2

Number of Published Practice Tests: 2

Original Price: $129.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Become the Lean & Six Sigma Guru in your team! Combine thorough understanding with powerful tools and techniques
Gain a total overview of Lean Operations for your Manufacturing or Service business
Boost your career: increase your confidence to see and lead change , impress your own boss and become a better manager
Six Sigma fundamentals – 13 dedicated new lessons of this powerful quality improvement methodology
Increase profitability, improve delivery and use your resources more efficiently
Master the fundamentals of Lean from total beginner to a competent professional. All the tools, principles and philosophy of Lean
Practical actions on how to improve any operations business or process; from a factory to a restaurant
Enhance and organize your business more effectively and efficiently
Ideal for industrial / production / manufacturing organizations but also service and traditional business operations
An MBA style module ideal for managers, consultants, planners, business analysts ,engineers and supervisors

Who Should Attend

Managers: New, Established and Aspiring Managers – especially those in operations, manufacturing or service sectors, production and industry
Ambitious self-starters who want to have a bigger impact at work, improve things and get noticed
Supervisors, Consultants, Engineers, Planners & Analysts, Management & Leadership teams
People working in Production, Manufacturing, Industrial Operations, Business Operations
Lean / Improvement Practitioners & Continuous Improvement CI / Kaizen teams
Those who wish to become an authority in their workplace on business process improvement
Six Sigma white, yellow green black belts who want to complement their Six Sigma with Lean

Target Audiences

Managers: New, Established and Aspiring Managers – especially those in operations, manufacturing or service sectors, production and industry
Ambitious self-starters who want to have a bigger impact at work, improve things and get noticed
Supervisors, Consultants, Engineers, Planners & Analysts, Management & Leadership teams
People working in Production, Manufacturing, Industrial Operations, Business Operations
Lean / Improvement Practitioners & Continuous Improvement CI / Kaizen teams
Those who wish to become an authority in their workplace on business process improvement
Six Sigma white, yellow green black belts who want to complement their Six Sigma with Lean

Master the tools and methodology of Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen to have and “impact” and “improve” your business operations – manufacturing, services, industrial operations and production.
Equip yourself to take a new leading role in your workplace – improving your processes, systems, business / organization.
Understand the fundamentals, then details of the most effective, proven improvement methodology ever. The principles, tools and essential approaches to continuous improvement / kaizen in business systems, organization and design.
Become the Lean & Six Sigma authority in your team on improving the operations systems in your business

This MBA style course on Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma prepares and empowers you to make a REAL difference. Turbo-charge your career, and your business performance, to the highest levels.

This course is for the new or aspiring manager, the ambitious engineer, high flying consultant, the hands-on planners and the practical business analysts.

Business operations come in all shapes and sizes with a host of unique challenges; but Lean, whilst first developed in manufacturing has successfully lasted the decades and bridged into transport, retail, healthcare, logistics, finance and service companies. Lean remains the heart of continuously improving businesses of all types to remain competitive, improving profitability, improving customer experience and customer satisfaction, reducing costs and improving delivery.

Without a solid grasp of Lean and an awareness of Six Sigma, no manager, junior or senior, can competently or confidently look to improve their business operations, the processes, systems and teams that make a business successful.

Take control of your career and equip yourself with a solid base in Lean Methodologies that you can practically use right now to unlock the potential of your business processes!

Course Sections:

1. Lean Fundamentals and Philosophy

2. Value and Waste

3. Inventory Management and Control

4. Tools of Lean

5. Quality Management

6. Flow

7. Scheduling and Production Planning for Lean

8. History of Lean

Course Extras

Downloadable Documents with summaries and exercises
Summary Test with 80 multiple choice questions to test and lock in your learnings

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Full List of Course Sub Sections:

1. Fundamentals and Philosophy of Lean

Fundamentals of Lean
The 5 Principles of Lean
Lean is like an Orchestra
Muda, Muri & Mura
The 25 Characteristics of Lean

2. Value and Waste

Value and Waste – Introduction
Finding Customer Value – Kano
Process Mapping for Value
Value Timelines
Tea Shop VA/ NVA Exercise
Tea Shop Exercise – Debrief
The 8 Wastes of Lean : TIMWOODS
Other Types of Waste
Chasing Waste – Caution

3. Inventory Management

Inventory Introduction
What is Inventory?
Why do we Need Inventory?
Little’s Law
Costs of Inventory
Rock-Boat Analogy

4. Tools of Lean

Tools – Introduction
5S – Workplace Organization
SMED: Changeover and Cycletime Reduction
SMED Method: Gantt Chart
Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
Visual Management
Gemba
Gemba Walks
Standard Work
PDCA Improvement Cycle
A3 Reports

5. Quality

Quality – Introduction
Reducing Complexity
Reducing Mistakes
Reducing Variation
Root Cause and 5 Whys
Jidoka – Autonomation
Poka-Yoke – Mistake Proofing
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

6. Flow

Flow – Introduction
What Stops Flow?
Reducing Variation in the System
Causes of Variation of Demand and Capacity
Demand Management – Introduction
External Demand Management
Internal Demand Management
Takt Time, Cycle Time & Lead Time
Takt Time
Cycle Time
Throughput and Lead Time
Takt Time, Cycle Time & Lead Time Summary
Small Batch Sizes
Batch Sizes and One Piece Flow
Local Efficiencies don’t make an efficient system

7. Scheduling and Pull

Scheduling – Introduction
Lean Scheduling
Choosing Batch Sizes
Economic Batch Quantity / EOQ / EBQ
Every Product Every Interval ( EPEI )
Pull
Cake Shop Example – Pull vs Push
Production Pull in a Burger Shop
Kanban – Production Planning
Push vs Pull Approaches
Pull: Pros and Cons
Push Pull Combination

8. History of Lean

History of Lean – Introduction
History of Lean – Timeline
Toyota Production System (TPS)

9. Six Sigma

Overview of Six Sigma
Six Sigma Statistics
Principles of Six Sigma
History of Six Sigma
Six Sigma Certification Belts
DMAIC Improvement Methodology
DMAIC Doughnut Example
Analysis Methods and Pitfalls
Analytical Tools in Six Sigma
Visualising Data
Comparing Lean and Six Sigma
Comparison of Lean and Six Sigma
Summary – Six Sigma

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Fundamentals and Philosophy of Lean

Lecture 1: Welcome

Lecture 2: Fundamentals of Lean

Lecture 3: The 5 Principles of Lean

Lecture 4: Lean is like an Orchestra

Lecture 5: Any Questions

Lecture 6: Muda, Muri & Mura

Lecture 7: The 25 Characteristics of Lean

Chapter 2: Value and Waste

Lecture 1: Value and Waste – Introduction

Lecture 2: Finding Customer Value – Kano

Lecture 3: Process Mapping for Value

Lecture 4: Value Timelines

Lecture 5: Tea Shop VA/ NVA Exercise

Lecture 6: Tea Shop Exercise – Debrief

Lecture 7: The 8 Wastes of Lean : TIMWOODS

Lecture 8: Other Types of Waste

Lecture 9: Chasing Waste – Caution

Chapter 3: Inventory Management

Lecture 1: Inventory – Introduction

Lecture 2: What is Inventory?

Lecture 3: Why do we Need Inventory?

Lecture 4: Little's Law

Lecture 5: Costs of Inventory

Lecture 6: Rock-Boat Analogy

Chapter 4: Tools of Lean

Lecture 1: Tools – Introduction

Lecture 2: 5S Methodology

Lecture 3: SMED: Changeover and Cycletime Reduction

Lecture 4: SMED Method: Gantt Chart

Lecture 5: Value Stream Mapping

Lecture 6: Visual Management

Lecture 7: Gemba

Lecture 8: Gemba Walks

Lecture 9: Standard Work

Lecture 10: PDCA Improvement Cycle

Lecture 11: A3 Reports

Chapter 5: Summary Test 1

Chapter 6: Quality

Lecture 1: Quality – Introduction

Lecture 2: Reducing Complexity

Lecture 3: Reducing Mistakes

Lecture 4: Reducing Variation

Lecture 5: Root Cause Problem Solving and "5 Whys"

Lecture 6: Jidoka – Autonomation

Lecture 7: Poka-Yoke: Mistake Proofing

Lecture 8: Total Productive Maintenance – TPM

Chapter 7: Flow

Lecture 1: Flow – Introduction

Lecture 2: What Stops Flow?

Lecture 3: Reducing Variation in the System

Lecture 4: Causes of Variation of Demand and Capacity

Lecture 5: Demand Management in your Supply Chain – Introduction

Lecture 6: External Demand Management

Lecture 7: Internal Demand Management

Lecture 8: Takt Time, Cycle Time & Lead Time

Lecture 9: Takt Time

Lecture 10: Cycle Time

Lecture 11: Throughput and Lead Time

Lecture 12: Takt Time, Cycle Time & Lead Time Summary

Lecture 13: Small Batch Sizes

Lecture 14: Batch Sizes and One Piece Flow

Lecture 15: Local Efficiencies Don't Make an Efficient System

Chapter 8: Scheduling and Pull

Lecture 1: Scheduling – Introduction

Lecture 2: Lean Scheduling

Lecture 3: Choosing Batch Sizes

Lecture 4: Economic Batch Quantity / EOQ / EBQ

Lecture 5: Every Product Every Interval ( EPEI )

Lecture 6: Pull

Lecture 7: Cake Shop Example – Pull vs Push

Lecture 8: Production Pull in a Burger Shop

Lecture 9: Kanban – Production Planning

Lecture 10: Push vs Pull Approaches

Lecture 11: Pull: Pros and Cons

Lecture 12: Push Pull Combination

Chapter 9: History of Lean

Lecture 1: History of Lean – Introduction

Lecture 2: History of Lean – Timeline

Lecture 3: Toyota Production System

Chapter 10: Summary Test 2

Chapter 11: Six Sigma

Lecture 1: Overview of Six Sigma

Lecture 2: Six Sigma Statistics

Lecture 3: Principles of Six Sigma

Lecture 4: History of Six Sigma

Lecture 5: Six Sigma Certification Belts

Lecture 6: DMAIC Improvement Methodology

Lecture 7: DMAIC Doughnut Example

Lecture 8: Analysis Methods and Pitfalls

Lecture 9: Analytical Tools in Six Sigma

Lecture 10: Visualising Data

Lecture 11: Comparing Lean and Six Sigma

Lecture 12: Comparison of Lean and Six Sigma

Lecture 13: Summary – Six Sigma

Chapter 12: CONCLUSION

Lecture 1: Conclusion

Instructors

Laurence Gartside
Management Consultant and Coach
Rowtons Training
Level-Up Your Business Operations Fundamentals!

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