Lean Thinking

Star Leadership Development, Inc. can customize a program of lean thinking to fit the time allowed and the specific program elements needed to achieve your organization's goals.

Our study of lean strategy includes employees from different business disciplines / functions in the same training group.  People from HR, Engineering, Sales, Accounting, Manufacturing, and Safety can all take the same "basic training classes" which promotes interaction, learning and concept application throughout the entire organization.  Work functionality and work elements differ between functions, as the application is based upon "waste, "process" and "flow" that occurs within each value stream.

The Star Leadership approach to lean thinking is straight-forward and cost-effective.  That doesn't mean it is "skimpy" or a "skeleton content".  Our material and course content cut s to the "nitty-gritty" and delivers measurable results in the shortest time frame.

 Lean Thinking program elements:

•  Concepts and history of lean thinking

• Focus on NVA/ definition of waste/recognition of the value stream

• Cellular concepts/game simulation/synergy application concepts

• Process mapping and data/information flow concepts

• Analyzing processes for NVA

• Cycle efficiencies

• Lead time and velocity

• Methods to increase velocity

• Standardization/optimization

• Spaghetti diagrams

• 5s concepts to all applications of operations

• Level loading /flow

• Setup reductions (SMED)

• The eight types of wastes; muda identification in all areas of operations

• Kaizen concepts

• The application of JIT principles

• Error proofing/ poka yoke principles

• Visual systems:  kanban

• The concepts of total productive maintenance (TPM)