Introduction to Lean Manufacturing Video

At EMS Consulting Group, we offer a number of Online Lean training classes and certification programs, and we have recently released the schedule for our off-site Lean Certification programs include Lean Manufacturing Certification and Lean Office Certification, both of which begin in August 2014 in Southern California.  While these offer an in-depth training, similar to those we offer in our off-site training programs and those we offer to our clients on-site, we thought we would provide the general public with a series of videos that introduce Lean Manufacturing.  This Introduction to Lean video below consists of a series of lean manufacturing animated cartoons that we’ve created, and it is intended to give viewers a very basic knowledge of lean manufacturing and its terminology and concepts.  If you know of someone that needs the basic concepts of lean, please feel free to share this post or the video below.

Lean Healthcare, Lean Leadership, and Lean Certification

We are happy to announce three new opportunities for training in October and November 2013 in Southern California:

We have a 3-day Blended Learning Lean Manufacturing Certification program on October 1-3, 2013 in San Diego, CA.  The program includes 3 days of interactive, instructor-led training plus self-paced online training as well.  Participants will learn how to apply each of the principles and tools of lean including Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells, Lean Production Control, Level Pull Production, kanban and pull systems, 5S, quick changeover, TPM, problem solving methods, and kaizen events. Certification requires the completion of a lean manufacturing project to reinforce the learning and achieve real results.  This event will take place at the Hilton San Diego Airport / Harbor Island.   Pricing is $1595 for early registration (by September 1, 2013) and $1695 after.  For details, visit Lean Manufacturing Certification.

Our Lean Healthcare Training program will take place on November 4-5, 2013 in Santa Ana, CA at the Doubletree Club by Hilton Hotel Orange County Airport.  This interactive session will translate basic lean principles and its application to achieve the Triple Aim of the nation’s health care reform efforts. This two-day workshop will emphasize eliminating wastes throughout the health care continuum including ambulatory and administrative processes, beyond the inpatient settings, using basic lean tools such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, and A3.  Pricing is $895 for those who register by October 5, 2013 and $995 after.  For details visit Lean Healthcare Training.

Finally, our Lean Leadership Training program will take place on November 13-14, 2013 in Santa Ana, CA  at the Doubletree Club by Hilton Hotel Orange County Airport.    The Lean Leadership program will address the role of leaders within a lean organization including executive management, middle management, and front line supervision.  Lean leadership is different from traditional MBA-style management; in lean thinking, people are not to be managed.  Instead processes are managed and people are given the direction and skills to achieve the strategy of an organization.  The management team must create the right environment or culture to make this happen.  This program includes 2 days of interactive, instructor-led training covering topics such as strategy deployment (aka hoshin kanri, hoshin planning, or policy deployment), Daily Kaizen, A3 Problem Solving and Reporting, Coaching for Improvement using the Improvement Kata, Value Stream Management, and Lean Accounting and Metrics.  This program is for leaders and change agents within healthcare, manufacturing, or service organizations.    Pricing is $895 for those who register by October 14, 2013 and $995 after.  For details, visit Lean Leadership Training.

Interactive Lean Training Plus Kanban Video

We want to make our readers aware of a unique lean learning opportunity, our 3-day blended-learning lean manufacturing certification program.  This Lean Manufacturing certification program will equip participants with targeted technical and facilitation/team leadership competencies in lean manufacturing and kaizen.  The program includes 3 days of interactive, instructor-led training plus self-paced online training as well.  Participants will learn how to apply each of the principles and tools of lean including Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Flow Manufacturing Cells, Lean Production Control, Level Pull Production, kanban and pull systems, 5S, quick changeover, TPM, problem solving methods, and kaizen events. Certification requires the completion of a lean manufacturing project to reinforce the learning and achieve real results.  This program will take place at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island in San Diego, CA on July 17-19, 2012.  For more information on this program, please visit: Lean Certification Training.  For those of you that prefer a fully instructor-led Lean Manufacturing Certification program, we continue to offer this option as well in Southern California.

If you are a follower of this blog or a subscriber to our lean newsletter, you know that we like to use animated videos (cartoons) in addition to articles to help explain lean and continuous improvement concepts.   Since pull systems is one of the topics we cover in detail in our certification programs, we thought it might be useful (for those that are unfamiliar with these concepts) to view one of our most popular animated videos on the subject.  Enjoy!