Lean Practitioner

LEAN TEAM 285

Organisation profile

LeanTeams’ goal is to help businesses work smarter, not harder. They achieve this by helping you to unlock the potential of the people behind the processes in your organisation.As a result of their lean business training, their expert 1:1 mentoring and their own experiential simulation game, their clients are more competitive, profitable, and have lower employee attrition rates.

LeanTeams have been delivering Lean Six Sigma training since 2006. They have trained and mentored organisations worth over €10 million in financial savings for their clients.

Training aim

This program provides managers, supervisors, team leaders and key staff with the Lean tools required for leading a team and empowering them to apply process improvements throughout your organisation. In addition to the training, participants will participate in their own experiential simulation game, and they will assign a 1:1 expert Lean Mentor to help your employees fully implement the practical application of Lean to your own business.

Learning objectives

Assess an organisation against the 5 principles and 10 wastes
Define project terms of reference
How to run a Kaizen event
The 8-step process improvement methodology
Assess lead times in a business with Value Stream Mapping
The 5S approach to workplace organisation
Control of material or information with Kanban
Reduce changeover or critical time windows with SMED
Define standard practice with Standard Work
Ensure better efficiency with Asset Care programme

Course outline

Mentor Session 1 : Course Preparation and Project Selection
Lesson 1: The 5 Principles of Lean – Defining Customer Value, The 10 Wastes
Lesson 2: Business Simulation – Project Charter & Supporting Data
Lesson 3: Business Simulation – Kaizen
Mentor Session 2: Project Charter & Supporting Data
Lesson 4: Business Simulation – 8-Step Problem-Solving
Mentor Session 3: Kaizen & Countermeasures
Lesson 5: Business Simulation – Value Stream Mapping
Mentor Session 4: Value Stream Mapping
Lesson 6: 5S Workplace Organisation & Kanban
Mentor Session 5: 5S & Kanban
Lesson 7: SMED
Lesson 8: Standard Work
Lesson 9: Asset Care
Mentor Session 6: SMED & Asset Care
Mentor Session 7: Project Evaluation & Standardisation
Mentor Session 8: Project Evaluation & Standardisation
Lesson 10: Final Project Presentations

Trainer's profile

Steve Halpin has a background in engineering and has worked in Operations Management roles for multi-national corporations for over 20 years.He is also Chairman of the Dublin Lean Network which was set up to bring businesses of all sizes and industries together to share Lean business ideas and best practices.

Course duration