Lean Telephone Seminars

Making Shared Services Work ...king for more efficient ways to deliver services in these lean times. In addition to internal budget and efficiency initiatives, many governments are looking to partner with other governments or the private sector in an effort to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. These approaches include contracting, privatization, functional consolidations, collaboration, asset sales, and the  more...

Kaizen Principles and 5S Activities for Manufacturing BenefitsBy attending this teleconference, you will learn how to design and deploy a 5S program; identify waste and nonvalue adding activities; choose the right change vehicle; improve safety, productivity and morale; and integrate 5S with a lean management system. Register today and find out how others have achieved success in 5S deployments. This teleconference is designed for manufacturing  more...

Improve Productivity While Staying Compliant: Implementing Quality Procedures ...nd redelivering key products. When the discussion whether lean, six sigma and/or supply chain techniques are singularly the most effective way of dealing with quality problems, you miss the opportunity of using a blended and robust approach. Providing cost effective quality product means you understand the importance of a strong process for minimizing nonvalue added activity, refining process  more...

Product Development Metrics for Manufacturers: Measuring Your Productivity ...surement and its place in the organization. Six Sigma and Lean initiatives have facilitated great improvements in corporations without significantly benefiting most marketing, R D and product development organizations. Inventive professionals resist measurement citing that it reduces innovation and invention. R D and product development measurement practices have not changed significantly over  more...

Developing a Community Nonemergency Response System ...return on investment which is even more critical in these lean times. In addition, we will focus on how to develop a change management program to help ensure that changes enabled by a new call center are adhered to and results in a tangible ROI by more efficiently managing and balancing non-emergency calls, tracking citizen interactions at the enterprise and departmental levels, measuring  more...

Understanding the Basics of Lean Accounting ...of the process needed to evaluate, establish and maintain lean accounting in a mid-level manufacturing environment. While lean accounting will help companies view the value streams associated with specific products, there are also costs associated with the development, maintenance and ongoing use. You will gain a deeper understanding about the benefits of lean accounting, costs of developing  more...

Measurement, Management, Reduction: Tools for Tracking Waste in Construction Projects .... New technologies such as building information modeling, LEAN construction techniques and online waste tracking tools will be discussed as means of waste management and avoidance. Learning Objectives You will be able to recognize shifts in client's expectations. You will be able to discuss regional variation. You will be able to identify LEED and other certifications. You will be able to  more...

Value Engineering Change Proposals in Government Contracting ...reductions in their production processes, such as through lean manufacturing and Six Sigma programs, to become more competitive and increase profits. However, few contractors take advantage of a contractual tool, the Value Engineering ('VE') contract clause, which was established specifically to provide increased profits from cost reduction suggestions. Using a Value Engineering Change Proposal  more...

Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to Reduce Defects, Improve Quality and Make More Money ... is an increasingly popular tool that must be mastered by Lean Six Sigma professionals and can be used in every type of organization to reduce defects, improve quality and make more money! n nThis easy tool asks these simple questions: n- What can go wrong? n- Where can it go wrong? n- How bad will it be? n- Can we see it coming? n- Should we try to prevent it? n nIf you can count to 10,  more...

Optimize Your Workforce Scheduling ...anagement is often under pressure to keep their workforce lean and flexible. The aim of workforce scheduling is to balance constraints to ensure that the right people with the right skills are in the right place at the right time. Workforce planning provides a systematic approach to determining staffing needs, analyzing the current workforce skills and number, addressing gaps in numbers and  more...

Pitfalls with Lean Implementation ...lean failure group? In implementing lean, the cards are stacked against your success. The sad truth is this: eight or nine organizations of 10 who embark on implementing an improvement initiative like lean, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma FAIL to get the benefits they should. This wastes time and money, and disenfranchises the workforce. In extreme cases, it can lead to you being out of a job and  more...

Reduce Downtime and Enable Lean With Total Productive Maintenance ...most companies. They are often a significant roadblock to lean manufacturing. Total productive maintenance is the proven approach for minimizing surprise breakdowns and increasing the utilization of plant and equipment. It is a major component of lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System. n nThis teleconference will introduce you to the concept and principles of total productive  more...