Lean Practioner Training Workshops
The classes below are in our suite of Lean Practitioner training workshops. Students can earn a Lean Practitioner training certificate from EVLA for taking all of these classes and completing a project that covers at least one of the topics and skills learned in this series. This certificate is meant to be completed after the Lean Core Series and certification is complete.
Transforming your Value Stream
Identifying value is an important and fundamental step for implementing LEAN in any organization. Mapping the value stream allows an organization to identify all of the activities that make up a process to deliver a product or service from supplier to customer, and sets the baseline for continuous improvement. As tool for improvement, the value stream map allows an organization to identify value, show process waste, communicate process flow throughout the organization, and identify opportunities for improvement.
In this class we will cover:
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What a VSM is and when to use VSM
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Mapping the current state
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Using Data in your VSM and to highlight opportunities
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How to use the VSM to drive change through continuous improvement
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Mapping the ideal Future State
Prerequisite: None
Learning Objectives:
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When and why to do a Value Stream Map
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How to develop a value stream map
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Drive change within an organization
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Practically apply these skills to develop a value stream map
Managing Lean Improvement Projects
Improvement projects can range from quick, cyclical improvements, to planned rapid improvements, to long-term strategic initiatives. In this course we discuss 1) the different types of improvement projects and the LEAN tools and techniques that apply and 2) the principles of Lean and the tools in your Lean toolbox to help you identify your business processes with the potential for improvement. You’ll also learn how to collaborate with your stakeholders in order to get the improvement work done.
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This workshop will touch upon:
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Different project types and techniques to support success
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Documentation practices that help you achieve buy-in and manage expectations
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Lean tools that you might integrate into your projects
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Tools that help to support collaboration, team accountability, and communication
Prerequisite: None
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Learning Objectives:
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Understand and describe the different types of projects that result from Lean analysis activities
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Knowledge and understanding of how the Lean tools support success
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Identify basic project management tools that you can utilize in Lean improvement initiatives that support collaboration and successful project outcomes
Problem Solving
Improve your decision-making capabilities through critical thinking, structured reasoning, and creative problem analysis. Effective decision makers are those rare individuals who are able to consistently identify and choose the best option among multiple alternatives. Their decisions are imaginative, reasoned, and defensible.
In this course, you will be provided with the training and tools necessary to become an inventive, logical decision maker. You’ll explore a structured way to approach and dismantle problems, and you’ll learn to clarify problems in terms of objectives and issues, with a view toward optimum outcomes.
Applying the techniques of critical thinking allows you to dismantle complex problems and to understand the inputs and implications of your thought processes. This training allows you to develop positions on issues that are logical and explicable to others.
This Problem Solving and Critical Thinking workshop will touch upon:
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PDCA
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What is PDCA
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How to apply PDCA to problems in the workplace
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Activity
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A3 model
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What is an A3
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How to apply A3 to problems in the workplace
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Activity
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Prerequisite: None
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Learning Objectives:
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Gain exposure to the varying approaches to problem solving.
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Understand that discipline in using any problem-solving approach is fundamental to success.
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Apply problem solving steps to a scenario, including development of a problem statement, identifying key stakeholders, and discussion of the importance of gathering data.