Eliminate the 8 Wastes With Lean Thinking

Eliminate the 8 Wastes With Lean Thinking is designed to empower your team with the knowledge and skills to identify and eradicate waste in any value stream. This workshop is a deep dive into lean principles, focusing specifically on waste elimination as a driver for efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Workshop Objectives:

Participants will learn to:

• Understand the different categories of work from a customer’s perspective.
• Identify the 8 wastes in value streams through observation and inquiry.
• Investigate root causes of waste.
• Apply lean strategies to eliminate waste, prevent recurrence, and achieve impactful results.

Workshop Outline:

1. Lean Principle #1: Understanding how the customer defines value.
2. Value-Added Work vs. Non-Value-Added Work: Distinguishing between necessary work and waste.
3. Toast Kaizen Video and Discussion: Learning from real-world applications of lean thinking.
4. 8 Wastes Overview: Definitions, root causes, and examples.
5. 8 Wastes Identification Exercise: Hands-on practice in spotting waste.
6. Lean Principle #2: Identifying and mapping the value stream.
7. Waste Identification Techniques: Using gemba walks, spaghetti diagrams, and fishbone diagrams.
8. Benefits of Waste Elimination: Case studies on the real-world impact of lean practices.
9. Initial Waste Elimination Methods: Introduction to ECRS, mistake-proofing, setup reduction, standard work, and 6S workplace organization.
10. Next Steps: Guiding participants on how to continue their lean journey.

This workshop is ideal for team members from member organizations who are involved in any stage of product or service delivery, including operations, support functions, and management. 

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