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• Intro to Lean Production Virtual Workshop!

  • When
    01/20/2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual via Zoom Link

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  Intro to Lean Production

  

  • This interactive virtual workshop is ideal for manufacturing professionals, support teams, and anyone seeking a solid foundation—or a practical refresher—in Lean principles and methods.
  • Through engaging activities, real-world examples, and actionable guidance, you'll gain the tools to start reducing waste, streamlining processes, and drive meaningful improvements in your organization.
  • Whether you're new to Lean or looking to get back to the basics, this session offers clear, practical steps to bring Lean Production to life at your Gemba!

  

     

  • Lean provides a clear, proven framework for creating customer value by systematically eliminating waste and optimizing the use of people, equipment, and materials—giving organizations a practical pathway to sustainable growth and operational excellence.
    
  • By changing how leaders and teams think about problems and daily work, Lean builds a culture of accountability, adaptability, and structured problem-solving—resulting in more stable processes, higher quality, reliable delivery, and safer production environments.
    

  • With this mindset in place, Lean equips teams with practical tools and methods to address root causes, improve flow, and align cross-functional work; creating the conditions for continuous improvement and effective long-term performance.

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  Who Should Attend?

  This workshop is designed for manufacturing professionals and team members from related support functions who want to build a strong foundation in continuous improvement. Ideal participants include:

  
  

  • Operations managers, production supervisors, and process engineers who want to improve workflows and reduce waste.
  • Team members from support functions such as maintenance, quality assurance, logistics, and supply chain who contribute to improving production processes.
  • Professionals and students seeking to learn about Lean principles and practices.
  • Anyone looking for practical, actionable strategies to optimize production and drive improvements in their organization.

  

  
  
  

  1. Explain the origins of Lean Production and why it remains relevant in modern production environments.
     
  2. Differentiate Lean cultures from traditional production approaches and describe the benefits of a Lean system.
     
  3. Apply the five Lean principles to common production scenarios.
     
  4. Demonstrate the basics of continuous flow and pull systems through interactive, hands-on exercises.
     
  5. Describe core Lean concepts and leadership behaviors required to sustain a Lean culture.
     
  6. Analyze production-focused case studies to identify success factors, common pitfalls, and countermeasures.
     
  7. Identify practical next steps for applying Lean thinking within their own production environment.
     

  
  

  

  Course Outline

  1. Kickoff Activity: A dynamic icebreaker to set the tone and help participants connect with one another.
  2. Origins of Lean Production: History, evolution, and relevance of Lean production principles today. Includes video clips to enhance engagement.
  3. Lean Culture: Key objectives and benefits of Lean-focused cultures, and how they differ from traditional manufacturing cultures.
  

  

  4. The Five Lean Principles: Definitions, benefits, and practical application examples. Includes video clips to illustrate key concepts.
  

  5. Hands-On Activity: An interactive exercise demonstrating continuous flow and pull systems in a production environment.
  6. Lean Fundamentals: Core Lean concepts and principles, with practical applications in various production environments.

  
  

  7. Lean Management System: A proven framework of key leadership behaviors and actions essential for establishing and sustaining a Lean culture.

  
  

  8. Case Studies in Production: Real-world examples of Lean implementations in manufacturing settings. Includes video clips showcasing success stories and key takeaways.

  
  

  9. Applying Lean to the Shop Floor: Practical first steps, overcoming adoption obstacles, and embedding Lean into daily operations for long-term success.

  
  

  10. Next Steps and Further Learning: Opportunities to continue learning with advanced workshops on Lean tools, leadership, and tailored training.

  

  Summary

  
  

   Join this engaging virtual workshop to explore the fundamentals of Lean Production!

   This session offers practical insights, interactive activities, and actionable steps to eliminate waste, improve processes, and drive exceptional results on the shop floor and throughout your organization!

  
  

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• Intro to Lean for Service Hybrid Workshop

  • When
    02/03/2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Hybrid: TBD Location in Jacksonville and Via Zoom
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  Intro to Lean for Service Workshop Overview

  Interactive Three-Hour Hybrid Workshop (Location TBD)

  In many service organizations, improving speed and improving quality are treated as competing goals.

  Teams are asked to respond faster, handle more volume, or meet tighter deadlines—often at the expense of consistency, clarity, or rework. When quality problems surface, the response is usually to slow things down, add checks, or rely on individual effort to compensate.

  Lean offers a different way of thinking.

  This three-hour interactive hybrid workshop introduces Lean Service as a practical approach to improving both quality and speed by designing better systems of work. Through real-world examples and guided exercises, participants learn how principles such as flow, pull, and standardization apply to service, office, and knowledge-work environments—and how these principles reduce delays and errors at the same time.

  The focus is on understanding how work actually flows, where defects and delays are created, and how teams can improve service performance without sacrificing quality, adding bureaucracy, or relying on heroics or technology-first fixes.

  
  

  

  Who Should Attend?

  This workshop is designed for people who shape, manage, or support service and knowledge work and want a practical foundation in continuous improvement. It is especially relevant for:

  • Service managers, supervisors, and team leads responsible for coordinating work, prioritizing demand, and improving day-to-day service performance.
  • Professionals in support and enabling functions, including IT, HR, finance, legal, administration, operations, and shared services, whose work flows through digital systems, handoffs, and queues.
  • Individual contributors in service or office roles who want to better understand how Lean applies to knowledge work, virtual environments, and cross-functional processes.
  • Students and early-career professionals seeking a practical introduction to Lean Service thinking and real-world applications beyond manufacturing.
  • Anyone responsible for improving service outcomes who wants actionable ways to reduce delays, clarify work, and improve flow without relying on tools or technology alone.

  

  Workshop Learning Objectives 

  1. Explain the origins of Lean Service and why Lean thinking applies to service, knowledge work, and production-support environments—including virtual and hybrid work settings.
  2. Distinguish Lean systems from traditional service management approaches, particularly in how work is prioritized, capacity is managed, and problems are surfaced and addressed.
  3. Identify waste, unevenness, and overburden in common service and knowledge-work processes, including digital workflows, handoffs, queues, and work hidden inside inboxes and systems.
  4. Describe the fundamentals of flow, pull, and process standardization and experience how these principles affect service and virtual work through guided, interactive exercises.
  5. Understand the role of leadership behaviors and culture in Lean Service, including how leaders create clarity, enable learning, and support problem-solving in distributed and remote teams.
  6. Recognize how technology (including digital tools and AI) can support Lean Service, when it is used to improve visibility, reduce cognitive load, and strengthen problem-solving rather than automate poor processes.
  7. Review service-focused case examples to identify success factors, common pitfalls, and proven countermeasures in office, service, and knowledge-work environments.
  8. Define realistic next steps for applying Lean thinking and selectively leveraging technology within their own service or virtual work environment, aligned with their role and influence.

  Workshop Outline 

  1. Kickoff Activity: Dynamic icebreaker to set the tone and connect participants.

  2. Origins of Lean Service: History, evolution, and relevance of Lean thinking in service environments. Video clips highlight real examples.

  3. Lean Culture in Service: Key objectives, benefits, and how Lean service cultures differ from traditional approaches.

  4. Lean Principles for Service: Explore the five Lean principles with practical examples from service, office, and virtual work. Includes interactive videos.

  5. Hands-On Exercise: Flow and pull simulation in service processes to experience waste elimination and efficiency gains.

  6. Core Lean Concepts: Tools, methods, and practices for addressing root causes, streamlining work, and enabling continuous improvement.

  7. Lean Management System: Framework for leadership behaviors, coaching, and sustaining a Lean culture in service environments.

  8. Service Case Studies: Real-world examples from IT support, customer service, and office operations, showcasing measurable improvements and lessons learned.

  9. Applying Lean to Daily Work: Practical first steps, overcoming adoption challenges, and embedding Lean into regular service operations.

  10. Next Steps & Continuous Learning: Opportunities to advance skills through workshops on Lean tools, leadership, and tailored organizational initiatives.

      

      Summary 

      Join this engaging hybrid workshop to explore the fundamentals of Lean Service!

      Participants will leave with:

      • A clear understanding of Lean principles applied to service industries.

      • Practical strategies for improving workflow, reducing waste, and increasing value to customers.

      • Hands-on experience with flow, pull, and problem-solving tools.

      • Insights from real case studies to guide implementation in their own work environments.

      This workshop gives you actionable steps to start transforming your service value streams, office operations, and virtual work today!

      
      
      

      
      

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• Eliminate the 8 Wastes with Lean Thinking Hybrid Workshop!

  • When
    02/10/2026
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    8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Hybrid (TBD Location in Jacksonville and Via Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Eliminate the 8 Wastes with Lean Thinking 

  Unleash your inner process improvement superhero!

  Presented by the Jacksonville Lean Consortium

  
  

  
  

  Hybrid Workshop | February 10, 2026 | 8:30 - Noon Eastern

  Who’s Stealing Our Time, Energy, and Focus?

  Not a villain in a cape.

  Not something outside our control.

  No, our most formidable foe??

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The 8 wastes are so deeply ingrained in most organizations that it’s often dismissed with the familiar refrain, That’s just how we do things around here.

  Most teams are too busy fighting fires to stop and ask:

  
  

  Is this actually helping our customers?

  
  

  Why are we still doing it this way?

  
  

  Could this be simpler, faster, or better?

  But what if I you told you there's another way?

  
  

  Learning Objectives

  Develop Our Waste-Detecting Vision

  ✅ See value through the eyes of our customers.

  ✅ Discover inefficiencies that steal hours from our days.

  ✅ Identify the  8 types of waste in any process.

  Discover and Understand

  ✅  Why waste keeps returning to our workflows.

  ✅ Simple observation techniques that expose problems.

  ✅ Proven methods to identify, categorize, and prioritize each type of waste.

  Take Action That Sticks

  ✅ Apply proven waste reduction & elimination methods to key processes.

  ✅  Prevent recurring problems from ever returning.

  ✅ Continuously improve how work is done.

  Who Should Attend?

  Team Members

  Stop wasting time on inefficient approaches and focus your energy on work that flows value to our customers.

  
  Learn to identify what's stealing your productive hours and reclaim time for meaningful contributions, done right.

  Team Leaders and Managers

  Transform your team from firefighters into value creators.

  
  

  Gain the insight to see where your department's time and resources are really going, and develop the skills to empower everyone to make things better.

  Senior Leaders

  Understand what's really happening across your organization's value streams.

  
  

  Learn to identify systemic issues; including those that start at the top; and promote a culture where respect for people and continuous improvement drive change for the better.

  Workshop Outline

  1. Icebreaker & Introductions: Quick warmup for this fast-paced session.

  2. Lean Thinking Review & Discussion: Purpose, Culture, Principles, and Fundamentals.

  
  

  
  

  3. Three Categories of Work: Learn to distinguish between actions that are value-added, non-value-added but required, and pure waste.

  4. Bruce Hamilton's Toast Kaizen: Interactive session with the world's #1 lean training video.

  
  

  
  

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  5. The 8 Wastes: Definitions, examples, causes, and effects from your industry.

  
  

  
  

  6. Document & Quantify Frequency and Impact: Effective methods to capture and measure waste.

  7. Hands-On Identification Activity: Practice spotting waste in real workplace scenarios.

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  8. Elimination & Reduction Strategies: Proven approaches that deliver results.

  
  

  
  

  9. Your Action Plan: Define next steps to accelerate your lean journey.

  
  

  
  

  Bonus Features

  100% Interactive
  No boring lectures, just engaging discovery

  Industry Examples
  Manufacturing, healthcare, IT, government, and more

  Digital Toolkit
  Templates, checklists, and resources to keep you moving

  AI Preview
  Glimpse the future of waste detection technology

  Don't miss the chance on eliminate headaches in your work, deliver exceptional value to your customers, and become a hero of productivity and effectiveness in your organization!
  

  
  

  
  

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• Intro to 6S Workplace Organization Hybrid Workshop

  • When
    02/17/2026
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    8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD/Zoom

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  Learning Objectives

  ✅ Understand how the six pillars form an integrated system that promotes an orderly, clean, safe, and highly productive work environment.

  ✅ Accurately assess the current state of workplace organization in their areas and identify improvement targets.

  ✅ Follow a proven approach to implement and maintain an organized workplace in physical and electronic environments.

  ✅ Share their 6S knowledge with others throughout their organization.

  
  

  Workshop Outline

  1. Overview of 6S

  An overview of the 6S method and its significance to modern workplaces.

  2. 6S Numbers Game

  An engaging, hands-on activity that introduces core principles of the 6S method through a fun and interactive challenge. This exercise helps participants grasp foundational concepts in a memorable way.

   3. 6S Pillars

  An in-depth look at the essential components that support a structured and effective workplace. Participants explore how these core elements work together to sustain organized and safe work areas.

  4. Lean Safety

  A focus on embedding safety into everyday work routines. This section highlights how organized workplaces not only boost efficiency but also enhance overall safety and employee well-being.

  5. Sort, Set in Order, Shine

  A detailed exploration of the initial steps in the process, emphasizing practical techniques for decluttering, arranging, and cleaning. Participants discuss real-world strategies to make these steps actionable.

  6. Standardizing and Sustaining

  Establishing consistent procedures and routines to ensure improvements are maintained over time. Focuses on creating clear standards and accountability measures that embed workplace organization into daily operations.

  7. Implementing 6S

  An engaging activity designed to reinforce key concepts of workplace organization. Participants will collaborate through hands-on tasks, group discussions, or simulations to practice applying principles and develop actionable strategies for real-world implementation.

  8. Digital 6S

  Adapting traditional organization methods to digital environments. Explores best practices for managing electronic files, virtual workflows, and online collaboration tools to improve efficiency and reduce clutter.

  9. Interactive Exercise #2

  An engaging activity designed to reinforce key concepts of workplace organization. Participants will collaborate through a hands-on simulation to practice applying principles and develop actionable strategies for implementation.

  10.Next Steps

  Guidance on how to move forward after the session. Outlines action plans, resources, and key priorities for participants to implement workplace organization concepts effectively in their own environments. 
  

  
  

  Gain the knowledge and skills to effectively apply 6S principles in both physical and electronic workspaces, driving positive change across your organization!

  
  

  
  

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