Lean Thinking e-Learning Course
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New Release - This e-learning program has been designed as a technical Lean training course without the clutter of overly technical language and relevant for any aspiring Lean Practitioner.

The course duration is approximately 12 hours and the student is taken through an entire Lean project applying the key principles and techniques at every stage.

This course can be run over the Future Learning Systems on-line portal, or taken in-house by organisations to run on their SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) compliant Learning Management System.

It is also possible for organisations to run the course on standalone PC's or laptops with the use of a standalone player, supplied by Future Learning Systems.

This course comes with audio, animations, exercises, case studies and testing zones.

On successful completion of the final course assessment, the student will become certified to Green Belt level.

The typical audience for this course could be:

- Senior Managers
- Operational Leaders
- Value Stream Managers
- Lean Team Members
- Financial Managers
- Administrative Staff
- Trainers
- Independant Consultants
- Aspiring Lean Experts & Practitioners

Using examples from many different industries this training programme is appropriate for individuals wishing to understand the application of Lean, how to implement Lean and how to sustain a Lean environment and culture.

Course Synopsis
Introduction Setting Expectations
The Red Beads Experiment
Principles Under Pinning Lean
What is Lean Thinking?
System for Process Improvement
Overview of the Tools & Methodology
Voice of the Customer Scoping the Project
Understanding Customer Requirements
Who are my Customers?
Customer Demand
Matrix Diagrams
Kano Model
Improvement Statements
Process Measures
Operational Definitions
Voice of the People SIPOC
Process Maps & Flowcharts
Deployed Flowcharts
Value Stream Mapping
7+1 Wastes
Spaghetti Diagrams
Brainstorming
Cause & Effect Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Is/Is Not Matrices
Variation Time Series Data Presentation
What is Variation
Common & Special Causes
The Two Mistakes
Tampering with a Process
Voice of the Process 1 Process Measurement
What Data to Collect & Why
Data Collection Sheets
Stratification
Pareto Charts
Voice of the Process 2 Scattergrams
Run Charts
Dot Plots & Histograms
Watch out for Traps
Voice of the Process 3 Centre & Spread of Process Data
Process Behaviour Charts
Common Cause Strategies
Special Cause Strategies
Voice of the Process 4 What the Control Limits are
Control Charts for Individual Values
Control Charts for Sub-Groups
Guidelines for Calculating the Limit

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