Reviews for the Lean Workshop

Dr. Kate Atchley

Jims course is highly engaging. I learned alot and enjoyed the exercises.

Kent Samuels, SHRM-CP:

Understanding Lean principles and tools is a benefit to many industries and professions, including Human Resources. James Wells is a Master Black belt in Lean Six Sigma and understands how to apply the lean tools to any industry.

Excellent Primer

Brad Kolar-Avail Advisors

"This is an excellent primer on key quality principles and techniques. Jim makes the concepts easy to understand and, more importantly, easy to apply. He provides hands-on examples and activities that allow you to see the principles in action. I'd highly recommend this course."

Fun, engaging and informative workshop

College of Lake County Participant

Workshop helped me increase my knowledge in the Lean topic, see things through a different lens, learned about the 5 Lean Principles, and how to identify and eliminate waste in my internal processes. Exercises were fun and engaging. 5 stars!

About the Workshop Approach

This course is offered once a month. 

The next session is scheduled for February 15, 16 and 17 from 10am to Noon Eastern US Time Eastern US Time.

We alternate mornings and evenings on even/odd months.

 The course only takes about 6 hours to complete and is focused on giving you the tools to immediately start applying what you learn to your situation. We divide the 6 hours up into 3 sessions of 2 hours each.

We use a digital whiteboard to facilitate the simulation games that are a part of this workshop. The games are fun, interactive and challenging. We use Miro. You can learn more about Miro at Miro.com

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Lean Workshop Introduction

Your Coach

Principal Consultant

James Wells

With over 20 years of leadership experience in Quality, Training and Continuous Improvement, James takes a practical approach to teaching a process or tool. Simplicity and focus on application that allows you to start using what you learn immediately. James has led four Lean Six Sigma Deployments, certified hundreds of Green and Black Belts and accumulated millions of dollars of impact.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome! Thanks for Signing Up!

    • Pre-Work
  • 2

    Lean Background

    • Toyota's 4P's

    • Value

    • Lean Wastes
  • 3

    Finding Waste

    • Spaghetti (Motion) Mapping

    • Spaghetti Mapping Exercise-Miro

    • Value Stream Mapping

    • Value Stream Mapping Exercise-Miro

    • SIPOC Diagram

    • SIPOC Exercise-Miro

    • Templates for Discovering Waste
  • 4

    Strategies for Eliminating Wastes: Part 1

    • 5s
  • 5

    Lean Simulation

    • Lean Simulation Round 1
  • 6

    Strategies for Eliminating Waste Part 2

    • Poka Yoke

    • Visual Management

    • Pull Systems
  • 7

    Lean Simulation Round 2

    • Lean Simulation Round 2
  • 8

    Strategies for Eliminating Waste Part 3

    • Single Piece Flow

    • Kanban

    • SMED
  • 9

    Lean Simulation Part 3

    • Lean Simulation Round 3
  • 10

    Lean Workshop Wrap Up

    • Lessons from The Toyota Way Fieldbook

    • Lean Management System

    • Va or NVA and Wastes Quiz

    • Workshop completion survey

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