Lean Manufacturing
Description
Lean Manufacturing is often called many different names. Lean, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, and Toyota Production System are all commonly used names for referring to Lean Manufacturing. As Lean Manufacturing continues to expand into sectors beyond manufacturing, it is becoming increasingly common to refer to these efforts and initiatives as simply "Lean". Lean in its simplest definition is the process of working from the perspective of the customer or consumer of a process or service, looking to remove all activities or actions that do not add value to the product or process, thereby improving process flow. Essentially, optimizing the "value-added" activities, eliminating the "non value-added" activities (also known as muda).
Our Services
Alexandria Technical College provides skilled and experienced staff to guide you and your organization through the implementation and sustainment of your Lean initiative. Regardless of your industry, Alexandria Technical College Customized Training staff provide significant experience utilizing Lean to optimize processes in a wide variety of manufacturing and service organizations!
Example Lean Tools Provided
(not an all inclusive list) - Value Stream Mapping
- 5/6 S Workplace Organization & Visual Workplace, Visual Thinker
- Mistake Proofing/Poka-Yoke
- Load Leveling (Heijunka)
- SMED (Set-up Reduction)
- Kanban (Pull System)
Further Information
Regardless of where your organization is at in its Lean journey, the Customized Training Center at Alexandria Technical College is ready to assist you. We can assist you with organization assessments, facilitated projects, consultation, and employee training. Contact Jeremy Schwartz for more details at 320-762-4652 or e-mail at jeremysch@alextech.edu