TRAINING & EVENTS

Cost: $399 (Early bird $360 if registered by October 2, 2025)

Lunch provided

The focus of this course is to give participants the basic understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles used to drive company improvement efforts. The participants will gain a basic understanding of various Lean methods, their purpose, and the problem that each tool is designed to solve. Topics will include Value Stream Mapping, Workflow Analysis and Identifying Waste, Pull Production and Scheduling, 5S (Workplace Organization), Visual Workplace and Visual Management, Standard Work, Workforce flexibility and cross training, Kanban, SMED (Changeover Reduction), and Mistake Proofing. In addition, the course will allow participants to apply the principles in a simulated production environment designed to measure the effects of improvements by applying the techniques in a systematic approach. This course is designed to help participants understand how to evaluate different improvement opportunities, which techniques are used to reduce waste, and the process required to have a successful and sustainable implementation.

Learning Targets:

• Introduction to the 5 principles of Lean thinking
• Definition of value-added activities, non-value added activities, and waste
• Introduction to the eight wastes and how to identify waste in your organization
• Definition of a value stream and how to use a value stream map to drive improvement
• Introduction to Lean methods and what problems the techniques are designed to solve
• Application of the methods in a manufacturing environment.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Lean Manufacturing
• Introduction to the Simulation
• Simulation round 1 – Traditional manufacturing
• Round 1 Debrief
• Traditional Manufacturing Review
• Introduction to identifying waste and process improvement
• Value Steams, Standard Work, 5S and Visual Management
• Simulation round 2 – Implementing Flow
• Round 2 Debrief
• Pull Scheduling, Quality at the Source, Workforce flexibility, Kanban
• Simulation round 3 – Implementing Pull
• Round 3 Debrief
• Batch Size Reduction, Total Productive Maintenance, Cellular Flow
• Simulation round 4 – Implementing Process Improvement
• Round 4 Debrief
• Implementation process designed for success
• Conclusion

About the Presenter: Max Krug, Change Management Specialist, Future State Engineering.
Max provides operational excellence services expertise to organizations with the primary objective of improving financial and operational performance. Max has 30 years of experience in operations, and his range of expertise and experience includes manufacturing operations, distribution, and project management environments. His expertise is assisting organizations achieve Operational Excellence by utilizing Theory of Constraints, Lean Management, and Six Sigma methods. He works with companies to develop corporate strategy and provides hands-on implementation support of the tactics required to achieve Operational Excellence utilizing these techniques. Max holds several certifications in Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma in addition to a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Alfred University and an MBA from St. Bonaventure University.ear

Email rkeller@nwirc.org for additional information or questions.