APICS Announces New Lean Workshop Series
APICS recently announced the release of a new training course, consisting of seven modules that follow the
lean transformation process. In this course, participants will conduct analyses of issues such as increased
lead-times and excess inventory; participate in continuous improvement exercises (kaizen); map the value
stream, and draft a lean implementation plan for their own organizations. |
The workshop modules are:
| Workshop 1: | Introduction |
Educate Organization, Assess Readiness, Define Product Families |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop 2: | Lean Culture |
Plan for Change, Create Teams, Select Pilot Product Family |
| Workshop 3: | Value Stream Mapping |
Map Current-State Value Stream, Map Future-State Value Stream, Plan Implementation |
| Workshop 4: | Stability and Process Improvement |
Stabilize Demand and Processes, Improve Processes |
| Workshop 5: | Just-in-Time |
Calculate Customer Demand, Standardize Work, Create Flow, Implement Pull, Develop
Schedules |
| Workshop 6: | Measuring |
Define Metrics, Deploy Lean Accounting |
| Workshop 7: | Sustaining |
Design for Lean, Continuously Improve Quality, Sustain Lean |
The workshop will tentatively consist of 28 total class hours, with 7 of those hours being interactive
exercises. A fictional company, Murphy’s Toys, is used as a case study model throughout the workshops to
give a context for the activities, provide continuity across the series, and enable participants to “experience”
a lean transformation. Through this course, participants will complete a self assessment to determine their
organization’s readiness to implement lean, gain practical experience analyzing how to incorporate lean into
organizations, obtain broad knowledge of the subject, and leave with a project plan for implementing lean
into their organization. |
| Course | Location | Meeting Day | Course Dates | Instructor |
| Lean Enterprise Workshop | TBD | TBD | TBD | Todd Nadler, CPIM, CSCP |
Please contact Dean Meierdiercks @ (518) 447-6507