Lean Enterprise Institute Announces Training for Manufacturing and Service Value Streams

CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 18, 2011 (Press-News.org) The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run a program of 10 lean management workshops June 14-16, 2011, in Pittsburgh, PA, on how to implement lean tools and management methods in manufacturing and service processes.

The workshops, which will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, will cover value-stream mapping, strategy deployment, using A3 management reports, basic lean production principles, and more advanced concepts.

For details about course content, instructors, discounts, and how to register call 617- 871-2900 or go to lean.org.

Lean Workshop Schedule
June 14
- Getting the Right Things Done
- Integrating Visual Management Tools and Leader Standard Work
- Managing to Learn: The Use of the A3 Management Process
- Value-Stream Mapping for Manufacturing
- Value-Stream Mapping for the Office and Service

June 15
- Key Concepts of Lean: Understanding the Toyota Production System
- Managing Value-Stream Improvement

June 16
- Lean IT
- Lean Problem Solving
- Optimizing Flow in Office and Service Processes

What is Lean?
The terms lean manufacturing, lean production, or lean management refer to a complete business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, customer relations, and the overall enterprise.

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Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. We teach courses, hold management seminars, write and publish books and workbooks, and organize public and private conferences. We use the surplus revenues from these activities to conduct research projects and support other lean initiatives such as the Lean Education Academic Network, the Lean Global Network and the Healthcare Value Leaders Network.