LEAN- Production and Operations Management

Explore the basics of production and operations management, its decision framework, the Aida framework, and how marketing, sales, production, finance, and HR interrelate to convert inputs into customer value.

Define production and operations management as a decision framework that converts inputs into outputs through production systems, emphasizing unit efficiency, manufacturing, services, and continuous process improvement.

Outline the decision framework governing production planning, control, and continuous improvement, and show how operations management integrates efficiency, quality, supplier choice, KPIs, and end-to-end supply chain decisions.

improve cost efficiency, quality, and responsiveness by aligning production with customer demand through pull systems, while balancing products and services and upholding social responsibilities.

Explore lean production principles, from job and batch processing to flow, driven by pull and TPS, and discover autonomation and JIT for waste reduction.

Explore the Toyota production system and lean manufacturing fundamentals, including just-in-time, jidoka, waste reduction, and kaizen for continuous improvement and standard work.

Map the value stream to separate value-added work from essential non-value-added work and waste, then apply lean principles—flow, pull, and continuous improvement—to shorten lead time and pursue perfection.

Explore lean principles like five s, gemba, kaizen, jidoka, poka yoke, kanban, and value stream mapping to remove waste and boost efficiency across production and other fields.

Explain the basics of lean principles and the Toyota Production System, and show how lean applications optimize working capital from demand planning to cash collection while meeting customer demand.

Master the operating cycle by managing stocks, debtors, and creditors to optimize working capital, balancing inventory, credit terms, and supplier payments across finance, supply chain, and sales.

Improve working capital by targeting its drivers across the end-to-end value chain, balancing inventory with forecast quality, demand, seasonality, and supplier terms, while using rolling averages to gauge performance.

Apply lean principles to end to end value chain improvement by optimizing the order to cash process, boosting cash flow and customer satisfaction through cross-functional activities.

Explore performance indicators across the value chain, highlighting system uptime, speed to market, waste reduction, and decisions guided by data to improve end-to-end order processing and customer satisfaction.

Learn lean production and operations management through defect prevention, end-to-end value streams, customer pull, small batch planning, and agile, continuous improvement across processes.

Apply lean principles to improve cash flow by reducing debtors and optimizing data day, and map end-to-end document flow to cut waste and boost resource efficiency.

Master lean production concepts by understanding production operations fundamentals, lean working capital, and the order-to-cash process, and see how these elements align to benefit the organization.