Lean Tools and Techniques for Flow and Pull

This course will introduce the Visual Workplace and just-in-time management as ways to establish Lean in your organization. The course will present line balancing as a way of increasing throughput and ensuring that work is distributed equally among resources. It will also introduce the Lean concept of kanban, a signaling system that triggers restocking of supplies. This course demonstrates the implementation of these Lean tools in both the manufacturing and service environments.

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FAQs

The Lean for Business Organizations course includes the following 6 sections:

1. Introduction to Lean for Service and Manufacturing,

2. Using Lean for Perfection and Quality,

3. Lean Tools and Techniques for Flow and Pull,

4. Reducing Waste and Streamlining Value Flow Using Lean,

5. Value Stream Mapping in Lean Business, and

6. Applying Lean in Service and Manufacturing Organizations.

After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the goals of the visual workplace and to match tools used in the visual workplace with corresponding examples.

The Visual Workplace

Use this job aid to identify the visual workplace tools that you can use to convey information in your organization.

The Science of Better Learning

Use this job aid to identify how to apply the five steps in the Kanban process.

If you apply Lean techniques when using visual cues, you'll be able to convey information in a way that saves time, energy, and money.

The visual workplace isn't a "one size fits all" solution. It's a blend of tools and techniques that complement each other and help you create an efficient workplace.

After completing this topic, you should be able to evaluate a customer-supplier relationship to determine how well the Just-in-time method is being applied

Just-in-time

When you're shopping, do you buy just enough supplies to last you for the next day or two? Or do you try to stock up for the next month? You might think that it's more efficient to stock up for the month.

Just-in-time is more than a few simple steps. It's a production philosophy that aims to reduce waste and increase value. It requires constant monitoring and continuous improvement.

After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize examples of the appropriate way to implement kanbans in a workplace

Kanban

How can you ensure that your processes run smoothly? Having the necessary supplies is one essential component. In an effective process, supplies are always available when they're needed.

An effective kanban system enables you to ensure that you know immediately when to order new supplies. New orders are pulled by the demand for supplies.

After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the goals of line balancing and to use takt time to predict implications for a given company

Line Balancing

In any process, one of your key aims is to distribute the work evenly and efficiently. If one worker is overburdened, this causes delays in the entire process.

One of the goals of line balancing is to ensure that work is evenly distributed among workers. In the ideal state, each worker spends roughly the same amount of time on similar tasks.

Calculating Takt Time

This course will introduce the Visual Workplace and just-in-time management as ways to establish Lean in your organization

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