January 6, 2023

8 am to 5 pm

At the DPMG Learning Center located at 1333 Howe Ave, Suite 211, Sacramento, CA 95825

  • Length

    8 Hours

  • Effort

    8 Hours

  • Subject

    Lean

  • Level

    Introductory

  • Language

    English

  • Course Type

    In-person

Who Would Benefit from Attending This Course?

  • Executive management, Senior management, Mid-level management, Operations and Admin managers. 
  • Project managers and process owners who want to learn and apply Lean management principles and lead a Lean transformation of an individual value stream.
  • Professionals across nearly all fields, including manufacturing, communications, health care, education and the military, who are seeking a proven method for dramatically improving their organization’s processes.
  • Frontline employees who want to be change agents by introducing Lean to their company.
  • Admin and line workers. 
  • Anybody in a decision-making capacity that leads or influence organizations.

Lean Principles

In- Person Masters Series

Key to Lean implementation is recognizing the difficulty in seeing waste and in applying appropriate steps to reduce it. This 1 day course focuses on introducing Lean Thinking as a methodology for identifying and eliminating non-value-added or wasteful elements in an organization. It will help you define and understand the different types of waste that exist in an organization as viewed by customers. 

This course is designed to: 

Give you the opportunity to apply various lean tools and methods in a simulated environment. This learn-do technique illustrates cause and effect relationships for each of the lean tools presented. You will be able to measure the impact of your improvement efforts.  

Upon completion, you will be able to:

  • Understand Lean Principles and how they are applied in an organization
  • Understand what value means in a Lean
  • Identify non-valued and waste activities that exist in an organization
  • Apply Lean tools and method to effectively reduce cost and improve productivity
  • Organize work areas to reduce lost time and errors 

Course Outline/Components

  1. Why Lean?
  2. What is Lean?
  3. Lean Principles
  4. Lean Tools and Methods
  5. Simulation


Prerequisites  

None

Fee

This is an in-person instructor led course