Improving Process Flow
Improving Process Flow

Processes that flow smoothly bring significant benefits for organisations & their customers: customers get exactly what they want when they want it, & producers can provide an improved service more efficiently & at lower cost. Lean thinking has its roots in Toyota’s ‘Just In Time’ approach, & is recognised by many organisations as the key to improving process flow. These principles can be applied throughout an organisation, in both manufacturing & office areas, & also in the supply chain.

This course focuses on improving process flow within an organisation, providing a clear insight into lean processing principles & techniques, & showing how carefully designed ‘cells’ can be used to reap the benefits. A key element of the course is to apply the learning to a simulated process, which clearly demonstrates the type & scale of improvements which can be made, & how these can be replicated within delegates’ own processes.


Course Content
Lean Thinking
- Specifying value & recognising waste
- Identifying value streams
- Improving process flow
- Push vs. pull systems
- Pursuing perfection

Lean Processing
- Foundations for flow processing
- Making processes flow
- Understanding customer demand
- Batch vs. one-piece flow
- Kanban material control
- Load balancing & work leveling
- Constraint management
- Takt time vs. cycle time
- Time observation & analysis
- Multiskilling & standard operations
- Managing & segregating complexity

Cell Design
- Fixed vs. flexible manpower cells
- Cell layout – common configurations
- Space utilisation
- Ergonomics
- Visual controls
- Introducing a new cell layout
- Support systems

Process Improvement Simulation
- Assessing the current processing system
- Measurement & continuous improvement
- Redesign using lean & cell design principles


 
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Duration1 day
 
£395
per delegate