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42-DAY TRAINING COURSE
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What it is:
40 Intensive, highly
interactive Lean workshops
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Building Lean thinking, business management, and
leadership skills one brick-at-a-time over a 9-month
period
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Taught by qualified instructions with Master’s level
education, and extensive real-world Lean
application/implementation experience in the areas
of healthcare, manufacturing, service, and front
office.
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There will be guest speakers and guest lecturers
throughout the program, lending a diverse
perspective to topical Lean issues.
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Diverse class mix - The benefit of “comparing notes”
to the way other companies manage their Lean
initiatives and growth strategies
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Team projects. Group “homework.” Break-out
discussions. Group debates. Role plays.
Simulations.
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THREE benchmarking visits to companies who already
enjoy a high-level of Lean conversion and Lean
success --- “seeing Lean in action”
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Technical development combined with personal and
professional growth
What you’ll get - Benefits:
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In return for your/their 9-month commitment, you
will receive a more confident, competent manager; a
Lean thinking, cost-saving guru; a process
improvement specialist; and a continuous
improvement, analytical process expert.
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You will have a built-in Lean Consultant. (Lean
Consultants range from $800 to $3000 PER DAY!!)
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A catalyst for change - increasing the potential for
ongoing improvement
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Increases a company’s ability to create and sustain
positive change
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Gains the ability to identify and eliminate waste
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The cost-per-participant is less than most companies
pay per year for scrap and re-work.
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You won’t have to wait for 9 months to start seeing
the bottom-line results that your participant can
bring to your company via major and minor
improvements and supervised Lean projects.
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Your participant will DOCUMENT (in a Lean Journal)
cost savings, Lean improvements, problem solving
initiatives, corrective actions, tools and
Lean-learning over time. You will be able to SEE
how the participant has more-than-paid-for their
education and they will provide you with “the gift
that keeps on giving!”
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The company will also gain the following benefits
from their participants education:
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Opportunities to improve all areas of the business
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Increased profits and growth from the improvements
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Continued success due to internal and external
support (rather than single project success)
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A market leader perspective
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More satisfied customers
What it includes:
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A
spacious and comfortable training facility
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All Materials for the program
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A
CD containing customizable presentations of all the
basic Lean tools
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Continental breakfast and lunch are provided daily
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Training and tours (2 out-of-state)
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Featured guest speakers who are leaders in Lean
techniques.
The program encompasses eleven intermixed modules:
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Foundation
– encompasses Lean definitions and components,
barriers to success, and assessments
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Implementation*
– where and how to start, organizational structure,
Lean Operating System, effective project management,
and the need for measurement
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Cultural
– The need for change, creating commitment and
cultural change, and empowering the workforce
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Back to Basics
– how to successfully implement 5S along with ways
to make it sustainable; Value-Stream-Mapping and the
true meaning behind it; and how to implement,
monitor, and sustain any Kanban or ConWIP pull
system
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Recognition and Rewards* –
explores our personal changing needs, suggestion
systems, getting results from your recognition and
reward system, and why rewards don’t always work
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Leadership/Team Building
– covers the interrelationships with other modules,
the leadership challenge, leadership, teamwork, and
team building
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Management Skills* –
coaching for results and behaviors, managing
multiple priorities, and how to hold
results-oriented lean meetings
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Core Tools Module
– covers: the basics of standardized work, the steps
required for quick changeover, effective
problem-solving techniques, and how to facilitate a
Kaizen event
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Advanced Techniques
– implementing TPM effectively, Six Sigma tools you
can use, 5 ways of creating cellular flow, visual
workplace for the whole company, Lean Office made
simple, and how to Poka-Yoke everything
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Customer Focus* –
covers Lean and continuous improvement as is relates
to the customer, the role of marketing in a Lean
organization, 5 competitive forces that determine
industry profitability, competitive intelligence and
benchmarking, managing customer satisfaction,
measuring customer satisfaction, and Lean’s role in
new product development
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Train-the-Trainer
– covers primer on adult learning, components of a
successful presentation, organizing with A-I-D-A
(attention, interest, details, action), effectively
handling questions, and managing difficult
participants
* It is recommended that one or two members
of your senior management team attend some of these
sessions at no additional charge. Details to follow at
time of sign-up.
Note:
The above modules do not necessarily reflect
the ORDER in which classes are taught. GDC reserves
the right to change the course content and/or order of
classes based on needs as we proceed.
Master Training Certification Program
Nine months / Forty-two weeks
- divided into two semesters (that break around
Christmas)
- 2 consecutive days approximately every other week
34 classroom days
3 Off-site benchmarking visits
2 Simulation Days
1 Final Exam and Graduation Day
40 TOTAL DAYS
(16 in Semester 1 and 24 in Semester 2)
Quizzes are used to check progress.
Individual reports are sent back to
client management on progress/status of their
participants
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