Core Courses

End-to-End Value Stream Design

(also known as Value Stream Mapping)

This introductory workshop teaches how to design a value stream that utilizes flow to achieve Operational Excellence. Through the use of a current state map, the workshop allows participants to see the flow of value to the customer. From there, the workshop will cover how to construct a future state map to build a lean flow, the first step towards Operational Excellence, using guidelines such as takt, finished goods strategy, continuous flow, FIFO, pull, scheduling one point, interval scheduling, and pitch. The workshop concludes with outlining the beginning steps of an implementation plan.

Creating Mixed Model Value Streams

This advanced course takes the concepts of value stream design to the next level by teaching participants the method for creating flow in factories that have a high complexity of products, demand, and shared resources.

By understanding product family selection and how to apply lean principles in high-variety environments, students will learn how to create a value stream of multiple product flows at the pull of the customer. Attendees will also learn how to design and schedule the pacemaker process for value stream flow in these complex operations.

Creating Flow Through Shared Resources

In this technical class for manufacturers, participants delve into the newest techniques to implement flow that achieves Operational Excellence in the difficult and complex environment of shared resources.

The class covers the difference between product families and process families along with various FIFO techniques such as sequenced FIFO and offset scheduling. It also addresses advanced concepts like balancing flow at shared resources. Attendees will leave prepared to create flow for custom component build to supply downstream assembly or customers the parts they need, when they need them.

Operational Excellence in the Office

(also known as Business Process Value Streams)

In this class, participants learn the concepts and skills to create lean value streams in office processes. The session explains how to apply in-depth principles such as process family matrices, binary connections and workflow cycles, integration events, pitch, and other techniques to create lean value streams that support Operational Excellence.

Participants will learn how to create flow in office environments, design processes for seeing when flow has stopped, and develop methods for regaining flow without management.