5s Visuals Experts Concentration

5s is a foundational tool to prevent wastes. “Visuals” – as a multiplier, can be applied on any and all Lean Six Sigma tools. A work environment that is self-ordering, self-explaining, self-regulating, and self-improving.

Prerequisites

  • Analytical problem solving
  • Willingness to learn to see business processes through a new lens.  Value added, versus non value added
  • Microsoft Office knowledge

End results

  • Apply 5s/visual tools in almost any workplace (equipment based or transactional)
  • Understand that 5s is the #1 countermeasure against WORMPIIT wastes
  • Excellent Lean overview training class as you’ll be exposed to primary Lean tools
Training Agenda

5s Visuals Experts

Concentration
2 weeks
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Employee Lean

Course
Week 2
  • Basics of Lean in manufacturing
  • Basics of Lean in a back office
  • Identify the eight (8) types of waste
  • Visuals: signals, indicators, and controls to improve the process performance
  • Mechanics of change
  • History of Lean Six Sigma
  • Visual workplace
  • Learning journey
  • Learning Simulation: InventionsSIM
  • Learning SImulation: TennisBallSIM
  • Learning Simulation: CarSIM
4 day

3P

Course
Week 1
  • String, cardboard & tape. Powerful!
  • Model ... anything. Webpages, forms, fixturing, equipment layouts & more
  • Model 7 different future state options
  • Fail fast, fail cheap, fail often and fail forward
  • Small models and then model up to full scale if possible
  • Identify key words
  • Find examples
  • Sketch ideas
  • Rank & prioritize
  • Trystorm: Build the model
  • How to scale the model
  • Constructs to use for modeling
  • Facilitation advice
4 day

Define your Problem Statement.

The first step towards breaking your organizational log jams is identifying and verbalizing the challenge you're facing. What are you trying to solve? This simple Problem Statement exercise can have profound implications for your team. It helps you define the issue and gives TGG some sense of where the soft spots could be in your Order to Cash process. We invite you to take a few moments to fill out this form. A TGG consultant will contact you shortly to discuss your Problem Statement and provide some insight on how we may be able to help.

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