How to Run a Successful Kaizen Event
An IndustryWeek online training course, in partnership with Breakthrough Management Group International
Available on-demand for immediate viewing
Duration: 4 hours
Cost: $299
Instructor: Wes Waldo
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Transform your Lean knowledge into skill!
If your Lean program isn't delivering the results you expect, it could be because your practitioners are struggling with running effective Lean Kaizen events. They may know how to "talk" Lean, but not "walk" Lean -- they don't know when to apply the right
Lean tools at the right time. Even on-the-job Kaizen training can distract beginners from essential learning if they're too close to the process being improved, or if pressure to succeed is high.
This online training session offers an environment designed for knowledge transfer. Each participant will get a taste of what actually occurs before, during and after a Lean Kaizen Event. Students learn how to apply different Lean tools. Along the way, they
discover how to choose and motivate team members, and how to manage team activity during the event. In addition, they learn how to maximize and document financial results, ensuring greater ROI for your organization.
During the training, students also learn about the SCORE™ methodology, a highly-successful approach to planning, executing and evaluating Kaizen events developed by Breakthrough Management Group International. Practitioners find out what the key steps are
for each phase of SCORE (Select, Clarify, Organize, Run and Evaluate). Plus, each attendee receives a spiral-bound copy of the step-by-step SCORE event guide,
A Team Leader's Guide to Lean Kaizen Events, which they can use as a helpful checklist when they run their own events.
How to Run a Successful Kaizen Event provides a unique opportunity for organizations to increase the rate of return on Lean projects. It provides a quick and effective way to train several Kaizen event leaders at once, resulting in more consistent training
and less time spent learning on the job.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Lead waste-reducing Kaizen events using the results-driven SCORE methodology.
Choose the right Lean tool at the right moment during the event. Create meaningful and realistic Kaizen event deliverables. Plan and deliver fast-paced events that are fun and engaging for all participants.
Effectively capture and report on event results.
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New Lean practitioners from manufacturing organizations.
Also experienced Lean practitioners who want to learn Kaizen event best practices, and managers or team members who are called upon to support Kaizen events.
Prior Lean knowledge required.
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This IndustryWeek online course is 4 hours in duration. It includes training from Wes Waldo, plus five sets of questions from the live audience.
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Included with all registrations:
On-demand training course (available for viewing through June 1, 2010) Downloadable slides for note-taking A free spiral-bound copy
of the book A Team Leader's Guide to Lean Kaizen Events (which sells for
$49 at Amazon.com)
Cost:
Extras:
A CD-ROM of the training session can be added to any registration for an additional $199
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Wes Waldo
Vice President for the Manufacturing Practice
Breakthrough Management Group International
Wes Waldo is a certified Lean Master with more than a fifteen years of quality, operations management and process improvement experience in diverse manufacturing environments. Waldo graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in chemistry.
He became a Certified Lean Master at The Ohio State Fisher College of Business. He is also an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer. Waldo co-authored the BMG book
A Team Leader's Guide to Kaizen Events, and is a contributor to the Idiot's Guide to Lean Six Sigma and forthcoming innovation tools book.
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