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Lean Value Stream Improvement

An intensive and practice program for learning how to chart your course for improvement and make extraordinary gains in performance.

Course Description

Few methods have generated more interest than value stream mapping, yet most companies greatly underachieve with their value stream efforts. This program derives its lessons from practice experience in real operational transformation.

You may notice that this is not just another value stream mapping course – it is called Lean Value Stream Improvement. While building the maps is an important part of the process, it is not as important as how to understand, analyze and dialogue about the gap between where you currently are and where you want to be. This course will cover the whole process – mapping, thinking, team views, priority setting and tools for closing your gaps. You will leave not just with an understanding of how to build and utilize value stream maps but you will also have the ability to turn that into a powerful program for change – including all the slides you need to teach, facilitate and lead.

A powerful simulation will serve as the practice ground for this process. Unlike most value stream mapping courses which use paper-case studies, you will actually be able to build a map of a process you run and then use the value stream improvement process to chart your course for improvement and test your decisions. Value stream improvement is not a formula that pops out a magic answer nor is it a set of prescribed solutions – it is a method for constantly applying the fundamentals of Plan-Do-Check-Act to your improvement process.

The Lean Experience is exactly what it sounds like – an experience! The objective is not just to pass on information but to allow participants to internalize lean through personal experience and application. The driving force of this internalization is our Learn – Apply – Reflect process. Through a rapid repeated process key concepts are first learned and you have it in your head, then applied and you put them in your hands and finally reflected upon where you put them in your heart. This Learn – Apply – Reflect process results in walking examples of lean thinking returning to your organization to act as leaders, coaches and achievers of lean.

Key Benefits

1. Learn how value stream improvement goes beyond building maps.
2. Be able to lead a team through building tension between an understanding of the current state and a vision of the ideal state.
3. Prioritize your efforts effectively for the "biggest bang for your buck."
4. Leave with all the tools (including materials) and knowledge you need for value stream improvement.

Agenda

Day 1: Building Tension

The first day focuses on building tension of your process – a deep understanding of the current state and a vision of the ideal state. Using our LeanQuad Production System simulation you will experience building a value stream map, analyzing it and building an ideal state using a lean lens.

Days 2: Closing The Gap

The second day will focus on building an effective plan for closing the gap. You will learn methods of analyzing the gap and prioritizing your plans, and you will be able to apply these lessons to the LeanQuad Production System to internalize the lessons. Finally, you will leave with an action plan for applying this powerful method within your own organization.

Location

Lean Learning Center, Novi, Michigan