Recognize potential. Reduce lead times. Make processes safer.
Lean Tools are particularly beneficial when they are specifically applied to real processes, workplaces, and interfaces. This practical package helps to make improvement potentials visible and to select suitable methods for the next steps.
Benefits for your company
Your company gains a structured view of concrete improvement potentials in its own work environment. Instead of general method training, initial starting points are created that can be directly pursued.
Examples:
- Identification of waste, bottlenecks, and sources of error
- Initial approaches to reducing lead times, waiting times, and unnecessary paths
- More efficiency through optimized processes, standards, and responsibilities
- Higher process security through simple error prevention and visual transparency
- Better quality through early detection of critical process points
- More decision-making confidence in selecting suitable Lean Tools
Concrete result
At the end of the package, participants have identified, evaluated, and planned improvements for concrete improvement potentials in their own company.
Typical contents
- TIMWOOD: Recognize and categorize types of waste
- Gemba Walk: Observe processes on-site and make improvement potentials visible
- 5S: Create order, standards, and transparency in the workplace or in digital structures
- SMED: Analyze and reduce setup and changeover times
- Poka Yoke: Prevent errors before they occur
- Andon: Make problems visible and enable quick response
- Jidoka: Ensure quality in the process
- Brief overview: VSM and Kanban
Practical component
- Observation of real processes as part of a Gemba Walk
- Analysis of own processes, activities, or work areas for waste
- Application of selected Lean Tools to concrete examples from the company
- Discussion of possible areas of application, such as workplace, office, shop floor, SharePoint, or interface processes
- Prioritization of initial improvement approaches and next steps
Scope of services & details
- 1-day on-site workshop for up to 15 people
- Conducted in German or English
- Practical examples and exercises
- 1-hour Gemba Walk in your own work environment (area is determined in advance)
- Booklet for participants
- Concrete next steps for application in the company
Price plus travel expenses
The stated price includes the implementation of the package as described in the scope of services. Travel expenses are not included and will be calculated separately based on the actual effort depending on the location. Billing is done after the service is provided. Upon request, you will receive a non-binding estimate of the expected travel expenses in advance.