The course is designed to enable participants to understand and implement Lean concept as Leader of the team. The contents include

1. Lean Fundamentals - History of Quality and rise of Lean concepts, What is Lean? Basic Concept & Benefits, Five Principles of Lean, their importance in Lean and various tools used and overall Lean methodology.
2. Value - Definition, Need of defining value, systematic defining value for creating higher value for business.
3. Value Stream Mapping (VSM) - Basic Concept, Flow of Material and Information, their significance and relationships, success factors, symbols used, time measurements, Business Criteria and Product * Process Matrix for choosing product or product group, data collection for VSM Analysis, Other realizations during making of VSM (excessive transportation / motion, disordered places, process adherence issues etc.) and Secondary tools to analyze VSM, TT/CT chart and its applications in Kaizen Bursts.
4. Flow: Definition of 3Ms (Muda, Mura, Muri) with applications, Improving reliability using TPM concepts and SMED.
5. Pull: Understanding difference between Push & Pull, Production Control Fundamentals, concept of zero inventory, single piece flow, load leveling, heijunka, Kanban and Supermarkets.
6. Striving for Perfection: Challenging status quo and Designing FSVSM, Improvement loops and VSM improvement plan, standard questions to ask for continual improvement.