Minimize and prioritize the ‘daily whirlwind’ that prevents employees from leading, coaching and mentoring at all levels.

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Learn how Leader Standard Work can be driven by every employee in the business, though peer to peer alignment. Learn how job descriptions should build in an expectation of ‘realistic’ time to allow for Leader Standard Work, how to empower staff at all levels to engage in the concepts of Leader Standard Work and grow leaders for the future, how to evaluate the effectiveness of the Leader Standard Work program and how to measure results in real time to further coach and mentor those who require additional support. Come away with an action plan you can take back to your workplace to visually prioritize, empower and engage leaders at all levels.

Rating: Intermediate

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Developing Scientific Thinking Problem Solvers

Having trouble creating a team of problem solvers? Not sure what techniques to use? Learn the Improvement Kata routine for experimental thinking and the Coaching Kata routine for leaders to develop the improvement skills of others. Through simulation, practice both techniques and learn how to develop your own story board. Learn how to create a ‘challenge’ and how to develop a current condition and the next target condition. Practice rapid PDCA cycles (experiments) towards the target condition and the five coaching questions.

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The Right Way to A3

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In this hands-on workshop, you will learn a practical and effective A3 problem solving approach and methodology that will allow you to successfully work though challenging problems within your supply chain and workplace overall, and easily communicate status and results to the rest of your organization. This workshop uses a tried-and-true A3 methodology that includes practical examples, exercises, activities, and templates that you can take away and start using immediately. Learn the “right way to A3” and start developing a powerful and successful team centered problem-solving culture within your own organization.

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Next level of enterprise excellence

For decades, Lean has been used by manufacturers to reduce operational complexity and improve productivity. It provides a foundation for operational excellence and boosts organizational performance through a focus on value-adding activities. But embracing Lean by itself is not sufficient to address the operational challenges of an increasingly digitally connected and globalized world. Industry 4.0 offers new approaches for dealing with products and complex supply chains. Advanced manufacturing promotes faster, more agile and more efficient processes through the use of automation technologies for consistent quality and productivity gains. Both Lean and Industry 4.0 promise to solve manufacturing challenges by uncovering the most effective way to reach the next level of operational excellence.

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Learn how to include the continuous improvement cycle to create, implement, and sustain your safety management system

Through a guided exercise and practical application of provided tools and templates, learn how to include the continuous improvement cycle to create, implement, and sustain your Safety Management System. Learn how to identify bottlenecks in the maintenance of your Safety Management System and develop a rolling calendar to level the work load necessary for maintaining the system.

Rating: Beginner

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The Missing Link to Lean

In the Toyota Way Fieldbook, Jeffrey Liker and David Meier state, "The Toyota Method for training is tried and true, and they have used it (Training Within Industry-TWI) for over 50 years". Through an interactive demonstration of this teaching method, you will learn how operators can be trained quickly to do a job safely, correctly and conscientiously and why the Job Instruction (JI) method has been the cornerstone for standardized work at Toyota since 1951. Hear why hundreds of companies in countries around the world are increasingly using TWI in Manufacturing, Healthcare, Construction and Service Industries to provide their people with the skills they need to continuously improve.

Rating: Intermediate

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Learning the Lean Fundamentals

In this workshop learn the fundamentals of Lean and experience through a hands-on simulation just what Lean can do for your processes, your business, and your life! You will understand value from the customers perspective and appreciate how reducing obstacles to create flow is key. The definition of Lean will come alive, and you will leave the workshop with the tools needed to identify waste and non-value-added activity in any process, which is the best place to start your Lean journey!

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Creating a Green Value Stream to Compete and Win

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Learn a step-by-step process to identify, measure, and move toward the elimination of the 7 key environmental wastes of Energy, Water, Materials, Garbage, Transportation, Emissions and Biodiversity and how Green wastes impact competitiveness, the bottom line, relationships with customers, and employee retention. Based on familiar Lean Thinking, learn how to apply a simple Green Value Stream Mapping tool to identify green waste and hear case examples from companies that are benefiting from a focus on environmental sustainability.

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Online personality assessment to identify key behavior traits

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Learn how to get to know people better and faster. Better understanding personalities can help you motivate teams and deal with potential conflict. Employees that understand each other, work more effectively together. Through this interactive workshop you will have an opportunity to try out the Drake P3 assessment and learn how an online-based personality assessment that focuses on key behavior traits, can help predict workplace performance. Used by over 580,000 people globally, Drake 3 has been rated over 90% accurate by 96% of all users.

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Unfreeze the organization through deep alignment from the tip to the stern

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Hoshin Kanri is the pivotal tool that systematically drives management consensus building around the vision of the organization. In this workshop you will learn how to apply the Hoshin Kanri approach and how to find TruNorth©, establishing the vital few objectives. Unfreeze your organizations locked up breakthrough potential through crystal clear alignment and purpose from the C-Suite to Gemba! Learn the power of the Hoshin Kanri process to systematically establish a plan using 6 main steps- 1) WHY: Establish the mission founded on the values 2) WHAT: Build the long-term vision- breakthrough objectives 3) WHAT: Build the one-year vision- breakthrough objectives 4) HOW MUCH: Set the monthly targets that drive focus and success 5) HOW: Build the enabling tactical list 6) WHO: Who is responsible at this level to see that the metric is met and the tactical work is completed..

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A Look Inside Transplace's Management System of Relentless Continuous Improvement

Learn fundamentals and tools to take problem solving to multiple layers of an organization and connect it to a management system. This overview will look at Transplace's use and documentation of three levels of problem-solving tools, and how it is connected to the organization's management system. Learn the key elements of problem solving and process thinking, the challenges and obstacles to driving problem solving into various cultures, why lean thinkers are hard on processes and easy on people, how instability in supply chain areas with problems can deliver failed outputs to the customer and the concept of entropy and how processes—left unchecked—will likely fall apart!

Rating: Intermediate

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The Right Way to A3

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn a practical and effective A3 problem solving approach and methodology that will allow you to successfully work though challenging problems within your supply chain and workplace overall, and easily communicate status and results to the rest of your organization. This workshop uses a tried-and-true A3 methodology that includes practical examples, exercises, activities, and templates that you can take away and start using immediately. Learn the “right way to A3” and start developing a powerful and successful team centered problem-solving culture within your own organization.

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Using relevant and reliable information to improve decision making and drive financial success

The financial impact of Lean is well known. Focusing an organization on customer value results in revenue growth, and that the deployment of Lean eliminates waste, creates flow, and improves cost management. But before any of that appears, a fundamental shift must occur in what and how an organization measures itself operationally and financially, and that’s what Lean Accounting is all about. In this workshop through presentation, case study exercises and discussion, you will learn why lean organizations need Lean management accounting systems, how to build and use a Lean management accounting system to make relevant information available to decision makers on a timely basis and how to sustain a Lean management accounting system with Lean financial practices.

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Assisting others to change

Leaders can be frustrated by their team members' reluctance to change. They know WHAT is important, WHY it is important, HOW to do the work and they have the resources required. So, what’s missing? In this interactive workshop learn the fundamental skills of coaching, what drives human behaviour and how to motivate change. A simple methodology will give you everything you need to be a successful coach in the workplace. Learn the process of coaching and how coaching is different to traditional leadership. Learn about the skills and mind set required and the key principles of neuroscience that explain how coaching helps the brain change. Participants should be prepared to be coached on topics related to real challenges or opportunities at work or life in general.

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Keeping our teams safe while improving our processes

Organizations are legislated to have a safety program, but not a process improvement program.  Creating an environment where safety is the culture is tough. Engaging employees to look for waste in processes is even more difficult. In this workshop you will learn how to build a safe work culture that also looks for improvement opportunities every day, everywhere; how to drive ownership back to employees for safe work habits and improvement activities; how to utilize safety walks and Gemba walks to engage employees in discussions on improvement activities; how to add ergonomics discussions into value stream mapping and how to leverage basic LEAN tools such as 5S and poka yoke (mistake proofing).

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4 essential skills to lead change

To be an effective LEAN leader you have to know how to work with teams and help them reach their full potential. With facilitation skills, you will be able to identify and eliminate obstacles and enable your team to grow and to accomplish its mission. Through discussion and practical hands-on work, this interactive workshop will help you learn 4 essential skills for effective team facilitation: change leadership, brainstorming, conflict resolution and consensus decision-making.

Rating: Intermediate

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If the Bobber goes Under, Give it a Yank!!

Learn to design your own visual management system. Discover how to create an operational excellence war room and see the big picture using a Lego layout.

Implementing visual management techniques is essential for any lean enterprise. It is critical for long-term sustainability. Visual management is much more than posting process related metrics. It will drive daily management and continuous improvement. Key elements and examples of visual management systems will be delivered in this workshop.  Benefits include increased employee engagement, smoother communication among associates and improved productivity, safety, lead time, quality and delivery.

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STREAMLINING MATERIAL PROCESSES TO IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE SHEET AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

LEAN inbound logistics improves the flow of materials and overall costs while ultimately providing better quality service to your customers. In this workshop, LEAN how to apply lean principles to all aspects of your current inbound logistics network -- including transportation, suppliers, and materials. By developing lean strategies, identifying operational realities, and exploring new tools for implementation, participants will understand how to balance inventory costs with transportation costs and design a better network based on LEAN principles and customer service.

Rating: Intermediate

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Delivering Results that MatteR

Featuring global leaders that are using LEAN management strategically to achieve results, this workshop provides a practical, disciplined approach for transforming public and private sector services to bring more value to the customer who uses the services, the employee who provides the services and, in the case of public services, the taxpayer who pays for them. It reviews the five phases of LEAN implementation that organizations can typically expect to go through on their LEAN journey.  It will also provide advice on governance and oversight, leadership and strategic use of LEAN.  The workshop will draw on Canadian and US case studies and will include a simulation exercise.  Upon completion of the workshop, participants will have a clear roadmap for implementing LEAN in public and private sector environments.

Rating: Beginner, Intermediate

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Learning the LEAN Basics

Learn the LEAN basics through presentation, discussion and simulation. In this hands-on, interactive workshop, you will learn the meaning and origins behind some of the commonly used LEAN terms. You will leave the workshop with a better understanding of the basic principles for closing gaps in business performance through the structured use of LEAN methodologies and employee engagement. Presentation and discussion will be followed by an interactive LEAN Simulation. The simulation will walk you through an organization as it transforms from traditional to a LEAN enterprise.

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FUNDAMENTALS OF PEOPLE-CENTRIC LEADERSHIP

There exists a crisis in leadership today.  According to Gallup polls, only 30% of the workforce is engaged, costing the U. S. billions of dollars in productivity every year. Most people recognize the immense value of inspired and engaged teams, but the question still persists, "How do I achieve and sustain one?"  This course was designed by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) to provide organizations with a comprehensive overview of people-centric leadership and the behaviors required to build a culture where every day, everyone is fulfilled by pursuing excellence and everybody flourishes. PCL involves employees at every level: manufacturing, office staff, management and the CEO.

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The Missing Link to LEAN

In the Toyota Way Fieldbook, Jeffrey Liker and David Meier state, "The Toyota Method for training is tried and true, and they have used it (Training Within Industry-TWI) for over 50 years". Learn and experience the TWI method of training that was created in the US in the 1940's and why it is still used at Toyota to train people in the Toyota Production System to consistently produce the highest quality vehicles in the world.  An overview of Job Relations (JR), Job Instruction (JI) and Job Methods (JM) programs will demonstrate how this training contributes to the creation of a positive, collaborative work environment.  You will learn how operators can be trained to do a job safely, correctly and conscientiously in a quick time frame and why TWI has been the cornerstone for standardized work and continuous improvement at Toyota since 1951.

www.daretocompete.ca

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Linking Lean Systems and Strategic Plans

This hands-on workshop shows attendees how to utilize Hoshin Kanri at the organizational level. Participants will develop a basic lean-based Kanri example and create a Lean Management System charter relevant to their organization. From there, attendees will review how samples of typical types of leading and lagging Key Process Indicators are pertinent to their business. This workshop is conducted in a break-out team format where discussion and cross-learning can occur. 

www.accuridecorp.com

Rating: Intermediate

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How Your Business Can Profit From Sustainability

This interactive workshop provides a practical and proven approach to reveal and reduce hidden green wastes often overlooked in organizations. With a focus on the reduction and avoidance of costs, this workshop provides valuable tools and resources to quickly realize both short-term and long-term benefits that yield immediate savings while improving environmental performance including the reduction of embedded and added carbon emissions. Case studies, including Campbell Company, Maple Leaf Foods, Cape Canaveral, Tim Hortons and Southbrook winery are used to illustrate the business cases for the resulting conservation opportunities.

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Rating: Intermediate

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Deploying Problem Solving Throughout Your Organization

Structured and methodical practical problem solving, grounded in the scientific method (PDCA), provides the foundation for LEAN, LEAN Six Sigma, or any continuous improvement initiative. Broadly deployed, systematic and methodical practical problem-solving dramatically improves an organization's performance and is the foundation for engaging and developing the potential of the people in the organization. This workshop will provide an overview of the seven-step problem-solving method underlying A3 summaries and provide a strategy for deploying practical problem solving throughout the organization.

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Discover the true secrets and insights to Lean Strategy

Lean Strategy is perhaps the most widely talked about – but least understood – elements of lean principles today.  Many claim to understand lean methodologies, such as value stream mapping and Kaizen but very few people have deep insights about the true nature of Lean Thinking and Lean Strategy. Born and raised in Japan and trained and mentored by a number of Toyota and Japanese-trained “sensei’s”, David Koichi Chao brings his years of lean strategy experience to the workshop.  He will explain how lean companies use holistic strategy to build the vision and direction, utilize methodologies such as Kaizen and Kaikaku to build the product and processes, and manage people through specialized people development framework.  David will reveal Lean Sensei’s lean strategy thinking and will help you build your own corporate lean strategy.

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