The Michigan Lean Consortium is partnering with The Lean Learning Center to ofter our members access to Lean Learning Courses at no cost!
The Lean Learning Center Online Education System was designed as a flexible information source to help you accomplish any of these goals. Because there is no prescriptive plan for module completion, users can select the module(s) that are directly applicable to them at the time. Benefits of the system include:
Anytime access anywhere Internet is available
Multiple device compatibility for viewing on Smartphones, computers, iPads and tablets
Easy to understand explanations
Everyday examples of concepts and techniques • Engaging and entertaining videos to illustrate concepts
Common language and approaches for organizational improvement
CURRENT COURSES
Introduction to Lean Thinking
This module establishes Lean thinking as the foundation of any continuous improvement effort. This module briefly introduces the five principles and four rules of Lean, defines the differences between rules and principles and significance of both in establishing common thinking within an organization.
Number of modules: 1
Approximate run time: 5 minutes
Introduction to the Lean Rules and Principles
Recommended as the first course to complete, this course establishes Lean thinking as the foundation of any continuous improvement effort. This course briefly introduces the five principles and four rules of Lean, defines the differences between rules and principles and significance of both in establishing common thinking within an organization.
Why Lean Rules Rule:
Introduces the four rules of Lean that provide the steady and reliable criteria for objectively evaluating processes to determine opportunities for improvement. Throughout this series, learners will acquire:
An overview of structured activities and the criteria necessary for designing structured activities as well as an understanding of the impact that unstructured activities have on the completion of work
Recognition of the hundreds of customer-supplier relationships that exist both within the organization and outside the organization and the requirements for establishing clear connections to ensure consistent and reliable responses
An awareness of the flow paths that people, material and information follow for work completion and the impact that multiple flow paths have on the work results produced
A structured method for planning and testing experiments to improve work
Principles with a Pow!
Introduces the five principles of Lean required to establish common thinking and guide the behaviors and actions displayed by those working within an organization. Throughout this module series, learners will acquire:
A common lens for conducting objective and factual observation of work processes to identify improvement opportunities
An understanding of the critical role of establishing high agreement to align the efforts of others in goal accomplishment
A common lens and language for identifying waste within work processes and communicating the presence of waste to others
An awareness of the difference between firefighting symptoms of problems and using a structured and systematic approach for permanently addressing the root cause of a problem
Recognition of the role that structured, daily learning plays in continuously moving an organization toward achieving its ideal state vision for performance and operations
At the MLC, we do our best to be inclusive at every level of experience, whether it’s a conference, Gemba walk or any other of our membership activities.
An individual or organizational membership gives you a year’s worth of great Lean learning and networking at low- or no-cost!
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