Introduction to Lean & Visual Management

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Clarity’s ‘Introduction to Lean & Visual Management’ workshop offers a secure grounding in these tried-and-tested techniques. Originating in Japan, Lean is a strategy for minimalism in business which translates to increased productivity and reduced waste of time and resources.

On this workshop you’ll learn more about how Lean began, and how it has evolved into a 21^st century philosophy that can be adapted to almost any business sector. Discover sources of waste within your business, and shine a light on the obstacles that are preventing it from achieving full potential. Identify ways you can add value to your process flows while increasing satisfaction among both customers and staff.

Course Overview
What you get
Outcome

This foundation level course will introduce the basic principles of Lean, including how to identify the ‘8 Wastes’ and the benefit of finding ‘2 Second Improvements’ every day, as well as an overview of visual management and its benefits for your Lean programme. You’ll learn how to:

Understand the benefits of visual communication, including the importance of ‘Lead’ and ‘Lag’ measures, and the ‘1-3-10 rule’
Understand how a tiered meeting structure works and why it is required.
Identify a communication strategy and tiered meeting structure
Create a design brief for daily/weekly meeting performance boards for management & departmental teams
Coach the teams in the correct use of visual management to increase employee engagement and create a cadence of accountability
Develop appropriate KPIs for tracking progress
Display information to maximise focus, productivity and accountability

1 x bespoke designed (with your team as part of the workshop activity) KPI Performance Board Overlay with whiteboard (1800x1200mm)
Accessories including magnetic status indicators and document holders
1 x 8 Wastes poster overlay with whiteboard (small)
1 x 8 Wastes board overlay with whiteboard (medium)
Complimentary Clarity Slide Pack Handouts

As well as a thorough understanding of general Lean philosophy, your team will leave this workshop with a Visual Management board they can use on a daily basis in team meetings to help better understand their performance and create countermeasures where they are required. To ensure this is successful we would recommend that all key stakeholders involved in the meeting where the board will be used are included in the workshop.