Lean Enterprise

Transformation Program (LETP)

Organizations of all types and sizes have been introduced to the lean concepts from a dizzying number of sources.

Becoming a true lean enterprise has been achieved by less than five percent of those organizations, but more importantly, has been achieved by an elite group of organizations. The “inconvenient truth” is that there is no single roadmap for achieving the organizational excellence that is defined by the lean enterprise. The goal of this course is to provide the base framework and methodology to achieve the sustainable lean enterprise level and provide each organization with its own unique roadmap to execute. In other words, it is the development of the business model that defines your organization’s DNA.

Course Objectives

» Development of Internal lean leaders and managers

» Provide the base methodology, tools and principles for the lean transformation

» Transformation of a selected internal value stream

Prerequisite: Completion of the Lean Enterprise Certification Program (LECP) or equivalent knowledge and experience

Comprised of six sessions

1. Fundamentals of the Lean Enterprise

» The 4Ps: Purpose, Process, People and Performance

» The five dimensions of lean transformation

» Management systems and systemic thinking

» Lean culture

2. Strategic Value Stream Management

» Value stream fundamentals

» Determining value streams

» Value stream mapping: current and future states

» Developing the value stream operating plan

» Value stream resource planning

3. Lean Strategic Planning (Hoshin)

» Vision, Purpose and Goals

» The Purpose-Based Planning System

» A3 Thinking and Plan-Do-Check-Act

» Deployment and Implementation

» Progress Evaluation

» Sustaining Progress

4. Managing in Real Time and Measuring Success

» Measurements and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in a Lean Organization

» Cell/Process-Level Measurements

» Value Stream-Level Measurements

» Strategy-Level Measurements

» Managing in Real Time, including

• Visual Displays and Performance Reporting

• Huddle Meetings

• Leaders Standard Work

• Accountability

• Resource Planning

5. Critical-to-Vision Communications

» Cascading organizational goals and objectives

» Organizing and conducting workplace meetings and huddles

» Problem solving

» Monitoring progress and actions

6. Transformation Planning: Assessment and Gap Analysis

» The 4P Assessment of lean maturity

» Conducting the 4P Assessment

» Evaluation and gap analysis

» Creating the organization’s unique roadmap, or plan, for transformation

» Implementing and managing the plan

This course emphasizes practical application through classroom exercises and homework assignments focused on the lean transformation of a select product or service value stream. This transformation will provide the experience and model for enterprise-wide transformation.

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If you are a primary sector business, these sessions may also be partially reimbursable by the Workforce 2020 program of Job Service. To find out if you qualify, or for more information, please contact Dan Halverson at 701-354-0980, 1-866-297-8250 or danh@impactdakota.com.