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COMBINE LEAN MANUFACTURING AND SIX SIGMA – #109
875.00 € HT
Context
Are you being touted for both approaches, or are you already experimenting with one? Rather than having to make a choice that you feel will not address all your issues, you want to benefit from the complementarities of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
Objectives
- Introduction to the fundamental principles of the two methods.
- Understand the respective benefits and areas of excellence.
- Understand the similarities between the 2 methods, one visual and the other analytical, for a fact-based vision of the current state.
- Identify their convergent and complementary features, and how they maximize the potential for improvement when used together.
- Learn how to identify which method should predominate based on the problem at hand.
Recommanded for
- General management
- Lean / Kaizen managers
- Six Sigma Green & Black Belts
- Quality / QHSE managers
- Production managers
- Process / Industrialization managers.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Pedagogy
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The concepts and tools presented are accompanied by numerous concrete examples that allow a good understanding of their effects and application.
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Discussions with the participants on their own cases will also help to illustrate how using the two methods in conjunction maximizes the potential for improvement.
Evaluation mode
- Knowledge test (MCQ).
Course materials
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Participant’s file containing the presentations delivered during the training and the exercise materials.
To go further
Trainings :
Consulting services : EURO-SYMBIOSE can assist you in the concrete implementation in your company. Contact us to know more about it.
Session 1
Concepts, tools and benefits of Lean Manufacturing.
Session 2
Concepts, tools and benefits of Six Sigma.
Session 3
2 fact-based approaches to problems: one visual and the other analytical.
Session 4
Complementarity for performance.
Session 5
Lean and visual management in support of all stages of DMAIC.
Session 6
Variability reduction as a prerequisite for Kaizen and for making a Lean process robust.
Session 7
When using a combined method, where to focus based on your problem.
Session 8
Comparable time frames for field and project approaches.
Session 9
Develop combined skills of Green Belt / Lean team leader and Black-Belt / Lean expert.
Session 10
Combine top-down and bottom-up methods to manage the global process.
About Instructor
Valérie LE COUËDIC
Speciality: EURO-SYMBIOSE consultant since 2001, Valérie masters both automotive and aeronautical standards. Technical contact for the VDA-QMC.