Your Kaizen Event
Lean Six Sigma and TOC for
Healthcare, Clean Rooms, Laboratories, and Repositories
Three-Day Kaizen Blitz Course Description
No single process improvement philosophy is sufficient to sustain a process of ongoing improvement. This workshop uses a combination of lecture, computer simulations, and case studies to demonstrate how LEAN, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints are combined to create real value added and sustainable process improvement. The outcomes of the course include training for attendees, a prioritized list of potential process improvements, and roadmaps for implementation of selected projects. More importantly, a kaizen team will be equipped to continue process improvement that yields improved customer service while concurrently achieving a high return on investment.
During this kaizen event, attendess will:
Evaluate the core components of LEAN, Six-Sigma, and Theory Of Constraints methodologies
Identify real value added process improvement projects
Generate and prioritize a list of potential process improvement projects
Choose the most effective process improvement tools for your projects
Create a vision and implementation plan for at least one project per attendee
Day 1: Document the current state
Conduct process tour for facilitator
Identify processes for improvement
Construct preliminary process flows
Understand the fundamentals of Lean, Six Sigma, & TOC
Day 2: Learn using computer simulation lab and case studies
Discuss: "Why is managing operations difficult?"
Compare high resource utilization Vs. process cycle time
Experiment with batch sizing
Learn about pacesetters, buffers, and pull
Discover how to optimize process layout
Review case studies
Day 3: Create the future state
List & prioritize potential improvement projects
Evaluate impact of policies, measures, behaviors
Select projects and process improvement approach
Develop implementation roadmap for at least on project
Some of our Experience:
- Accugenix
- Ansell Edmont
- Ashland Chemical Co.
- Becton-Dickinson & Co.
- Case Western Reserve University
- Franklin International
- Guidant
- SeraCare Life Sciences
- The Resource Center
Michael Pitcher, CIRM, Jonah will personally facilitate your program. Michael is the Founder and President of Operations Excellence Consulting, Inc a company that specializes in high performance process improvements. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Oberlin College and an MBA in Executive Management from Ashland University. Michael has personally managed production, development, and research laboratories in manufacturing and healthcare. He is an inventive problem solver having authored a patent for chemical processes and having won the President's Award at Becton-Dickinson & Co. for product/process development. Michael is a frequent guest speaker at many colleges and universities including The Ohio State University, Miami University, and the Acton School of Business where he shares his insights regarding process improvement.
For More Information Contact:
Operations Excellence Consulting, Inc
mpitcher@theleanlaboratory.com
740-323-2611
