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Newsletter
MARCH 2010 NEGOTIATING TO WIN: 11th March 2010, Belfast
This training workshop enables participants to self-discover the essential principles in Negotiating with Synergy. It is an ethical, principled, Win-Win negotiating process based on research from the Harvard Negotiating Project and the international best seller “Getting to YES” by Fisher and Ury.
Click here for more >>4TH ANNUAL LEAN SYMPOSIUM: 30th & 31st March, Clonmel
This symposium is a highly interactive one which includes a half day workshop to assist manufacturing and service organisations implement and sustain Lean initiatives in the current global economic climate. Irish-based companies Shannon Aerospace, Green Isle Foods, Lake Region Medical and Bulmers will present on their lean experiences to date.
Click here for more >>TRANSFORMING ENGINEERING EDUCATION: 6th - 9th April 2010, Dublin
IBM and the IEEE are hosting an international conference on the role of cross-disciplinary instruction in preparing engineering graduates to meet the changing needs of employers.
Click here for more >>SPC - STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL: 29th & 30th April 2010, Athlone
This two-day course is facilitated by First Polymer Training in Athlone. Superior product quality and process performance is achieved by identifying and resolving the causes of the process variation. SPC is an essential tool for companies implementing ISO 9001, ISO 14001, QS 9000 and lean six sigma.
Click here for more >>6 SIGMA ON 30 ROCK
For those of you who missed it first time round in Jan `09, have a giggle!
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Lean Enterprise
"Lean Thinking is Lean because it provides a way to do more and more with less and less - less human effort, less equipment, less time, and less space - while coming closer and closer to providing customers with exactly what they want."
Lean Thinking, Womack & Jones
CORDATUS VIDEO - LEAN ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
OUR ROLE AS LEAN TRANSFORMATION AGENTS
Cordatus consultants act as a transformation agents, assisting clients to understand lean manufacturing and lean services and to adapt lean principles and practices to their organisation. As a result customer satisfaction increases, business grows and the organisation becomes proactive, agile and innovative in meeting ever-changing market needs. We will support you through a complete lean enterprise implementation programme covering all 5 stages of Lean deployment:
Stages
1. Value
2. The Value
Stream3. Flow
4. Pull
5. Perfection
Activities
Why lean?
Consultant selection & engagement
Map the
value stream - current state & future state
Execute learning programme
Implement signal based replenishment systems
Implement lean design & develop problem solving competencies
Strategic plan review, lean programme outline & budget & resource agreement
Identify problems, prioritise & develop
improvement roadmapDevelop A3 sheets & execute projects, using DMAIC
Review projects & certify successful candidates
Establish new markets, new products, new services
Customer critical to quality attributes &
stakehoder analysisSelect people & match to projects on roadmap
Implement 5S & instill continuous improvement mentality
Communicate & celebtrate organisation success
Review customer critical to quality attributes
Commuincate lean objectives
Establish & communicate process performance metrics
Review progress & amend plan
Review progress & amend plan
Start again and re-define the new future state
THE LEAN TOOLBOX
The journey from current state to future state involves identifying and reducing waste in processes that deliver value to customers. Our Lean training programmes are custom-configured and paced to suit client needs, and to serve clients' customers' needs. Cordatus offers interactive case-study-based training in the following lean tools:
- Value Stream Mapping
- Takt Time
- The 7 Wastes
- 5S
- Kaizen events - planning & executing
- Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)
- Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
- Implementing pull systems/just-in-time/Kanban
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Statistical Process Control
- Total Poductive Maintenance
- Standard Work
- Team Building
- Takt Time
CERTIFIED LEAN LEARNING PROGRAMMES
The Kaizen facilitator
A kaizen facilitator is a proactive change agent within an organisation. He/she has a positive attitude towards change, good people and persuasion skills, and a knowledge of how to apply a basic range of lean tools to resolve process problems in a short period of time. The kaizen facilitator works as a part-time problem solving team facilitator, lending support to kaizen event leaders during focused problem solving activities, and assisting in embedding lean behaviours within the organisation. We recommend that any organisation striving for lean transformation, certifies 10% to 15% of its staff as kaizen facilitators. The attached kaizen facilitation workshops and certification guidelines provide an overview of the role, the learning effort and the certification criteria. We will be happy to assess your organisation and provide advice on a kaizen facilitation programme, people selection, process problem selection and certification guidelines.
The Lean Black Belt
The lean black belt is a highly skilled people manager and process problem solver. He/she exhibits the same personal characteristicas as the kaizen facilitator, however he/she is skilled to a higher level in team based problem solving, and is usually works full time as a lean change agent in the organisation. We recommend that any organisation striving for lean transformation, certifies 1% to 2% of its staff as lean black belts. The attached lean black belt workshops and certification guidelines provide an overview of the role, the learning effort and the certification criteria. We will be happy to assess your organisation and provide advice on a lean learning programme, people selection, process problem selection and certification guidelines.
Please contact us to discuss your lean requirements, we will be happy to provide guidance or answer any questions you may have.Please see also our six sigma and combined lean and six sigma learning programmes, and click on our services to gain an understanding of our holostic approach to learning.
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