Lean Operations

[Detailed programme]

Implementing Lean Thinking in Manufacturing, Logistics and Services

Possibility to obtain the certificate "Lean Competency" accredited by the Lean Enterprise Research Centre

Has your company been trying to make the transition to Lean manufacturing and logistics?
Are you in a position that involves finding ways to eliminate bottlenecks and streamline a continuous manufacturing or logistics process?
Is one of your objectives to reduce waste?

Target audience

Lean Operations is a must for:

• Senior operations managers of manufacturing and logistics companies
• Manufacturing and logistics managers responsible for formulating and implementing change towards lean
• Resource planning managers
• Maintenance managers
• Supply chain managers
• Service sector

Why this programme

By making the 'lean' transition, a business can realise dramatic results and improvements throughout all areas within the business. The significant performance gap between companies applying 'lean' and those that do not has triggered continued attention. Therefore a course has been developed that provides a theoretical and practical approach that is needed by all operational managers to learn how to assess lean opportunities, define lean improvement projects, and prioritise the lean projects to implement.

There is a possibility to obtain the certificate "Lean Competency" accredited by the Lean Enterprise Research Centre. To obtain this accreditation, the participant must pass a written exam and an oral defence (with a jury of faculty) of how she/he plans to apply concepts from the course within the organisation.

Programme objectives

This seminar will help the participants to 'lean' their manufacturing and logistics processes by:

• Acquiring a coherent and integrated understanding of the concepts of lean
• Gaining insight into how to apply lean principles to operations and possible related hurdles in implementation
• Implementing more successfully lean projects

Participants that attend all modules and complete the various homework exercises and evening sessions will receive a certificate of completion.

Programme topics

The programme consists of two 3-day modules, including two evening work sessions.

• Module 1
• Lean principles
• Value stream mapping
• Lean layout principles
• Reducing change over times
• Lean agility
• Organising for TPM
• Quality tools (eg. TQM, Six Sigma)
• Kaizen & continuous improvement
• Lean planning & scheduling
• Bottleneck management

• Module 2
• Lean teams, people, and implementation
• Reducing design & lead time to market
• Lean supply chain
• Hoshin costing & targeting
• Capacity & variability analysis

Detailed programme

The Vlerick approach

Throughout the programme, a variety of lean business games are used in combination with cases to test and prove the theories being taught. The evening sessions are designed as exercises and discussion sessions to help participants learn how to apply the various tools and philosophies from a more practical standpoint. 

Faculty

Keynote Speaker is Prof Dr John Bicheno, professor of Operations Management at the University of Buckingham, Senior Research Associate at the Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC) and Director of the MSc in Lean Operations at Cardiff Business School. He will be complemented by four other professors.

Faculty

Sponsors

The Lean Operations programme has been developed by Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, in cooperation with PICS, Filip Williotstraat 9, 2600 Berchem, Belgium. PICS Belgium is an official affiliate of APICS.