Operational Excellence

[Detailed programme] [Faculty]

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

Operational Excellence is a must for:

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

Why this programme

This seminar will help the participants to ‘lean’ their manufacturing and services processes by:

• Acquiring a coherent and integrated understanding of the concepts of lean
• Gaining insight into how to apply lean principles to operations
• Overcoming possible hurdles in implementation

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 is held in two modules of three days each. The first module covers the foundation of Operational Excellence: lean concepts in theory and practice. The second module focuses on several topics that link to Operational Excellence: 6 sigma, factory physics, bottleneck management, lean in service contexts and in the supply chain, and change management.

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.