Kaizen Breakthrough Experience - Hands-on application of today's most powerful improvement tools
Overview
“In just five days, we completely transform some part of our operations. It’s amazing to see it happen – and the results are equally amazing.”
Gary Krach, Vice President,
Customer Fulfillment Process,
Armstrong Air Conditioning
Experience the dramatic
bottom-line improvement and new manufacturing and business process efficiencies you can quickly achieve and sustain – as a member of a Kaizen team
applying Lean tools at a host company.
Who Should Attend
- Senior management team including CEO, President, COO, Vice Presidents, Directors
- Team members of various departments, including: KPO/CI Office, Quality,
Materials,
- Human Resources and Engineering
- General Managers, Department Managers,
Plant Managers
What You Will Learn
Key concepts, tools and techniques of the one-week Kaizen Breakthrough event, one of the most important components of a successful Lean transformation
- How to use Kaizen to rapidly eliminate waste and generate dramatic improvement and cost savings – through your own hands-on implementation in
an actual manufacturing or business process*
- How to identify and eliminate non value-adding activities across your value chain – and reduce lead time
- The dramatic improvement impact that lead-time reduction has on quality, cost and responsiveness
- How you can convert process “details,” such as set-up time, into significant competitive advantages
- LeanSigma®, the revolutionary process that combines Lean and Six Sigma into a single, coordinated initiative – and how Kaizen is a critical
part of this process
- How you can apply these business improvement techniques to transform your company’s culture and performance, without additional
capital
Typically, three Kaizen teams focus on shop floor issues, while one tackles a pressing business process problem. This can vary by workshop. You may
indicate your preference during registration.

Your Instructors
“In five days, Western Union – now First Data’s biggest division – came up with a new, leaner way…the time it takes to get an agent enrolled and set up dropped from 50 days to 13.”
As Reported In Investor’s
Business Daily 9/5/01
Your instructors for this workshop are senior TBM manufacturing consultants who have spent a minimum of ten years, hands-on, driving substantial business
improvement for global manufacturers. Each brings an expertise in the fundamentals of the Toyota Production System – and how to implement them with
Six Sigma in a single, coordinated initiative.

Unconditional Guarantee
If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with this
workshop, we will refund 100% of your fee.