| Workshop Description: |
This is an experiential workshop that explores the challenges and potential benefits of implementing lean principles in HMLV manufacturing operations that have front end batch processes (Cutting, machining, stamping or bending operations) with a back end assembly process. The workshop combines the presentation of lean principles, participant exercises, sharing of participant experiences and a series of simulations to provide an understanding lean principles and their application to HMLV manufactures.
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| Specific Learning Objectives: |
Upon completion of this interactive simulation, participants will learn:
- The importance of being business focused and building a continuous improvement work culture.
- The benefits and challenges of make to order in a HMLV environment
- The application of lean principles in a HMLV manufacturing environment.
- Process Mapping / Value stream mapping
- Takt time
- Creating flow with front-end batch processes.
- Set-up and change over reduction.
- Supermarkets & Kanban systems.
- Identifying and using the pacemaker process
- The importance of set-up and change over reduction in realizing tangible benefits from lean implementations in high mix, low volume manufacturing environments.
- The application and benefits of resource balancing principles for assembly operations.
- Some next steps.
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Speaker
Biography: |
PILET partners with business leaders that are committed to making significant improvements in business performance. PILET typically engage organizations in transformation initiatives in the following areas:
- Strategic Formulation and Execution: Guiding organizations in clarifying their customer focus, articulating their strategic advantage, establishing strategic goals and designing an implementation approach that engages employees and builds commitment and support.
- Culture Change Initiatives: Working with organizations to develop a single company culture that is needed to execute the strategy and realize their strategic advantage.
- Organizational Design and Team Implementation: Leading organizations in the design of participative organizations that build commitment and fully engage employees in the ongoing challenge of improving products and services.
Lean Implementation : Lean thinking is a customer-oriented approach to business that requires an intensive focus on providing perfect products and services to the customer when needed. The transformation to a lean organization requires more than just a change in the way that work is done; it requires a change in the culture of an organization, changing the very way that employees and work are viewed.
Robb LaBranche
Robb LaBranche has 24 years of experience in diverse roles including consulting, business leadership, business & technology development, internal audit, marketing, organizational consulting, management and employee development, performance management, project management and operations management. He has domestic and international experience in a variety of industries such as telecommunications, fertilizer production, metals mining and refining, upstream and downstream conventional oil and gas and in-situ heavy oil recovery.
Robb has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering fro the University of Alberta
Barry Brown
Barry has over 30 years of industry and consulting experience and is an accomplished consultant who specializes in helping organizations realize their potential. With extensive training and experience in organizational designs, high involvement work cultures and quality systems Barry can lead organizations in making the culture change needed to be more competitive.
Berry has a BASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a MBA from the University of Western Ontario
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