Next Generation Lean: What’s Missing in the Current Generation?

According to a recent Industry Week survey of companies that have attempted a Lean initiative, 72% reported unsatisfactory results. Many organizations hire Lean experts for internal implementation or use consultants. Unfortunately, many of these experts are caught in what was known about Lean before the Training Within Industry program was reintroduced into the US in 2002, and Mike Rother’s 2010 publication of Toyota Kata. These represent the two critical pieces of the Lean puzzle without which most organizations are doomed to failure.

This workshop requires a registration fee.*

Wednesday, March 1

9:30-9:45 am

Introduction

9:45 am-11:15 am

What Your Lean Sensei Won’t Tell You!

Conrad Soltero
This workshop reveals why and how the Training Within Industry program and Toyota Kata provide management the skills necessary for any Lean initiative.

Deep Dive Workshops

11:30 am-12:30 pm

Training Within Industry (TWI)

Esteban Pedraza
This workshop introduces the four J courses (Job Instruction, Job Relations, Job Methods, Job Safety) of TWI and their integral relation to sustaining lean initiative.
12:30 pm-1:30 pm

Lean Performance Measures

Tom Tatevasion
This session explores the elements of a healthy lean performance management system, leading vs. lagging metrics and how to integrate performance measurement into a lean management system.
1:30 pm