Flow - Balanced Work - and Kanbans
Chris Bujak • May 3, 2021
Accelerate the speed and improve the quality a product or process by eliminating wait times, queue times, and other delays. Significant process improvement can be achieved with the application of 1. Flow one unit at a time (or minimum batch size), at a formulated and balanced rate; 2. Kanbans, and 3. visual controls to pull products or information.
Goal:
To increase your knowledge and skills of the Flow, Balanced Work, and Kanban processes and methods and be able to use it to lead a team through a project.
Benefits:
- Shorter lead time.
- Happier customers!
- Earlier quality problem discovery
- Less scrap and rework.
- Lower Work in Process inventory.
- Lower total inventory and higher inventory turns.
- One year CI Community of Practice membership.
Agenda:
Training: 40 hours of education and immediate application. Participants bring a scenario to class on which to focus and practice.
Application and Coaching: 5 days of on-site event co-lead. One-on-one coaching until results are achieved.
Certification: Participation in this course and completion of 1 project = Continuous Improvement Flow Black Belt CERTIFICATION.
- Flow basics
- Gathering data and information
- Determine current work load variation
- Use of kanbans
- Use of visual controls
- Design the flow line
- Sticky implementation
