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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.
Benefits of flow, balanced work, and kanbans

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.

  1. Flow basics
  2. Gathering data and information
  3. Determine current work load variation
  4. Use of kanbans
  5. Use of visual controls
  6. Design the flow line
  7. Sticky implementation
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