The Mission:
To advance economic prosperity, health, and quality of life in Indiana and beyond. Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) provides high value, affordable solutions to help businesses increase profitability. As advocates for Indiana's thousands of manufacturers, our staff leverages resources in both the public and private sectors to help identify areas of improvement, streamline processes, and ultimately increase competitiveness.
Intended audience: Manufacturing personnel, including technicians, engineers, and managers
Lean Practitioner I Certificate
Workshop 1 - Principles of Lean Manufacturing
Learn how to transition from a traditional manufacturing approach to that of a lean manufacturing environment. Waste is eliminated, productivity increases, and you gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. Topics discussed include the principles of lean manufacturing and how to apply them, standardized work, visual signals, batch-size reduction, pull systems, and more. Experience firsthand how lean improves quality, reduces cycle time, improves delivery performance, reduces WIP, and enables the "company" to show a profit.
Additionally, lean culture is discussed during this workshop. An organization's culture involves roles, beliefs, assumptions, and values that influence what gets done and how things get done. Successfully implementing lean manufacturing practices includes developing a culture of engaged employees and continuous improvement. This is no easy task. Learn about organizational culture and how developing a "lean" culture plays a key role in overall improvements. In addition to exploring the benefits of a lean culture, you'll also discover the challenges and barriers related to culture and culture change.
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Experience first-hand how a 5S System reduces waste in a simulated production facility. Participants learn the concepts of the 5S System - Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain - and then apply them to transform a cluttered, disorganized, inefficient production area into an orderly and productive workplace.
The outcome is more than just a clean work area. The workshop shows participants how a 5S System can increase the value-added output per worker, with improvements in productivity, safety, and quality with savings going right to the bottom line.
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Workshop 3 - Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
Learn how to create a value stream map (VSM) of current-state and future-state processes. Value stream mapping is a lean technique that allows you to document, analyze, and improve the events that take a product or service from its beginning through to the customer. This technique helps the manufacturer understand the total flow of the value stream, see the sources of waste, determine common language about the process, show links between information and processes, develop an improvement plan, and prioritize activities.
Through the creation of a VSM, you will learn how to eliminate the waste in the system and achieve dramatic improvements to your processes.
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Quick changeover is a lean manufacturing technique that can improve manufacturing efficiency by significantly decreasing changeover time. Quicker changeovers can reduce manufacturing costs and increase flexibility.
Learn the fundamentals of set-up reduction in applying quick-change thinking to any type of setup or industry. This training focuses on attaining quick changeover through the systematic elimination of the internal components of a setup while streamlining the final procedure.
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Workshop 5 - Total Productive Maintenance
Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a structured approach to equipment maintenance that strives to achieve perfect production: zero unplanned equipment failures, zero small stops or slow running, zero defects, and zero accidents. It involves personnel at all levels in the organization, including operators, maintenance personnel, and leadership.
In this workshop, you'll learn what TPM is and how to apply it in manufacturing.
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To register for individual workshops, visit the below links:
Principles of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Culture
The 5S System: The Visual Workplace
Principles of Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
Quick Changeover/Set-Up Reduction
This program will be delivered online. Classes will be facilitated by a live instructor during the scheduled course times. Participants should have a computer with a strong internet connection, a working microphone, and speakers. Students are required to utilize the camera and microphone to participate in these interactive workshops. Class participation enhances the online learning experience. Your instructor will send a meeting link to all students once registration has closed.
About the Instructor: Dane Bohnert has over 20 years of Lean and Quality Improvement experience. He has worked as a Quality Engineer, Launch Project Manager, Value Stream Operations Manager, Quality Manager, Supplier Development Specialist, Continuous Improvement Manager, Value Stream Coach, and Lean Consultant and Trainer.In addition, Dane holds certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, and Quality Assurance. He also received training and mentoring directly from Taiichi Ohno protégés Seizo Okamoto and Kazuhiro Sekiya, as well as others with wisdom in Toyota Production System (TPS) and the Toyota Way.