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Online Course:

Introduction to Lean

Thinking and

Practice

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LEI is the world-recognized, leading source for clear and

accurate content about lean thinking and practice.

The Isenberg School of Management is rated the #1 online

MBA program in the US, #3 worldwide. (Financial Times 2017)

This course was developed to deliver a cohesive body of

knowledge and a logical learning path.

Individuals take the course independently, which allows

teams and organizations to avoid the learning barriers of

time and location.

It’s an effective way to level set understanding of lean

thinking and practice for individuals, teams, and companies.

A winning partnership

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Unit 1: Value

Unit 2: Work

Unit 3: People

Unit 4: Management Systems and Leader Behaviors

Unit 5: Basic Thinking

Course units of learning

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Pre-Work & Reflection

2 hours

Value

4 hours

Work

15 hours

People

2.5 hours

Management Systems and Leader Behavior

3 hours

Basic Thinking

2 hours

Post-Work & Reflection

2 hours

Total: ~30 hours

Time estimates per unit*

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*Times are estimates, actual times may vary.


Diversity of delivery

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Slides 6–17 are a small sampling of the online course

Introduction to Lean Thinking and Practice

Course sample

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2.1.2

Basic Thinking of

Work


After this unit, you will be able to:

• Identify and describe the five principles of Lean Thinking

• Differentiate between the diagnostic tools used to grasp

the situation and intervention tools to begin improvement

Learning objectives: Unit 2

ILTP–2–8


How do we do and improve the actual work?

• Have you defined the work to be done?

• Is it being improved?

• How, by what means, to what end?

Transformation question #2

ILTP–3–9


The work pie

ILTP–1–10

Work is composed of:

• Value-Add Work:

movements directly

necessary for making

products

• Incidental Work: motions

that operators MUST perform

to make products but do not

create value from the

standpoint of the customer

• Waste: Motions that do not

create value and can be

eliminated (i.e., walking to

get parts or tools that could

be positioned within reach)


• be safe

• be purposeful

• be designed from the point of view of the worker

• challenge individuals to the highest levels of their mental

or physical ability

Work should…

ILTP–2–11


“Elevate the work …”

ILTP–2–12


Two types of gaps

ILTP–2–13

Caused/

Something

gone wrong

Created/

Targeted


Complete the following activity

ILTP–2–14

Complete 2.1.6 | Problem Definition

Worksheet


Printable worksheet

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Create a foundation of knowledge upon which an

organization can build and improve work.

Level set an introductory body of lean knowledge for

individuals an teams easily, quickly, and cost-effectively.

Train a large number of individuals.

Create a uniform language of lean

in your organization.

Special introductory price of $500

per user for 30–40 hours of curriculum.

Why Choose this Course?

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course and register at

lean.org/introtolean

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