Qualatis are currently developing the public Lean Manufacturing Awareness Training to cover the areas below: Should your company wish to implement these tools then onsite training can be designed for your specific requirements:

• Business Vision & Operating Principles

• Performance Management System

• Process Confirmation & Go, Look, See

• TPM - Quick Change Over

• Error Proofing

• Pull Systems

• Andon Systems

• Value Stream Analysis / Mapping

• Takt Time and Standardised Work

• Key Performance Indicators - KPI’s

• Problem  Resolution & Escalation

• Six Sigma Overview

Lean manufacturing is a management philosophy focusing on reduction of the seven wastes (Over-production, Waiting time, Transportation, Processing, Inventory, Motion and Scrap) in manufactured products or any type of business. By eliminating waste quality is improved, production time is reduced and cost is reduced.  Lean "tools" include constant process analysis (kaizen) "pull" production (by means of kanban) and error-proofing (poka yoke). Lean, as a management philosophy, is also very focused on creating a better workplace.

The key lean manufacturing principles are:

·          First-time quality –detecting and solving problems at the source

·          Waste elimination – eliminating all activities that do not add value,

·         Continuous improvement – reducing costs, improving quality, increasing productivity and information sharing

·          Pull processing: products are pulled from the consumer end, not pushed from the production end

·          Flexibility – producing different mixes or greater diversity of products quickly, without sacrificing efficiency at lower volumes of production

Building and maintaining a long term relationship with suppliers through collaborative risk sharing, cost sharing and information sharing arrangements.