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Managing Lean and Efficient Operations

Workshop Duration

Two Days

Target Audience

  • All Managers involved in Creating, Delivering and Sustaining Operational Processes and Systems
  • High-flying Junior Managers and New Entrants

Deliverables

An understanding of:

  • The principles of demand and supply alignment
  • The principles of lean thinking
  • How to create an operational improvement implementation strategy

Coursework

Day One: The Principles Of Lean And Efficient Operations

The Principles of Demand and Supply Alignment:
The Power of Customer Value Propositions and Functional Utilities, and the Need to Align these Non-Functionally with Supply Capabilities

The Principles of Lean Thinking:
Attacking the Ten Major Areas of Waste and Inefficiency in All Operational Processes and Systems

Linking Demand and Supply Alignment and Lean Thinking:
Tools and Techniques to Align Demand and Supply Effectively and Efficiently; and Tools and Techniques to Take-Out Waste

Understanding Power in Alignment and Lean Thinking:
Tools and Techniques to Understand Positive and Countervailing Power within Organisations

Day Two: Operationalising Lean And Efficient Management

Cases in Successful Alignment and Lean Thinking:
Break-Out Sessions Benchmarking Current Performance Against Best in Class Practice

Cases in Unsuccessful Alignment and Lean Thinking:
Break-Out Sessions Benchmarking Current Performance Against Worst in Class Practice

Recognising the Key Obstacles to Alignment and Lean Operations:
Tools and Techniques for Specifying and Prioritising Standard Obstacles to Operational Innovation

Creating Implementation Strategies for Alignment and Lean Operations:
The Operational Alignment and Lean Management Matrix and the RC Resource Allocation Model

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