Lean Enterprise Institute Announces Workshops for Lean in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Warehousing

March 1, 2010 - PRLog -- The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) today announced its schedule for workshops on how to implement lean principles in supply chains, warehousing and distribution operations

Building the Lean Fulfillment Stream: Supply Chain and Logistics Management, March 23, Cambridge, MA.
Learn how to apply lean principles to the extended enterprise, beginning with the extended value-stream mapping tool to uncover waste. You’ll learn how to calculate “total cost of ownership” for material purchases, cut lead time and inventory, develop customer and supplier measurement systems, break down cross-functional barriers, implement pull systems for material replenishment, and establish supply-chain visibility.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?WorkshopId=45

Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations, April 6-7, San Antonio, TX
Learn how to begin implementing lean principles step-by-step in a warehouse, using techniques such as lean storage, operational diagramming, standardized work, workload planning, and visual management. Topics also include development of small-batch work assignments, operational diagrams, and a work load plan to create a just-in-time operation based on levelized work, pull, and continuous flow.
http://www.lean.org/Workshops/WorkshopDescription.cfm?Wor...

One-day workshops are $800. Two-day workshops are $1,600. Price includes tuition, all training materials, breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day. Discounts are available for taking multiple classes or sending multiple persons.

For complete details about content, instructors, discounts, special room rates, and to register, go to: http://www.lean.org/workshops/workshopcalendar.cfm?cureve...  , call 617- 871-2900, or email registrar@lean.org .

On-Site Training
Call 617- 871-2900 for information about bringing a workshop to your site or visit http://www.lean.org/Workshops/inhouse_training.cfm .

What is Lean?
http://www.lean.org/WhatsLean/    
The terms lean manufacturing, lean production, or lean management refer to a complete business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, customer relations, and the overall enterprise that requires less capital, material, space, time, and  human effort to produce products and services with fewer defects to precise customer desires, compared with traditional modern management.

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The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. Visit LEI at lean.org.