Introduction to Lean: An overview of Lean Manufacturing and how it can have a positive impact on a manufacturing operation – a basic course on what Lean is all about.

Value Stream Mapping: One of the principles of Lean is to make value flow at the pull of the customer. VSM identifies the obstacles to achieving this principle.

Cycle Time Reduction: The heart of Lean is to identify waste in a manufacturing process, eliminate that waste, and significantly reduce production cycle time.

5S / Safety: Sort, Set-In-Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain are the key steps to improving Safety. A formal, consistent and persistent audit process “holds the gains.”

Total Productive Maintenance: Maximize the effective utilization of capital assets and extend the useful life of production equipment to provide the highest probability of meeting production schedules.

Visual Organization: The use of visual controls, procedures and guidelines which allows anyone to immediately recognize the standard/expectation and any deviation from it.

Team Development: Employees are the key to success of a Lean organization. Team development, training, and mentoring provide a solid foundation for ensured continuous improvement.

These LeanFastrack services can be provided individually or as a comprehensive program to achieve a Lean Manufacturing System. Contact Jim Shaw & Associates at (518)686-9950 or E-Mail LeanFastrack@aol.com to learn more about the power of LeanFastrack.