Healthcare Consulting

Lean Practitioner Training

Our Lean Practitioner Training is a 5-day workshop designed to teach your associates the methods and tools of Lean as they apply to the healthcare environment. During the workshop the participants will not only learn how to eliminate non value added activity in their processes but they will also learn the technical intricacies of how and why, from a technical standpoint, Lean management methods work.

Upon completion of the workshop participants will understand:

Lean philosophy, methodology and tools.
Process analysis
Process mapping – This tool develops a system-based understanding of the existing process including settings, inputs, outputs, process steps and sequence of events.
Value Stream mapping – This tool supports a systemic understanding of the end to end process including the work management elements.
Spaghetti charts – Evaluation of the physical flow and travel distance of a product moving through the facility. This establishes a baseline for eliminating transport waste from the process.
Video process analysis – Using a video camera to capture process and waste information and analyze it in a structured manner. The tool helps participants to see and eliminate waste that is often not intuitively considered waste.
Lean Basics I & II.
Waste identification – Discussion of the 7 types of waste (overproduction, rework & rejects, inventory, motion, processing, waiting and transport) and the associated symptoms of each.
5C – Discussion of the 5Cs (Clear out, configure, clean and check, conform, customize and practice). Explanation of how the 5Cs are key components in establishing workplace discipline through Lean thinking.
Cell layout – Demonstration of several different types of cell configurations that are used in healthcare today. The positives and negatives associated with each are demonstrated. Both inter-cell and intra-cell layout to maximize flow are discussed.
Visual workplace – Importance of a visual workplace and information requirements. Discussion of how to organize a work area visually with metrics, material information, issues, team information, etc.
Capacity analysis – Assessing the capacity of the process and identifying the constraints or bottlenecks. Includes learning how to use “capacity analysis worksheets”.
Standard work – Organizing the tasks so that the process minimizes motion and maximizes productivity within takt time. Includes learning how to use “standard operations worksheets.”
Work balancing – Understanding how to divide the work among the team so that it is balanced and meets the takt time.
Takt time – The takt time establishes the beat of the factory and the lines. In this section participants learn its significance and how to calculate it. The takt time is used to establish resources and standard work.
Cross training – Discussion of the importance of cross training in assuring associate safety, minimizing associate fatigue and maximizing associate productivity both within and between subassembly cells and/or production line positions.
Product Delivery Systems
Push vs. Pull – Factual discussion and demonstration on how push and pull systems differ technically and how a pull system improves process performance. (Hands on exercises & simulation included).

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