Using Lean to Reduce Waste and Streamline Value Flow

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Companies are always looking for new ways to improve business efficiency and increase quality. To run a business at optimal capacity, you need to reduce or eliminate waste from processes and improve production flow. In this course, you'll learn about Lean strategies to reduce waste by determining which operations add value and which don't. You'll explore the concept of continuous flow, and discover how to balance work processes to make production flow more efficient. You'll define what waste is, where it exists, and what causes it. You'll also examine aspects of muda, continuous flow, line balancing, and value and non-value-add, and practical Lean techniques for improving Operations Management.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Classify production activities as value-add, non-value-add, or necessary non-value-add
    Identify strategies for eliminating waste caused by overproduction and inventory
    Identify strategies for eliminating motion, waiting, and transportation waste
  • Identify elimination strategies for waste caused by overprocessing and defects
    Match cycle time and takt time to their descriptions
    Identify the final three steps for balancing a production line

IN THIS COURSE

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    3.  Eliminate Waste: Overproduction and Inventory
    3m 28s
    In this video, find out how to identify strategies for eliminating waste caused by overproduction and inventory. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Eliminate Waste: Motion, Waiting, and Transportation
    3m 9s
    Learn how to identify strategies for eliminating motion, waiting, and transportation waste. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Eliminate Waste: Overprocessing and Defects
    3m 27s
    In this video, you will learn how to identify elimination strategies for waste caused by overprocessing and defects. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Line Balancing: Calculating Cycle Time and Takt Time
    2m 58s
    During this video, you will learn how to match cycle time and takt time to their descriptions. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Line Balancing: Balancing the Work
    3m 8s
    Discover how to identify the final three steps for balancing a production line. FREE ACCESS

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