What do you see as a waste in your organization: a product with defects, a bundle of waste papers, excess WIP, excess inventory, needless transportation? Yes, all these are examples of waste and often they account for nearly for 80% to 90% of the resources wasted in the organization.

In lean management, the wastes are defined as anything that does not add value to the end product e.g. Repairs carried out on a product during warranty, rework on a customer's task, cost of excess inventories or other over heads.

Lean Management Philosophy has identified seven types of waste in business organizations Most of these wastes are avoidable with a little effort, provided we see them as wastes. Every waste shows an opportunity for improvement. Lean Management is about expanding capacity by reducing costs and shortening cycle times.

This course includes important concepts of Lean Management like Gemba Kaizen, 5-S, Muda, Mura, Muri, Poka yoke, Nemawashi, Jidoka, Pull Systems (JIT & Kanban), Heijunka and TPM.

Despite the current economic slowdown customers have high expectations in terms of the quality of goods / services that they buy. Price increase is often not possible due to competitive pressures. Today organizations, therefore, need to survive on lower profit margins yet achieve high levels of customer satisfaction. The answer lies in implementing Lean management in the organization.

This certification course is designed to enable management and engineering professionals to understand the concepts & practices of lean management so that they can implement these tools successfully.