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Lean Fundamentals

The core lean ideas for industrial and energy professionals: value through the customer's eyes, the eight wastes, value stream thinking, flow and pull, standard work and visual management — and why lean is respect for people, not headcount cutting.

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52m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons

What you'll learn

  • Explain value from the customer's point of view and distinguish it from necessary and pure waste
  • Identify the eight wastes (DOWNTIME) in your own work area with concrete examples
  • Describe value stream thinking and why optimising a silo can worsen the whole flow
  • Compare flow and pull with batch and push, and explain when each behaviour appears
  • Use standard work and visual management to make normal versus abnormal obvious at a glance
  • Advocate lean as respect for people and problem-solving capability, not a headcount-cutting programme

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.

1

Awareness

  • Value Through the Customer's Eyes
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Lean Is Respect for People, Not Headcount Cutting
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Awareness Check: Value and Respect
    Assessment
    7m
2

Knowledge

  • The Eight Wastes: DOWNTIME
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Value Stream Thinking: See the Whole Flow
    Knowledge
    2m
  • Knowledge Check: Wastes and Value Streams
    Assessment
    8m
3

Skill

  • Flow and Pull versus Batch and Push
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Waste Walk and Flow Sketch
    Assignment
    3m
  • Skill Check: Making Work Flow
    Assessment
    8m
4

Mastery

  • Standard Work, Visual Management and Leading Lean
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Standard Work and Visual Management Implementation
    Assignment
    3m
  • Mastery Check: Lean Leadership Judgement
    Assessment
    8m

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