workplacelean® :: Powerful Solutions from the Community Colleges of Iowa

IMPACT

Learn about the power of Lean for the office. Are you ready to discover Lean for the office?

DECISION

Senior leaders learn about workplacelean© and commit to beginnning the Lean journey. Are you ready to commit to continious improvement?

LEADERSHIP

Teaches your managers and supervisors to lean change, plan and sustain continuous improvements, and manage within a Lean organization. How can you sustain the momentum of continuous improvement?

PILLARS

Teams utilize Lean tools to improve a process and information flow in a structured office simulation. Does your team need to experience how Lean works?

LAUNCH

Employees use Lean tools to improve their own work processes by eliminating non-value added activities through process mapping. Are you ready to harness the power of your employees to solve problems and improve processes?

5S For the Office

Trains employees to use Lean tools to organize their workspace for functionality and productivity. Does your workspace keep your employees from being as productive as they can be?

A3 Problem Solving

Train staff to use A3s to address specific focused problems for ongoing process improvement. Fix the small stuff and the big stuff goes away!

VSM/ Value Stream Mapping

Leaders learn to map processes to identify barriers and blockages. Do you know what processes cause the most problems and would have the greatest impact if improved?

Implementation Assistance

Just-In-Time on-demand expertise is available to guide your organization in becoming and sustaining Lean. Are you ready to become smarter, more efficient and more profitable?

VSM/ Value Stream Mapping

workplacelean®Value Stream Mapping, VSM, is designed to assist organizations to view their system as a whole and identify areas for improvement. In this session staff develop a visual representation of their organization's processes, a value stream map, allowing the team to "see" barriers, blockages, and opportunities for improvement. In drawing this pencil and paper tool, participants are thaught to use exact data collected through direct observation of the work, not their impression of the process.

Organizations often begin their Lean journey with a VSM session. Leaders "see" the flow of the product or service from customer request to delivery, understand the impact of improvements on all parts of the organization and decide where to begin their improvements.

VSM training is a 12 to 16 hour session for up to 12 participants.

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workplacelean® is a registered trademark of the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees. workplacelean® is intellectual property of the Community Colleges of Iowa and was developed in partnership with the Iowa Quality Center.