Detailed Description of Portfolio of Client Services
(24/7) Access to an online discussion group where members can get answers to their questions on IE-related operational problems
(1/2 day per week) One-on-one supervision and guidance of a full-time intern who was hired by the company for Lean-related projects, either by onsite presence, or remotely by phone/email,
(Monthly) Webinars
(Monthly) Consortium meetings that could involve any combination of but not be limited to the following activities:
(Quarterly/Bi-Annually) FLEAN Conferences
(Monthly/Quarterly) Plant Tour (possibly preceded by a Workshop which would give the Plant Tour a certain set of learning objectives and viewing stops)
(1 day) Lean Assessment of the Current State of a Facility
(1 day) Assessment of the Current Facility Layout
(1-day workshop) “Lean IE”: How IE Tools and Lean Tools Enhance Each Other
(1-day workshop) Methods Analysis and Process Improvement for Waste Elimination
(1-day workshop) Introduction to JobshopLean
(1-day workshop) (Lean 101) Fundamentals of Lean Manufacturing:
(5-day workshop series) Fundamentals of Lean Manufacturing, Each of these five 1-day workshops is taught in a “half-and-half” format. The AM session of each workshop is devoted to instruction. The PM session is devoted to applying what was taught in the morning to an actual problem suggested by the company. These are the topics taught in the five workshops:
(The # of days for this workshop series is flexible) JobshopLean: Adapting Lean for High-Mix Low-Volume Manufacturing, Each of these 1-day workshops is taught in a “half-and-half” format. The AM session is devoted to instruction. The PM session is devoted to applying what was taught in the morning to a problem/area specified by the company. Some of the topics that have been taught in these 1-day workshops are:
Note: Other topics can be taught based on the particular preferences of the client company.
(The # of days for this workshop series is flexible) Implementing JobshopLean using the Lean Advisory Toolkit, Each of these 1-day workshops is taught in a “half-and-half” format. The AM session is devoted to instruction. The PM session is devoted to applying the particular LAT (Lean Advisory Tool) that was taught in the morning. Some of the topics that could be taught in these 1-day workshops are:
(This is a 5-day workshop series) Designing an Entire Factory using Production Flow Analysis, Each of these 1-day workshops is taught in a “half-and-half” format. The AM session is devoted to instruction. The PM session is devoted to applying what was taught in the morning to improve the layout of the company. These are the topics taught in the workshops:
(1-4 hours for each video) Each detailed lecture explains a video on a specific topic using a Stop→See→Explain→Discuss discussion format. A sample of the titles in my video collection is provided below: