Course Description
A Lean strategy accompanied by a focused deployment plan reinforces the fact that Lean is truly a "management system", not just a series of improvement tools. When organizations apply the Lean tools absent a well thought out deployment plan, they find their efforts fall short of desired outcomes -- because absent of policy deployment there will be no employee ownership and no enterprise-wide improvement, and even the best Lean strategy will become just another failed management program with scattered pockets of excellence. And, don't be fooled by pockets of excellence! Discretely measured pockets of excellence will have the appearance of a successful Lean implementation. But when it is realized that these pockets don't deal with the critical value streams, are not connected to the preceding process or the next process in the target value stream, it will be discovered that Lean improvement has had virtually no effect on the improvement of the overall business. Policy deployment insures strategic alignment.
The central premise of the Policy Deployment action is to deploy a Lean improvement strategy that focuses the company's improvement efforts on a small number of very well defined initiatives to align and mobilize SBU's, plants, departments, and all supporting personnel in the transformation process. In this workshop, taught using lecture, group discussion and case study, we will present a proven business renewal planning and deployment process that will allow you to incorporate your strategic improvement priorities into daily work at every level in your organization.
Learning Objectives
This workshop is designed to help participants learn:
- a systematic approach to the deployment of a Lean improvement strategy
- the key principles of the policy deployment process
- a step-by-step methodology linking daily activities to your company's vision and
objectives
- a proven process for gaining enterprise-wide employee buy-in to you improvement
initiative
Who Should Attend
Key people in the organization who are responsible for managing change.
Workshop Outcomes
Participants will learn:
- the application of the Policy Deployment Matrix
- to select appropriate policy deployment team members
- the criterion of selecting a few key improvement initiatives
- the importance of project management
- a systemic approach to Lean implementation
- to use the Policy Objective Matrix to align corporate initiatives to daily work
Course Agenda
- Definition of Policy Deployment
- Historical perspective of the deployment process
- Policy deployment success factors and key enablers
- "Global Supply Company" business case study:
- Understand the context and practical application of the deployment process
- Perform an enterprise assessment
- Determine key improvement objectives and initiatives
- Use the Policy Objectives matrix to align corporate initiatives to daily work
- Introduction of the Lean Management System and Lean toolkit
- Review lean implementation Roadmaps
- Project management
- Open discussion of issues, obstacles and barriers to policy deployment
Hotel Information, Locations & Rates
Information will be posted soon
Cancellation Policy
Registrations may be transferred to another colleague without charge. To be considered for a refund, we must receive notification of cancellation in writing no later than 21 days prior to the start of the workshop. Cancellations received within 21 days are subject to the full registration fee and money will be held on account for up to one year for use at a future workshop or conference. There is a $100 processing fee for all cancellations.
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