14 Atlanta Workshops Help Companies Compete Through Lean Management.CAMBRIDGE Cambridge, city, Canada Cambridge (kām`brĭj), city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent. , Mass. -- Atlanta is the site for a series of 14 workshops on lean management and lean production that will help service and manufacturing companies defend jobs, improve profits, and cut costs, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), which will run the workshops. The workshops will run March 11-13, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the W Atlanta Perimeter The boundary of a system or network, which defines the inside and outside. It is typically determined by firewalls and addresses. See DMZ. hotel. Registration information, workshop details, and faculty descriptions are at the Education page of the LEI web site at http://www.lean.org/Workshops/ by calling (617) 871-2900, or by emailing registrar See domain name registrar. @lean.org. Lean management principles cuts costs and inventories rapidly to free cash and resources, which is critical in a competitive world economy. Lean supports profitable growth by improving productivity and quality, reducing lead times, and freeing resources. For example, it frees office and plant space and increases capacity so companies can add product lines, in-source component production, and increase output of existing products. Companies implementing lean can take advantage of economic growth by increasing sales while controlling costs. The workshops, which cost $800 daily, are: Tues., March 11 - NEW! Developing People and Capability for Lean - Fundamentals of Lean Production - Creating Stability in the 4M's - Key Concepts of Lean, An Introduction to the Toyota Production System The Toyota Production System (TPS) is the philosophy which organizes manufacturing and logistics at Toyota, including the interaction with suppliers and customers. The TPS is a major part of the more generic "Lean manufacturing". - Lean Accounting Lean accounting is accounting for the lean enterprise. It seeks to move from traditional cost accounting to a system that measures and motivates good business practices in the lean enterprise. Applying lean principles to accounting can be part of this system. : The Switch from Batch to Flow - Value-Stream Mapping for Manufacturing Wed., March 12 - Coaching Skills for Lean Implementation Leaders - Creating Continuous Flow - Creating Level Pull - Value-Stream Mapping for Offices and Services Thurs., March 13 - Introduction to the A3 Management Method - Made-to-Order Lean: Excelling in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment - Making Materials Flow - Mapping to See: An Orientation to the Value Stream Improvement Kit - Training to See: An Orientation to the Value-Stream Mapping Kit What is Lean? The terms "lean production" refers to a complete business system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, customer relations, and the overall enterprise that requires less human effort, less space, less capital, less material, and less time to make products with fewer defects to precise customer desires, compared with traditional management. Toyota pioneered lean management as a complete business system after World War II. During the late 1980s, a research team headed by LEI Founder James Womack, Ph.D., at MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program coined the term "lean" to describe Toyota's system. About the Lean Enterprise Institute Based in Cambridge, MA, the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education, publishing, conferencing See teleconferencing. , and management research center founded in September 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, PhD. LEI helps organizations transform themselves into lean enterprises. Its workshops and workbooks teach lean techniques like value-stream mapping, lean manufacturing Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. , and strategy deployment. Its management seminars and books help managers and executives develop the leadership behaviors that sustain lean enterprises. Its conferences showcase firms making lean breakthroughs. The Lean Global Network, organized by LEI, has 12 nonprofit global affiliates in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and Asia. For more information visit LEI at http://www.lean.org. |
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