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Lean Healthcare Training Program

Lean Healthcare Solutions provides exclusive training to healthcare professionals, executives, directors, managers, supervisors, college students, and others the fundamental knowledge they need to transition into a "lean" culture.

Those who take advantage of Lean Healthcare Solutions healthcare training program will acquire a thorough understanding of all lean concepts. Our facilitators have a successful, hands-on practical experience implementing lean methodologies and principles and our curriculum is filled with examples, photographs, quizzes, tests, case studies, and interactive exercises.

Lean Training Objectives for Students
  • Familiarize participant with lean concepts and how the lean elements, rules, and tools interact.
  • Provide the participant with an understanding of how lean concepts can be applied to the different operational departments of a healthcare organization and how to gain buy-in from senior leaders and front line staff.
  • Explain in detail how lean concepts will substantially improve the operating and financial performance of any business.
  • Provide the participant with a stronger ability to recognize and eliminate waste in processes.
  • Participants will learn how to determine value added versus non-value added activities.
  • Provide the participant with the essential tools to better understand process (patient) flow and the pull system.
  • Provide the participant with a broad understanding of key lean tools including 5S, Single minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) or quick changeover, Kanban, Visual Workplace, Error Proofing and Scheduling.
  • Provide the participant with an understanding of lean metrics and how to determine what information should be measured.
  • Provide the participant with the fundamentals behind "standardized work" and how it’s used to eliminate process variation.
  • How to identify the value stream or area that requires improvement.
  • Provide the participant with a better understanding of policy deployment and its role in any lean implementation process.
  • Our participants will learn in detail the Kaizen process and how to use this process to foster a lean culture.
  • The participant will know how and have the ability to:
    • Develop a lean road map
    • Develop an implementation plan
    • Present the information to senior leadership

Lean Manufacturing 5-Day Practitioner Certification Program
Monday: Basics of Lean Principles with Simulation Exercises
8:00-8:30 am: Registration  
8:30-9:30 am: Welcome and Participant Introductions  
9:30-10:00 am: Intro Lecture: Basics of Lean Principles with Simulation Exercises  
10:00-10:15 am: Break  
10:15-12:00 pm: Lean Principles w/ simulation  
12:00-12:30 pm: Lunch  
12:30-2:00 pm: Lean Principles w/ simulation  
2:00-2:15 pm: Break  
2:15-4:30 pm: Lean Principles w/ simulation  
Tuesday: Identifying Lean Tools for Manufacturing Industry  
8:00-10:00 am: Supporting Lean Tools  
10:00-10:15 am: Break  
10:15-12:00 pm: Toyota Practical Problem Solving and A3  
12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch  
1:00-2:30 pm: Supporting Lean Tools  
2:30-2:45 pm: Break  
2:45 - 4:30 pm: 0pportunity for Facility Waste Walk  
Wednesday: Process Mapping for Current and Future State  
8:00-8:45 am: Introduction / Scoping / SIPOC  
8:45-9:30 am: Group work on SIPOC & Break  
9:30-10:15 am: Current State Mapping Basics  
10:15-11:15 am: Group work on Current State Map & Break  
11:15-12:00 pm: Case Study  
12:00-12:45 pm: Lunch  
12:45-3:30 pm: Future State Mapping Basics/Group work on Future State Mapping/ Group work Report out
3:30-4:30 pm: Key Team Roles & Your Implementation Plan  
Thursday: A3 Problem Solving Tools & Building Effective Teams  
8:00-10:00 am: Toyota Practical Problem Solving and A3  
10:00-10:15 am: Break  
10:15-12:00 pm: Toyota Practical Problem Solving and A3  
12:00-12:30 pm: Lunch  
12:30-2:45 pm: A3 Exercise  
2:45-3:00 pm: Break  
3:00-3:45 pm: Using A3 to Develop Standard Work  
3:45-4:30 pm: Building Effective Teams/Coaching  
Friday: Change Management for Lean Manufacturing  
7:30-9:00 am: Change Management for Manufacturing Industry  
9:00-9:15 am: Break  
9:15-10:30 am: Lessons from Lean journey  
10:30-12:00 pm: Develop 100 Day Lean Rollout Plan  
12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch  
1:00-2:00 pm: Lean Manufacturing Panel  
2:00-2:30 pm: Open discussion with instructors  
2:30-3:00 pm: Wrap up / Evaluations  
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