Lean fundamentals for leaders

Mastering the basics of Lean, thus Lean fundamentals training for leaders is crucially important in the production and service sectors. This process-oriented management method, originating from Japan, minimizes expenditure waste and resource cost, improves efficiency, and helps create real quality value.

For whom do we recommend our Lean fundamentals for leaders program?

Lean methodology, originating from Japan’s automotive industry, is a process-oriented management approach that minimizes waste and improves the efficiency of production, service, and administrative processes. It addresses how to create the highest quality value for the customer using the least resources, time, and energy. Managers must learn Lean to effectively manage it later. It focuses on creating the highest quality value for customers with the least use of resources, time, and energy. Managers need to learn lean to effectively implement it. This training is ideal for leaders looking to make their organisations and teams more flexible, reduce costs, and boost productivity. It is designed for managers who want their employees to work independently at a high level, improve internal processes, gain a market advantage, and see immediate, visible returns. It provides a competitive edge over rivals.

Results of Lean fundamentals for leaders program

Participants will master the concept and philosophy of lean, learn about the different types of expenditure waste in processes, and discover tools and methods for minimizing it. They will acquire new process management and development techniques, principles, and tools. Additionally, they will deepen their understanding of successful leadership competencies, enabling them to organize their own and their team’ activities more effectively. They will adopt the management mindset and toolkit necessary to implement lean into the organisational culture and sustain it. Implementation of lean methodologies will help the organisation be more productive, with measurable cost reductions. This leads to higher profits for the same unit of production or service, enabling the business to compete more dynamically in price wars, potentially reduce prices, and require fewer employees to complete the same work. Customer service will become more professional and personalized, and internal processes will become more efficient.

Themes and process of the programme

01

Basics of lean philosophy.

02

7+2 types of waste.

03

Method for identifying and reducing waste.

04

New methods, tools, and principles for process management and improvement.

05

Mastering lean toolkits.

06

Leadership skill development, that is essential for sustaining the lean methodology continuously within the organisation.

07

Practical applicability of lean.

08

Simulation exercises related to services or production.

09

Competencies of successful leadership include situational leadership, communication, motivation, and time management.

Attendance

In-Person

Recommended group size

8-12 participants

Duration

4 days

Available in

Hungarian

Format

Training

Recommended for

Top executives and middle managers

VSM consulting, lean culture diagnosis, 360 degree leadership diagnosis

On request

Have any further questions regarding our Lean fundamentals for leaders program?

Please provide us with your contact details and our training expert will reach out to you shortly. Or feel free to contact them via one of the options below!

Zoltán Merkert

Lean business unit manager, senior trainer-consultant

[email protected]
+36 1 1234 5678

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