Lean Manufacturing is vital for improving efficiency, reducing waste, and boosting productivity in manufacturing businesses. This free webinar series equips SME owners, Directors, Senior Managers, and Supervisors with tools to drive business growth, operational improvements, and long-term cost management strategies.
You will gain insights on minimising costs while maximising output, leading to sustainable success. Applicable across all sectors, it is ideal for those aiming to reduce costs, increase profit margins, optimise operations, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve workplace productivity. No prior Lean knowledge is required.
This programme will be delivered over seven half-day webinars weekly on a Tuesday on the following dates:
* 18th February – 9am to 12.30pm
* 25th February – 9am to 12.30pm
* 4th March – 9am to 12.30pm
* 11th March – 9am to 12.30pm
* 18th March – 9am to 12.30pm
* 25th March – 1.30pm to 5pm
* 1st April – 1.30pm to 5pm
Please note: Delegates must attend all seven sessions. Once you have confirmed your attendance at the first session, you will be sent booking links for each subsequent session.
After the knowledge transfer webinars, a lean project will be identified for your own business. 1-to-1 consultancy from an experienced lean manufacturing coach will then support you implementing your project.
Who should attend:
SME owners, Directors, Senior Managers & Supervisors who are responsible for overall business growth, business improvements and operations.
What’s covered:
* Lean Finance – Business Review, Financial Audit, Cost Centres, Accessing Productivity
* Introduction to Lean – Lean Basics, Do’s & Don’t, Selecting the 1st project, Understanding Value
* Value and Waste – Waste Reduction Methods, Measuring Change, Flow not Queues
* Factory Overview – Process Mapping, Factory Layout, Workstation Analysis
* Workstation Focus – Mistake Proofing, Changeovers, Making improvements
* Change Management – Overcoming Resistance to Change, Success & Failure, Performance Tracking
* Sustaining Gains – 5S, Auditing, PDR
What outcomes will be achieved:
By attending this series of webinars you will learn to minimise and eliminate waste (including time), optimise workflow and continuously improve.
Critical takeaways are:
* Financial Audit & Defining High Cost Centres – Where can a Lean approach make the most impact?
* Introduction to Lean – How to make a positive impact across the whole of the business
* Cost & Waste Reduction Methods – Reducing cost & saving time
* Business Overview & Process Mapping – Saving time across the business
* Operational Focus & Making Improvements – Where can a Lean approach make the most impact for business & team growth?
* Change Management & Overcoming Resistance to Change – Making Lean impactful for Team Growth
* Sustaining Long Term Gains to Impact Profits – Using Lean for long term business growth
Eligibility:
Workshops are open to start-up and established small to medium sized enterprises located in the following local authority areas taking part in the East Midlands Chamber’s Accelerator project:
Amber Valley; Ashfield; Bassetlaw; Broxtowe; Chesterfield; Derby; Derbyshire Dales; Erewash; Gedling; High Peak; Leicester City; Mansfield; Newark & Sherwood; North East Derbyshire; Nottingham; Rushcliffe; South Derbyshire.
(Please note: Businesses based in districts not participating in the Accelerator project (i.e. Bolsover; Leicestershire) may attend providing they are members of East Midlands Chamber. In such instances, please contact Hannah Kerridge-Smith on 07741 163242 who will approve your booking.
Important:
Please only book if you are confident you can attend. Our workshop places are limited, and by reserving a spot and not attending, you are preventing someone else from participating. If you miss three or more events, you may be declined access to future sessions.
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and is delivered by East Midlands Chamber.